Structural Timber News
The latest in structural timber building design and technologies
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Unlocking the Potential of Homegrown Hardwoods
As the UK construction sector faces mounting pressure to decarbonise, a groundbreaking research initiative has demonstrated that England’s underutilised deciduous broadleaf forests could play a central role in delivering low-carbon buildings and strengthening domestic supply chains. A three-year project, funded…
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Superior Cutting Power
Every manufacturer will be looking to gain an advantage on their shop floor, with savings on time, materials and cost and ways to boost production output and efficiency at the top of the agenda. The housebuilding sector is no different…
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Robertson Timber Engineering is Verified by Cast
Robertson Timber Engineering (RTE) has achieved Verified by Cast status, an independent recognition of the firm’s capability and performance in the sector. Consultants Cast assess organisations operating in the methods of construction market, with inspections focusing on company performance, product…
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Continuous Improvement – the DNA of all insulation manufacturers
Mark Cooper, UK and Ireland Sales Director at pan-European insulation specialist Actis, outlines his company’s focus on innovation and investment in research and development to ensure a balance between performance, efficiency, and sustainability. “If you’re not moving forward, you’re moving…
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Removing Carbon, Renewing Our World
Building with timber and other biobased materials offers a significant opportunity to lock carbon out of the atmosphere and to clearly demonstrate climate action. Now, for the first time, BSCQ can prove this. The certification has been developed in direct…
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Straw – the industry’s most underrated insulation material
As the first person in the UK to build a home using EcoCocon’s straw panel Passive House system, George Mikurcik, Technical Specification Architect at Ecological Building Systems, discusses why he believes straw is a hugely underrated insulation material. I first…
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Removing Carbon, Renewing Our World
Building with timber and other biobased materials offers a significant opportunity to lock carbon out of the atmosphere and to clearly demonstrate climate action. Now, for the first time, BSCQ can prove this. The certification has been developed in direct…
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Fire-safe Mass Timber in the UK
A new research project led by BE-ST and the University of Edinburgh has provided one of the clearest pictures yet of how stakeholders view fire safety in mass timber buildings and what needs to happen next to unlock wider adoption.…
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Leadership Team Expanded at Kirkwood Timber Frame
Aaron Macaskill, Managing Director of Kirkwood Timber Frame, said: “I’m really pleased to be taking on the role of Managing Director at Kirkwood Timber Frame. Having spent my whole working career with Kirkwood, this is a particularly rewarding professional milestone…
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Hitting Carbon Targets
Charlie Law, Sustainability Director at Timber Development UK (TDUK) believes the case for setting and understanding embodied carbon measurement has never been more important. We have probably all read the statistic that the built environment is responsible for around 40%…
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