Search Results: 'BRE'

Applied science
08 December, 2007
This year’s IWSc conference addressed the issue of moving from innovation to application

Vote wood
08 December, 2007
The Forestry Commission conference “Forest and Climate Change: A Convenient Truth” concluded that harnessing timber’s environmental benefits could be key in our efforts to mitigate and minimise global warming. But it also acknowledged this won’t be plain sailing

Look to the future
24 November, 2007
TTJ's Wood Future conference, sponsored by the Medite 2016 Forum, and supported by TRADA, provided much food for thought

Off-site solutions
24 November, 2007

Serving the customer right
13 October, 2007

The customer is always right
13 October, 2007
The Timber Trade Federation members’ conference dealt with a range of issues, but they all led back to the market and the customer

A choice material
29 September, 2007
The shortlist for this year’s Wood Awards has just been unveiled

Firm foundations
29 September, 2007
French timber construction is building from a small, but solid base

Hitting the right kind of headlines
23 June, 2007

OFFSITE on target
23 June, 2007
Timber-based sustainable construction caught the imagination of the mass media at the OFFSITE 2007 exhibition

21st century expectations
09 June, 2007
As delegates at a recent BWF conference heard, timber windows are fit for the demands and expectations of 21st century life

Home rule
09 June, 2007
Rupert Scott, regulations & codes consultant for TRADA, discusses the Code for Sustainable Homes and what it means for the timber industry

On site at OFFSITE
26 May, 2007
BRE's OFFSITE 2007 will showcase hi-tech timber construction

Right time for red oak?
28 April, 2007
We asked American Hardwood Export Council European director David Venables for his view on the prospects for red oak sales in Europe against the background of its love for oak generally and mounting pressure on traditional hardwood supplies

A target of zero tolerance
14 April, 2007
Timber can easily produce zero carbon housing but it requires commitment from everyone in the supply chain, writes Stewart Dalgarno, chairman of the UK Timber Frame Association

Up for the challenge
31 March, 2007
As delegates at the TRA annual general meeting heard, the sector may be threatened by the increase of multi-occupancy newbuild, but other opportunities exist

A hot topic
31 March, 2007
Just what is a biomass heating system and how does it work? Ursula Garner of the BRE explains the practicalities of biomass systems – and the role of timber

Understanding the fundamentals
10 March, 2007
Roofing battens and scaffold boards are two products that are amongst the few timber products where there are recorded failures. The consequences of which can be serious, if not fatal.

Red-letter grading
03 March, 2007
Grading of roof battens is generally done on site but now John Brash & Co has developed a fully-automatic process. The company's managing director Christian Brash reports

Under new management
20 January, 2007
It's all change at the IWSc with new premises, a new director, a new president and a new alliance