Get Sust! Issue 27

TRADA student prize for excellence and innovation

If you’ve been working on a design project that is timber-based, why not enter TRADA’s ‘Timber in Construction Student Prize’? You could win £1,000.

The contest is designed for university students of both engineering and architecture, and to make things simple you can submit your final year thesis or an appropriate design project that is under way as part of your course.

The judges will be looking for projects that demonstrate innovative and inspiring applications of timber within any type of structure, including restoration and conservation of existing buildings, private buildings, public buildings or non-building structures (e.g. bridges).

The 2006 Prize was awarded to a team of architectural and engineering undergraduates from the University of Bath, for a design for a new west stand for the Bath Rugby Club.

Learn more

	•	The prize is open to all students, but entries must include consideration of Eurocode 0, 1 and 5 (EN 1995-1-1, EN 1995-1-2 and EN 1995-2). TRADA’s Timber Design Knowledge software, an information resource and guidance document for the structural application of timber, may be of use for this. The software is available to students free of charge from http://research.ttlchiltern.co.uk/pif294.
	•	The deadline for entries is 25 May 2007 and shortlisted candidates will be notified by 29 June 2007 and winners will be announced on 27 July 2007.
	•	Prizes: £1000 for the winner and £500 for the runner-up. The award is supported by wood. for good. Entry forms and further details are available at www.trada.co.uk/studentprize07.