Oregon Timber Frame, owned by Barratt Redrow, has completed the final phase of a £25m factory expansion programme, increasing annual capacity to 5,000 home kits.
The timber manufacturer was acquired by the home builder in 2022. Since then, the company has constructed a modern office facility for more than 60 permanent employees and completed two significant extensions at its Selkirk headquarters.
The north factory extension, which opened in October 2025, expanded the building’s footprint by 65% to 69,000 sq ft. More recently, the southern factory extension has increased floor space by 50% to 25,000 sq ft, further strengthening manufacturing capacity.
The installation of two new automated panel lines has allowed Oregon to increase output from 3,500 timber frame home kits per year to 5,000, with plans to further scale capacity to 9,000 kits annually over the next two to three years.
The expansion is also expected to generate 50 additional manufacturing roles in Selkirk, alongside up to 30 further support positions as operations continue to grow. Once recruitment is complete, production capacity is expected to rise by 43%.
The company currently employs around 180 people at its Selkirk site.
Investment has also been directed towards staff training to support the introduction of the new automated production lines and to enhance existing skills across the workforce.
Barratt Redrow’s brands, including Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, have increasingly adopted timber frame construction, helping to reduce embodied carbon emissions and minimise on-site waste.
The construction of the office and both factory extensions was overseen by Wilson Bowden Developments, also part of Barratt Redrow, with Luddon Construction acting as principal contractor. Oregon managed the internal fit-out and installation of machinery in-house.
At its Derby site, Oregon has also benefited from a £40m investment in a new 187,000 sq ft factory, which opened in 2023.
Timber frame construction has long been the dominant method in Scottish housebuilding at around 92%, and is now gaining traction in England, where its market share continues to grow as major developers increasingly adopt timber frame systems.
