Date: |
23 Oct 2025, 12.30PM – 1.30PM |
duration: |
1 hr |
Location: |
Online |
Cost: |
Free event |
In this presentation, the Prolam team will talk about the design, treatment and durability aspects of Glulam timber products. Performance and design of composite Glulam-Steel elements and their applications in gravity and lateral-load resisting systems will also be discussed. In addition, the role of different pre-engineered solutions in optimising the design and construction process will be included in this presentation.
Speaker bios:
John Woodman is the founder and Managing Director of Prolam, a pioneering New Zealand–based engineered timber company headquartered in Motueka, Nelson. Under his guidance, Prolam has grown from a modest local enterprise into a national leader in engineered glulam timber. Beyond his role at Prolam, John is a strong advocate for the timber industry. He actively promotes the adoption of mass timber solutions in New Zealand, particularly around embodied carbon reduction and building code reform.
Dr Farhad Darani is the Sales Engineering Manager at Prolam. Farhad is a Chartered Professional Engineer with a wide range of design and assessment experience in New Zealand and overseas. Farhad has developed new structural devices and solutions and has a passion for innovation in structural and seismic engineering. Farhad has been involved in research and innovation related to seismic protection devices and their application in different structural typologies including Timber.
The New Zealand Timber Design Society (TDS) invite you to join the next in their Webinar Series, 'Design, specification and durability of Glulam and Glulam-Steel composite structures'.
In this presentation, the Prolam team will talk about the design, treatment and durability aspects of Glulam timber products. Performance and design of composite Glulam-Steel elements and their applications in gravity and lateral-load resisting systems will also be discussed. In addition, the role of different pre-engineered solutions in optimising the design and construction process will be included in this presentation.
Speaker bios:
John Woodman is the founder and Managing Director of Prolam, a pioneering New Zealand–based engineered timber company headquartered in Motueka, Nelson. Under his guidance, Prolam has grown from a modest local enterprise into a national leader in engineered glulam timber. Beyond his role at Prolam, John is a strong advocate for the timber industry. He actively promotes the adoption of mass timber solutions in New Zealand, particularly around embodied carbon reduction and building code reform.
Dr Farhad Darani is the Sales Engineering Manager at Prolam. Farhad is a Chartered Professional Engineer with a wide range of design and assessment experience in New Zealand and overseas. Farhad has developed new structural devices and solutions and has a passion for innovation in structural and seismic engineering. Farhad has been involved in research and innovation related to seismic protection devices and their application in different structural typologies including Timber.
