Institute of Building Construction and Timber Structures

Welcome at the Institute of Building Construction and Timber Structures

The iBHolz offers great competence in current issues of timber construction and deals with a broad spectrum of timber construction. The focus is on current topics such as bonding in timber construction, building maintenance and construction in existing buildings. In addition, there is current research in the fields of timber panel construction, fatigue behaviour of timber constructions and the spatial load-bearing behaviour of buildings/components.

 


Vacancies

 

Scientific staff (d/f/m)

 

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Internship office civil engineering

 

Further information about the Construction Internship Office can be found here

Contact

Institute for Building Construction and Timber Construction (iBHolz)

Head: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mike Sieder

Schleinitzstraße 21 A

38106 Braunschweig, Germany

 

For further information on how to reach the insitute, please see Contact.

Office hours

Day Time
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. – 1 a.m

News

Disputation of Katrin Vögele

On 15 April 2026, Ms Katrin Vögele successfully defended her doctoral thesis, entitled “Experimental investigation and modelling of two form-fit…

IBHolz at the 11th Postgraduate Colloquium "Timber Construction – Research + Practice" in Stuttgart

The 11th PhD Colloquium on “Timber Construction – Research + Practice” took place in Stuttgart from 3 to 4 March 2026.

Research project „WoodFutureAdapt TP3" launched

The Institute of Building Construction and Timber Structures is delighted that the research project, which is funded by the European Social Fund Plus…

Visibility of research on waste wood

Green Week in Berlin from 16 to 25 January 2026