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Production is now underway on a newly installed line at one of the UK’s leading independent sawmills.

International Timber, Pasquill, Roofspace Solutions and Scotframe have collaborated to launch the Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions (OSS) Awards, recognising and highlighting achievements of staff across the four businesses.

With the final touches to tomorrow’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) show now in place, the organisers are issuing a final reminder for visitor registrations.

Herefordshire firewood company www.certainlywood.co.uk has launched a new £400,000 firewood processing line – one of the largest of its kind in the world.

A series of free regional events for the roofing and housebuilding industries is starting this month, focusing on the latest advice on Brexit, the CE marking of construction products post-Brexit, and new technical guidance on the manufacture of trussed rafters, spandrel and gable panels and related structures.

TRADA’s one-day Better Timber Buildings conference, intended to educate, inspire and empower architects, engineers, suppliers and clients to design and build better timber buildings returns this year.

The new Construction Minister Nadhim Zahawi MP is set to make his first industry appearance at UK Construction Week (UKCW), the UK’s largest built environment event, at the NEC in Birmingham on Wednesday 9 October.

There will be a focus on offsite construction, housing and sustainability at WoodFest Midlands this autumn.

Offsite construction was top of the agenda when senior management from the British Board of Agrément visited SO Modular, a leading UK timber frame and SIPs producer investing heavily in its South Wales manufacturing base.

Two five-metre-tall interactive sculptures, designed by multi-award winning British designer, Steuart Padwick will be erected in King’s Cross for this year’s Designjunction event which runs from 19 to 22 September as part of London Design Festival.