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September 2019
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The Plywood Saga – Part 2
Sellers of plywood should know its composition and how it will perform in service, says John Park
Selection day
The Wood Awards showcase the best of architecture and product design with timber. TTJ highlights a small selection of the 2019 shortlist
Board talk
Panel producers and suppliers to the industry gathered in Scotland for the important European Panel Federation AGM. Stephen Powney attended and brings this report
Showcasing the perfect solution
Timber will be taking to the floor at UK Construction Week at the NEC in October
Sweet success
George Fereday, senior lecturer and technology co-ordinator at the CASS School of Architecture, London Metropolitan University explains how design can be used as a tool to promote home-grown species
Start with the trees
Grown in Britain’s Dougal Driver looks at how the potential abatement of carbon could be turned into reality by encouraging and implementing a new ethos around the management and use of UK woodlands
Standing its ground
The British-grown timber sector is holding its own against imports, says Confor. Sally Spencer reports
Supercharging sales
Arbor Forest Products’ training programme has helped merchants boost sales
Imports up but slowing
Latest TTF figures show an increase in imports of timber and panel products, although volumes dipped in May
Slowdown in Q2 sales
TTJ’s monthly column in partnership with the Builders Merchant Building Index reveals a slowdown in year-on-year growth
August 2019
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Don’t blame the wood
The performance of wood and wood products is entirely dependent on appropriate design, specification, manufacture, supply, installation and maintenance, says John Park
TTBS national golf success
More than 50 timber traders enjoyed the annual TTBS national golf day last month
The combustibles catch-all
Following the government’s decision last December to restrict the use of combustible materials in the external walls of new buildings over 18m tall, Jeremy English, sales director at Södra Wood Ltd, considers the impact of the legislation and the immediate and longer-term implications to the construction sector
In tune with timber
Hi-Spec Precision Engineering has a sideline in manufacturing solid wood electric guitar bodies
Turbulence and decline
Canada’s sawmillers face a range of challenges, from massive insect pest damage in the forest, to increased competition from Europe and trade tariffs in their biggest export market, the US. They are having to explore new strategies to find the answers. Building materials and real-estate consultant Robert Woodbridge reports
Independence Day
Snows Timber is now carving a path as a fully independent company following a management buyout earlier this year from Bradfords Group. Stephen Powney joined the company on a media day
Have your say
For some time the ECHA has been proposing the restriction of formaldehyde in articles that will include furniture. We asked Phil Reynolds, technical development manager at FIRA International to explain
Iconic ercol
Ercol has been designing and making quality furniture since the 1920s and has just launched four new collections onto the high street
Altared images
Luke Hughes & Company designed and manufactured liturgical furniture for Ely Cathedral and did so with its architecture in mind
Designing for well-being
Benchmark has provided bespoke OVO furniture for the Foster + Partners-designed Cleveland Clinic Health Education Campus at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio
