Kingspan Timber Solutions welcomes construction professionals to leading offsite manufacturing facilities.
Kingspan Timber Solutions are opening their factory doors to construction professionals to allow them to discover more about their advanced SIPS building system sold under the brand name of ‘Kingspan TEK’. Attendees will be able to explore the many benefits of using TEK from accuracy, energy performance and efficient wall thicknesses on the Kingspan Timber Solutions factory tour.
The factory tours will be held at the Kingspan TEK factory in Selby on the following dates:
• 12 May 2016
• 14 July 2016
• 22 September 2016
• 10 November 2016
In addition to TEK, Kingspan Timber Solutions has a broad product portfolio, including timber frame, structural insulated panel systems (SIPs), glued laminated timber (glulam) and cross laminated timber (CLT). The company focus is firmly on value engineering and performance and by using the ultimate combination of timber systems – Kingspan Timber Solutions are able to deliver award winning hybrid structural timber solutions, optimised in terms of cost and performance.
Timber technology is at the forefront of the construction industry due to its many benefits, which include exceptional levels accuracy, fast efficient construction programmes, decreases in weather disruption, sustainability credentials, enhanced quality from a controlled factory environment, exemplar Health & Safety, reduced susceptibility to skills shortages and early achievement of weathertight status.
These informative factory tours are designed to provide a better understanding of why precision-engineered timber frame is becoming such a popular material within the construction industry.
The tour will highlight the benefits of the design and build process, offsite manufacturing and with a focus on the environmental benefits. It will include:
• Health & Safety induction
• Benefits of offsite manufacture presentation
• Office CAD demo - timber frame design and scheduling
• Production information and work orders
• Production planning and outputs
• Factory layout principles
• Incoming raw materials
• Procurement principles and sources
• Cross cutting pre-assembly and setting out
• Assembly and labelling
• Stacking and storage
• Finished goods and work in progress
• Loading /shipping product
• Quality checks
• Quality Management Systems
• Waste and recycling
• Operative training and competency
• Fire safety presentation
For more information and to book your place email: julie.richards@radar-communications.co.uk
