Bau 2009: main role for building material wood

Whether it’s for roofs, walls or floors, wood as a building material is traditionally a major component at Bau, and the same will again be true in 2009. Between 12 and 17 January 2009, at the New Munich trade fair Centre, the timber industry will be showing just what wood can do and how attractive the result is (www.bau-muenchen.com).
Trade visitors will find the theme of timber construction dealt with in no less than six exhibition halls. In Hall B5, the subject is structural timber, interior fittings and timber derivatives. The entire spectrum of wooden windows and doors will be presented in Halls C3, C4 and B4. Parquet flooring is on show in Hall B6. And finally, Hall A3 covers the full range of materials for roof construction, including roof windows.
The focus in the section on timber research is on the presentation of projects that are promoted by the Bavarian Ministry of economics in the programme “Holzbau der Zukunft” (Timber construction of the future): www.holzbauderzukunft.de. At Bau 2009 the partners in this research initiative – the Technical University of Munich, the University of Applied Sciences of Rosenheim and Ift (Institut für Fenstertechnik) – will be putting on a presentation of the projects in association with Isp Rosenheim, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung (DGfH) and timber trade associations. There are twenty projects in all, grouped into the themes of “Fire protection”, “Façade”, “Energy”, “Climate and systems technology” and “New building components, new building materials”. In each case the emphasis is on how to exploit the untapped potential in the building material of wood. Among the trade visitors to Bau, the themes of timber construction and wood-based materials are traditionally always of high interest. An estimated 2,000 exhibitors from 40 countries on a net exhibiting surface of 180,000 square meters and over 200,000 visitors from 140 countries are expected to take part in the fair.