Structural Timber News
The latest in structural timber building design and technologies
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The Structural Timber Association Launches UK’s First Free to Use Structural Timber Thermal Details Platform
The Structural Timber Association (STA) has announced the launch of its Structural Timber Thermal Details platform, the UK’s first free to use library of psi-values for timber frame construction. The platform has over 1,500 details and associated psi values. It…
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Low Carbon, High Performance
Recent years have seen national housebuilders opening their own timber frame factories, fast becoming the mainstream solution for delivering sustainable homes at speed and scale. Be it safety, sustainability or scalability, the timber industry has also invested in testing and…
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SRT GOLD® Batten provides roof support for sheltered housing
SR Timbers SRT Gold® graded roofing battens were selected for the re-roof of three blocks of sheltered housing flats for Harlow Council. The team at Ashton Roofing & Maintenance Ltd installed the re-roof, replacing the battens to support new fibre-cement…
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Glory Days for Mass Timber
The $50million (USD) Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music (BSCAM) at Monmouth University, New Jersey, USA, recently opened to huge acclaim and showcases the career of a global music icon in a mass engineered timber surrounding. Opened on 13 June…
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Circular Timber Innovation
The Urban Woods was conceived and co-founded by entrepreneur and sustainability investor Sebastian Monteban and designed by Tim Vermeend, founder of Urban Climate Architects – a leading Dutch biobased team of architects and urban designers. The 10-storey building provides 102…
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Championing In-Ground Timber for Over 30 Years
When Postsaver founder and CEO Richard George noticed a fence that had fallen down, he could hardly have imagined that fixing it would spark an idea that would become a global business. Postsaver’s rot protection products were established in 1994…
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Built-In Insulation – Built-In Advantages
Finnjoist FP+ is a factory-pre-insulated I-joist designed to help timber frame manufacturers build faster, work more efficiently, and meet key fire and acoustic performance requirements. It combines the proven structural performance of Finnjoist with insulation applied directly to the web…
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Increasing Capacity and Quality
Since Oregon Timber Frame’s acquisition by Barratt Redrow, significantly higher production volumes have been required. In 2023 the group replaced its manual production facility in Derby, with a new plant equipped with a largely automated production line from WEINMANN. This…
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SPEC Toolbox 3.0 rebuilds mass timber design around the engineer
SPEC Toolbox, the multi-supplier design platform used by thousands of structural engineers to design mass timber buildings, today released version 3.0, the biggest release in the platform’s history. It is a complete rebuild of how engineers design with mass timber…
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Next Steps in Mass Timber Resilience
Dr. Asselia Katenbayeva, Sustainability Research Lead, at the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP), outlines the recently launched project that aims to better understand damage assessment and repair of mass timber buildings. Since the launch of the Mass Timber Insurance…
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