Conference Schedule: Presenters & Their Talks
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The following schedule is subject to change. Stay tuned here for updates as the Conference approaches.
Continuing Education Units for architects and engineers are available for many of the seminars. Contact our office for a specific listing, or you may pick it up at the Conference.
Thursday, Oct. 28
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM |
Workshop #1: How Buildings Work with Mark Abraham
Workshop #2: International Timber Framing Workshop
Workshop #3: Compound Roof Practicum with Curtis Milton
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Thursday, Oct. 28
4:00 PM | Main Conference Registration Opens |
Friday, Oct. 29
7:30-9:00 AM | Breakfast
Registration opens at 7:30 AM |
| Keynote Speaker |
Mark Abraham
Topic: To Our Children’s Children: Education, Sustainability and Renewable Energy
Education honors those who have walked ahead of us; respects those who walk with us, and considers those yet to come. It is the solution for changing the cycles and attitudes of those around us. What we teach our children will dictate their success in the future.
Sustainability involves the thousands of ways our activities connect to society and the natural world. Since business is part of the problem, it can also be part of the solution by leading the world away from collapse and towards sustainability and restoration.
Renewable Energy means the sources harnessed to create the energy are able to renew and replenish themselves constantly, or within a reasonably short period of time. Awareness raising, education and training in these technologies are essential to their viability.
Mark Abraham is a consultant, educator and author, specializing in building science, healthy indoor environments and energy-efficient construction. He has been active in all facets of the building industry, from masonry to the production of fine furniture, since the mid-60’s. He has received his Diploma of Education from the University of Western Ontario and Certificate of Qualification from the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development. Mark has developed and delivered several theoretical and practical training programs involving emerging technologies. |
| Basic Timber Framing Track
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Josh Jackson
Topic: Basics of Scribing. (Double session) Bubble scribe, French scribe and mitred joinery will be used to join round, square and crooked timber.
Gordon Macdonald, Mill Bay, British Columbia (formerly Operations Manager at Carpenter Oak and Woodland, Scotland)
Topic: Site Safety, Including Fall Protection.
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Mary Golden, Facilitator of the East Coast Natural Building Colloquiums.
Topic: Ecological Building: A Synthesis of Traditional and Contemporary Building Methods for Healthful Living. This visual tour of the principles guiding this movement and inspirational projects developed with them will be a guide to what the process of building can be.
Mark Hoberecht and Chris Fox, HarvestBuild Associates
Topic: Baling-on-the-Edge™. Straw-bale enclosure system for timber frames. The resulting walls offer a unique combination of insulation, thermal mass, air exchange and humidity regulation.
Chris Dancey, Moderator, Nature First Building Systems, Inc.
Topic: Dos and Don'ts of Timber Framing with Natural Enclosure Systems. The Natural Building Track presenters will join together to show the best and worst practices they've seen. Attention to details can guarantee
success. You'll leave this gathering with a better understanding of what is important during the planning, construction and finishing stages.
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Rudy Christian, Guild President
Topic: Malabar Farm (Ohio) Working Barn project.
Harrelson Stanley
Topic: Sharpening Edge Tools. He will discuss how to sharpen tools, particularly Japanese chisels and plane irons.
Vicco von Voss, furnituremaker and timber framer
Topic: How Form and Function Influence Design. Structure, occupant, surrounding, style, personality and design all combine to provide a timelessness that will last for generations.
Rick Collins, TFG Director
Topic: Woodland Walk (weather permitting) A walk to teach the basics of tree identification and the uses of various species.
Mike Jacobson, PSU Faculty
Topic: Evaluation, Economics and Management of the Forest Resource.
Jim Finley, PSU Faculty
Topic: Sustainable Forestry Practices.
Barbara Carper, Business Resource Services, Inc.
Topic: The Wizardry of Financial Ratios. What they tell you about your business performance.
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Friday, Oct. 29 |
Membership Meeting, Timber Frame Business Council
Trade Show Reception
Slide Show (a chance to show your work)
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Saturday, Oct. 30
7:30-9:00 AM | Breakfast
Registration opens at 7:30 AM
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Basic Timber Framing Track |
Curtis Milton (TFG Director), Monolithic Building Services, Jackson, NH
Topic: Challenges of Brace Layout: Focus on out-of-square material.
Dick Schmidt (TFG Director), Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Topic: Basic Beam Sizing
Gordon Macdonald and Will Beemer
Topic: Competency Outlines: They will present the completed Competency Outlines for the Guild's training curriculum, which will form the basis for the establishment and continuation of TFG endorsed timber framing apprenticeships in the future.
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Sarah Highland, Holistic Homebuilders and co-founder of the Fingerlakes Natural Builders' Network of central New York
Topic: Building with Straw-Clay: A timber frame enclosure system.
Paul Lacinski, co-author of Serious Straw Bale, A Home Construction Guide for All Climates and co-owner of GreenSpace Collaborative
Topic: Selecting Natural Wall Finishes and Moisture Monitoring: He has been working with natural plasters in cold and wet New England for more than ten years. Here, he will examine various materials that protect biodegradable wall systems and strategies for maintaining them.
Forum: Join all the experts from the Natural Building Track for a Forum on Saturday afternoon when they will answer your questions on topics from sustainability to green building. Moderated by Chris Dancey, Natural Building Track Coordinator.
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Other presenters |
Harrelson Stanley, Shizutani School and japanesetools.com
Topic: Tuning Japanese Planes
Rick Collins and Marci Comacho
Topic: Moving a Historic Timberframe Cross-Country.
Vicco von Voss and Josh Herman
Topic: Utilizing Boatbuilding and Furnituremaking Trade Methods to Build a Timber Frame.
Eric Burkhart, Penn State School of Forestry
Topic: Non-Timber and Medicinal Forest Products.
Terry Resnick
Topic: Keeping It in the Family: A survival guide for closely-held businesses. Techniques and tools to help your family business make it to the second generation.
Leon Buckwalter, TFG Board member
Topic: tour to nearby King's Bridge: A queen-post truss awaiting repair and uniquely stabilized by Leon and TFG members Arnold Graton, Jr., and Bill Collins
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Saturday (cont'd) |
Hundegger Users Group Meeting
TFG Membership Meeting (a stand-alone event with no other sessions scheduled; you're invited to air your gripes and concerns about TFG affairs
Benefit Auction.
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Sunday, Oct. 31
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Tedd Benson
Topic: A Key to the Past or Bridge to the Future?
The revival of timber framing in North America is now into its third decade. What started with a few individuals in the Northeast has grown to include thousands of people and hundreds of companies throughout North America. While rooted in age-old values and techniques, this success story is really built on out-of-the-box thinking that has lead to impressively unique building system innovations. If timber framing is to remain vibrant for another 30 years, we must continue to look backward but think forward.
Tedd Benson is considered by many to be the single individual most responsible for this revival. An author and occasional guest on This Old House, Tedd operates Benson Woodworking and Bensonwood Homes companies in New Hampshire, which have earned worldwide respect through sensitive and sensible management, design, construction and employment practices. Don't miss Tedd's take on where we, as a Guild and an industry, have been and are going.
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Panel of Experts:
Topic: Real Time Problem Solving, a chance to bring those nagging technical questions to a panel of experts and see how many different solutions they can come up with!
Doug Reed
Topic: 19th Century Timber Frame and Log Buildings: Including the problems and repair solutions of this traditional style using log infill.
Chris Koehn
Topic: The Rottweil Experience: A summary of his three weeks as a student at the Gewerbe-Akademie in Germany, where he learned first-hand how Zimmermann there learn their trade.
Lea Cloyd
Topic: American College of the Building Arts Update
Harrelson Stanley
Topic: The Deconstruction of the Soma House: Outlining his plans to dismantle a feudal-era Japanese farmhouse and move it to the U.S.
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Closing Remarks
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