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November 2020
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Back on track
The latest TTF statistics show an improvement in import volumes in the month of July
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Pulling their weight
The workhorses of the British-grown timber sector – the sawmills – have shown their resilience through lockdown and are experiencing strong demand for their products. Sally Spencer reports
Woodsafe and sound
Woodsafe Timber Protection has turned its attention to the UK market for fire retardant timber treatments. Sally Spencer reports
Accurate aim
The WPA, TTF and TDCA have extended their co-ordinated campaign to promote the accurate description of preservative treated wood. WPA chief executive officer Gordon Ewbank reports.
Juvenile delinquency in trees
What happens to a tree’s branches as it gets older determines not just the prevalence of knots but also the nature of the resultant wood fibre. John Park reports
Backing British
Dougal Driver, chief executive officer of Grown in Britain, explains why it is developing a verification scheme for exemplary new woodlands
WPA Awards go online
The annual WPA awards will be a virtual event this year, as the organisation’s chairman Steve Young explains
Passing the baton
James Donaldson & Sons patriarch Neil Donaldson looks back over his 45 years with the family business. Sally Spencer reports
A&J Scott invests in new line
A&J Scott has made its secondary/value-added production automatic with the addition of a new line by Kallfass. A&J Scott managing director Robert Scott tells Stephen Powney how the investment has revolutionised its operations
The Three ‘R’s of Rebuilding Business
There is a growing demand for a national focus on retrofit, explains Camilla Hair
Developing careers
Three finalists from the 2019 TTJ Career Development Award visited Ireland, courtesy of award sponsors, Glennon Brothers, to get a rounded view of the Irish timber sector. Simon Hastelow accompanied them on their trip
Home-grown housing
Architect George Fereday, associate teaching professor at the London Metropolitan University, explains the HomeGrownHouse project
Cutting carbon
The building industry’s heavy carbon footprint makes it a prime target for the Wood CO2ts less communication initiative, writes Wood for Good campaign manager Sarah Virgo
Tall, Timber and Safe
While UK authorities consider restricting use of combustible wall materials to dwellings under 11m high, elsewhere architects are building ever bigger and bolder in wood. Mike Jeffree interviewed architect Øystein Elgsaas about the fire safety of the 18-storey Mjøstjårnet tower in Norway
Building in the new normal
How will UK timber construction fare in the post-pandemic and post-Grenfell building environment? TTJ asked Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter for his views
Mass gains momentum
Engineered or mass timber building is gaining ground worldwide and action is needed if the UK is not to lose out in this revolution in low carbon construction. Peter Wilson, architect, director of Timber Design Initiatives and founder of the Mass Timber Academy reports
Composing hybrid harmony
Engineered wood is proving to be in tune with the modern urban workplace times in the dramatic conversion of an old industrial building alongside London’s Grand Union Canal. Mike Jeffree reports
Lessons in wood construction
A dramatic new building on the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering’s Skylon campus is set to be a beacon for timber engineering education. Mike Jeffree reports
Victory V
Builders’ merchants sales confirm strong V-shaped recovery for timber according to the latest BMBI report
Building in nature
The sole site available for the Maggie’s Centre at Leeds’ St James Hospital was its only green space – architects Heatherwick Studio determined to keep it as such. Mike Jeffree reports
