The course Advanced Construction Methods, Part Timber Engineering imparts in-depth knowledge of the load-bearing behavior, calculation and structural design of laminated timber engineering structures in the Master's degree course in Civil Engineering. During the excursion on 29.01.2020, the students gained additional insights into the production processes of two wood-processing companies.
All work steps in the production of laminated timber constructions, from the delivery of the board lamellas, finger-jointing and production of curved trusses in the press bed, to the production of transverse tensile reinforcements, could be directly understood at STRAB Ingenieurholzbau Hermsdorf GmbH.
At Rettenmeier GmbH in Hirschberg, the production of solid structural timber could also be followed in all work steps, from the delivery of the logs to the sawmill, sorting, drying, finger-jointing and gluing to laminated beam cross-sections.
The day's excursion was rounded off with visits to the shell of the two-court sports hall on Meyerstrasse in Weimar and the hall tower in Burgk.
