Mikado (wood construction)
mikado is the title of an entrepreneur magazine for the timber construction and interior design departments that has been published by Weka Media GmbH & Co. KG since 1993 . The readership of the specialist magazine includes carpenters, timber builders, civil engineers and architects. Eleven issues and the topic special mikado -plus appear each year .
The magazine is the association organ of Holzbau Deutschland Bund Deutscher Zimmermeister .
Main topics
The topics of the magazine are:
- Timber constructions: modern and efficient structural constructions and architecture for engineering timber constructions , timber house constructions, complete roofs , structural elements, interior fittings and drywall construction, hall construction, stair construction, facade cladding, renovation and restoration of old buildings according to the current state of the art
- Building materials and components: efficient use of modern building materials with market trends and overviews of wood, profiled, sawn and glued laminated timber and wood-based materials; Gypsum materials, roof coverings, sealing materials, insulation materials, facade cladding, wood protection, color coatings, fasteners, glazing as well as construction elements and prefabricated parts such as doors, gates, dormers and stair elements
- Successful business management: successful, result-oriented methods for sales, advertising , business and personnel management, calculation and IT use, information on construction, tax and labor law , future- oriented training opportunities for decision-makers and employees, opportunities provided by the Internet
- Factory equipment: efficient use of production and assembly techniques with woodworking machines, hand machines, beam processing systems, vehicle fleet, surface coating, CNC machines, scaffolding and assembly aids as well as CAD , CIM and calculation software as well as office equipment