1. Building with wood Building with wood “Wood and wood products to become the leading material in construction and interior solutions by 2010” (Vision Roadmap) Conference “The cooperation challenges and future prospects of the forest industry and related sectors” 26th September 2008 Riga Dieter Lechner (Coordinator Building with wood) Building with wood

2. housing multi-storey buildings bridges Building with wood Single family home in Steyr/Austria Copyright by Holzbaupreis Wien Copyright by Holzbaupreis Kärnten Copyright by WIEHAG

3. Building with wood office buildings logistic centres/airports exhibition centres County Hall, Limerick/IE VIP Hangar, Flughafen Wien New Exhibition Centre, Karlsruhe Building with wood All pictures: Copyright by WIEHAG

4. Building with wood industrial buildings shopping malls sports buildings Maximarkt, Wels/Austria Oven hall AMAG, Ranshofen/Austria Speed skating hall, Erfurt Building with wood All pictures: Copyright by WIEHAG

5. Building with wood Vision “Wood and wood products to become one of the leading materials in construction and interior solutions in terms of value by 2010” Mission „The industry takes the lead to promote wood as a sustainable building material by establishing a new European framework for the use of wood for mass market development and for high standard engineered and architectural solutions.“ Objectives “Double the market share of wood and wood products in terms of value in construction in Europe by 2010 ” Building With Wood (BWW)

6. Building with wood New framework developed under leadership of industry Making wood a leading material Improve knowledge base and competence Create a strong desire for building with wood Building with wood: Core Strategies

7. Building with wood Forestry Primary Wood Industry Sawn timber; Panel products; Plywood Glulam, KVH Components Solutions roofs, walls, ceilings CONSTRUCTION M A R K E T Forestry Sector Sawmilling; Woodworking Industries Carpenters; Timber Engineering Companies Sector Structure Value Chain

8. Building with wood Basic Needs of the Construction Market Construction market is technically driven  safety and reliability of the material  raw material  products  competitiveness  competitors: concrete, bricks and steel  slim, understandable, userfriendly technical framework  Standards and Codes (e.g.: Eurocodes)  supporting tools (EDV)  Competence (Training and Education)  Architects, designers and Engineers  Engineering companies, builders  Information  Lobbying, PR and Marketing

9. Building with wood Building with wood Orientation of the process Building with wood  focuses on the legal and technical framework for timber construction in Europe (standards and Eurocodes), corresponding R&D topics (e.g.: material law), and in the next step training and education  acts under the perception that wood has to become a safe and reliable material  works towards a user friendly framework, state of the art standards and codes and of course the necessary supporting tools  understands itself as a complementary process to the various marketing and advertising initiatives, already carried out successfully throughout Europe

10. Building with wood Project Area Phase I - finishedPhase II – starting ….Phase III - starting … 1. Standardisation & Eurocodes 1.1.Testing standards 1.2 Product standards 1.3 Design codes 1.4 Validated material law 1.5 Grading 1.6 Fire 1.7 Quality management code 1.8. Durability (incl. Performances) Bill of quantities Acoustic performances 2. Knowledge base 2.1 Web site Content management Translation Application docu (user manuals) Software 3. Training and education Training for the industry Academic training Professional development Scholarship Post Grad 4. Construction process Clients needs and requirement Foster supply chain 5. New Markets Market analysis Status BWW Program - November 2006 Feasibility study finished Feasibility study in progress No feasibility study necessary

11. Building with wood Why do we need a material law A material model characterises the mechanical behaviour of wood and wood products under short-term and long-term loading and quantifies the influence of various technological parameters, such as density, moisture content, temperature, … Project: Validated Material Law Example

12. Building with wood Modelling expense increases with complexity of the material behaviour … steel: isotropic, homogeneous concrete: transverse isotropic, heterogeneous microstructure, different strength in tension / compression wood: anisotropic, inhomogeneous (growth irregularities), different strength in tension / compression and direction, large variation between individual issues Expense and complexity of modelling Project: Validated Material Law

13. Building with wood steelconcretewood Why do we need a material law  ~ durability  ~ thermal degradation (fire load)  ~ creep deformations  fatigue behaviour  elastoplastic behaviour  impact of environmental conditions ~ different types / species Generally applicable and physically sound material law for consideration of … Project: Validated Material Law

14. Building with wood Development of project structure

15. Building with wood Development of project structure facilitation projects topic-related projects horizontal projects utilisation projects

16. Building with wood 16 R&D-projects Improved Moisture -“Improved glued wood composites - modelling and mitigation of moisture-induced stresses Grading - “Grading of timber for engineered wood products” Fire - “Fire resistance of Innovative Timber structures - FireInTimber” Durability - “Service life and performance of exterior wood above ground – Woodexter” Material Law - “Mechanical Characterization of Wood for KnowledgeBased Timber Industry”

17. Building with wood 17 Funding of R&D-projects R&D-projectBWW contrib. (kEUR) Total project vol. Material Law757 (39%)1.930 Fire517 (32%)1.631 Durability344 (19%)1.862 Improved Moisture205 (17%)1.230 Grading307 (22%)1.420

18. Building with wood 18 PR1 Material Behaviour PR3 Drying PR5 Fire PH1 Wood products PH2 Joints PI1 Coor- dination PI2 Exp. Data base Projects – result of the R&D Activities PE2 Eurocode PE3 Website PE1 Standardisation (incl. quality managament) facilitation projectstopic-related projects utilisation projects PR2 Grading horizontal projects PR4 Durability

19. Building with wood Timber in construction is expanding more and more into new fields of application Competing materials (steel, concrete) are challenging wood as a construction material in the fields of reliability and safety Arising questions from the market have to be answered and requirements have to be met Technical braintrust and European cooperation in the essential strategic issues are of utmost importance The value chain has to work together on a national as well as on the European level Only a close and coordinated cooperation and participation can guarantee a success of the Roadmap processes Building with wood

20. Thank you for your attention ! Contacts: Dieter Lechner Association of the Austrian Wood Industries Schwarzenbergplatz 4 1037 Vienna, POBox 123 Tel: +43 (1) 712 26 01 Ext 12 Fax: +43 (1) 713 03 09 E-Mail: office@austrokantel.atoffice@austrokantel.at www.holzindustrie.at