Structural Timber News
The latest in structural timber building design and technologies
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The Ideal Cutting Edge
The demand for wood-based construction elements in the building industry continues to grow unabated and high-quality tooling solutions for structural timber being of enormous importance. Increasing demand and the resulting growth in consumption is forcing the British timber construction industry…
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Fireshield Proves Protection
Proctor Group’s Fireshield membrane shows that not all reaction to fire Class B membranes are the same. The building industry received a huge wakeup call post the harrowing incident at Grenfell. All must take responsibility for the health of future…
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OSB: Quietly Successful
Roly Ward, Head of Business Development at MEDITE SMARTPLY outlines why OSB can improve sound insulation, help deliver acoustic efficiency and a provide a tranquil home. For many, having peace and quiet in the home is one of life’s…
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STA release a guide to commercial viability for structural timber
The Structural Timber Association have released their ‘Guide to Commercial Viability’ to illustrate and quantify the true commercial benefits of building with a structural timber system. This guide is the first of a series developed to support the commercial teams…
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Muse contributes to the UK’s first Commercial Timber Guidebook
New industry guide reflects consensus on good practice to support adoption of large-scale timber offices in the UK. We’ve contributed to the UK’s first Commercial Timber Guidebook, a major collaboration between property developers, insurers, and technical experts. The guide, which aims to promote the use…
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Protect Your Workforce With Low Slip Potential Structural Flooring
With slips, trips and falls the leading cause of non-fatal injuries in the UK construction industry, it’s essential to provide workforces with a safe working platform. Scott Wolters, UK Building Product Sales Director at EGGER UK, takes a closer look.Given…
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Lowfield Timber Frames Invest in Hundegger Robotics
Following the unfortunate fire in March this year, the team at Lowfield Timber Frames have rallied to minimise the disruption and are now bigger and better than ever. The replacement building has been re-planned, and all the machines are up…
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Persimmon Homes retires a long-serving line at its Space4 timber frame manufacturing facility
Persimmon Homes has retired a long-serving line at its Space4 timber frame manufacturing facility in Castle Bromwich in a move that paves the way for new robotics capabilities. The developer recently decommissioned the Line A Wall production area, which has…
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Construction Productivity Conference 2025
With construction productivity levels under scrutiny across the UK, a new conference taking place in 2025 will explore what is slowing the sector down and understand how these challenges can be overcome. The Construction Productivity Conference will get to the…
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Waugh Thistleton battles £4m rotten roof legal claim
Waugh Thistleton Architects is set to fight a High Court trial in January as former client Vitsoe seeks £4 million in damages relating to a rotted timber roof The practice worked as delivery architect for a 3,677m² factory-and-office complex in Leamington…
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