Timber Cladding CPD & Sawmill visit: Vastern Timber

Wood for Good is the timber industry’s campaign to promote use of wood in design and construction. Wood is nature’s most versatile building material and modern engineering methods expand possibilities for its application beyond traditional uses. Our objective is to make wood a first choice material for specifiers and designers by demonstrating what you can do with wood.

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Vastern Timber, one of the largest British hardwood sawmills in the country, invite you to learn about local timber cladding options and how to specify the right cladding for your project. The CPD talk is followed by a tour of the sawmills and a lunch discussion. The event is part of <A HREF="https://woodforgood.com/index/woodfest-reading/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WoodFest Reading</A>. The event is free but booking is essential.
Programme
10.00 Coffee in the Vastern Timber showroom
10.30 CPD talk on 'Selecting Timber cladding' 
11.30 Sawmill tour
12.30 Lunch and discussion
About the talk and tour
The CPD talk covers timber cladding choices, and discusses options such as composites and modified wood. Tom will outline some of the benefits of British timber, and talk about relevant British Standards. He'll cover cladding choices by specie, outlining key considerations for choosing the right cladding for a project. There will plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion. The talk will be followed by a tour of the Vastern's sawmill and yard, where visitors can see the huge variety of British logs and sawn timbers processed at the mill. Please note that there are outdoor and potentially muddy parts of the tour, so please bring appropriate footwear. 
About  Vastern Timber
<A HREF="https://www.vastern.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Vastern Timber</A> is one of the largest British hardwood sawmills in the country, specialising in cutting and manufacturing native grown timbers including English oak, sweet chestnut, ash, sycamore and larch. A family business, it is owned and run by three members of the Barnes family: Peter, Jon and Tom, who represent the third and fourth generations of family working in the company.
About Tom Barnes
Tom Barnes is Managing Director of Vastern Timber. He's the great-grandson of the founder, and studied Agro-Forestry and worked in the French timber trade for several years before re-joining the family firm. He's passionate about the virtues of British timber, and has expert knowledge on cladding choices for British buildings. His CPD talk on 'Selecting Timber Cladding' was recently described by a London architect as "the best CPD we've had to date".

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