Project: Fire resistance of Innovative Timber structures
The key objective for the project was to provide new possibilities for wood products in construction through proper fire design. The use of wood products is to be supported and stimulated by comprehensive and scientifically robust background data, which is presented in user-friendly and adapted tools for engineers and other stakeholders. The programme and its outcome are to facilitate and lead to simplified and quicker approval processes for wood products in buildings. This will increase the general public’s confidence and positive perception of and about wood products and timber structures. The vision was to ensure that the wider use of wood in buildings will be associated with improved fire safety. The project also built a knowledge base by promoting core competence and multidisciplinary research. The transfer of new knowledge will be enhanced by networking between research and industry.
| Acronym | FireInTimber |
| Duration | 01/11/2007 - 31/03/2010 |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | WOODWISDOM-NET |
| Call | JC1 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaise Pascal University | France | ||
| Building Research Establishment Ltd | United Kingdom | ||
| European Confederation of Woodworking Industries Bois - Building With Wood | Belgium | ||
| German Society of Wood Research | Germany | ||
| Holzforschung AT, ATn Forest Products Research Society | Austria | ||
| Resand | Estonia | ||
| Scientific and Technical Center for Building | France | ||
| SP Technical Research Institute of SE - Wood Technology | Coordinator | Sweden | |
| Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich | Switzerland | ||
| Technical Research Centre of FI | Finland | ||
| Technical University of Munich - Chair for Timber Structures and Building Construction | Germany | ||
| University of Innsbruck | Austria | ||
| Vienna University of Technology | Austria | ||
| Wood Centre in Trondheim | Norway |