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Second showing for Fabric First
14 December, 2012
A Fabric First one-day conference and exhibition in February with a programme of in-depth presentations will be supported by 30 technology providers.

Making a splash
10 December, 2012
The Hurlingham Club’s new outdoor pool won the top prize at this year’s Wood Awards. Lucy Kamall reports

Invite to reap Awards rewards
10 December, 2012
Timber building in the UK today seems to know no boundaries – that’s if the Wood Awards are anything to go by.

Invite to reap Awards rewards
10 December, 2012
Timber building in the UK today seems to know no boundaries - that's if the Wood Awards are anything to go by.

Framing the future
29 November, 2012
Stewart Milne Timber Systems sees a bright future for timber frame despite the UK’s economic woes. TTJ news editor Steve Powney joined construction press on a visit to the Witney timber frame factory

Brazilian interest in UK sustainable building
26 November, 2012
A delegation from Brazil visited Travis Perkins’ Sustainable Building Solutions division as part of a BRE-organised fact-finding trip to assess UK sustainable construction strategies.

Icklesham triumphs in BWF joinery awards
22 November, 2012
Icklesham Joinery has won the UK joinery industry’s highest technical award.

Awards for rising stars and innovation
24 October, 2012
The British Woodworking Federation reports a “surge of entries” for its annual awards, which revive its category for apprentices after a break of four years.

Playing the long game
13 October, 2012
Peter Clifton, product manager of Medite Tricoya, discusses how this material is revolutionising external application wood products

Medite Tricoya wins BBA approval
13 October, 2012
Coillte Panel Product’s Medite Tricoya MDF has received a British Board of Agrément (BBA) assessment.

PVCu confronts aggressive wood promotion
18 September, 2012
The Wood Window Alliance (WWA) has attacked the “negative” stance of a website designed to create a positive market image for PVCu products at the expense of timber, and hinted it may be a response to PVCu losing window market share.

Going for gold
17 September, 2012
For its 10th year, the Wood Awards received an unprecedented 362 category entries from which an exceptional shortlist has been selected by the judges. TTJ highlights just a handful of the shortlisted entries

Share in a cup of French cheer
04 August, 2012
Of course, the credit crunch and seemingly interminable recession, are not all in the mind. We’re not imagining the boarded-up shops, the company administrations, mothballed construction sites and the vitriol directed at the seemingly unrepentant bankers, still burning us off at the lights in their bonus-funded Porsches.

Pritchard joins NorDan as regional director
28 June, 2012
High performance timber window and door manufacturer NorDan UK Ltd has appointed Jason Pritchard as regional director in its Gloucester office.

Rollinson and Bonfield honoured by Queen
19 June, 2012
Forestry Commission director general Tim Rollinson has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

OSB vs MgO
09 June, 2012
Concerns about timber frame construction fires have pitched magnesium oxide boards against traditional OSB sheathing. Stephen Powney reports

Members’ day sparks BWF debate
04 June, 2012
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) Members’ Day generated robust debate on key issues facing the industry.

Accsys spreads global net
12 May, 2012
With new investment and prospective new production licensing deals for its Accoya and Tricoya modified timber and wood fibre, Accsys Technologies is taking a bullish outlook

Timbmet promotes star timber
11 May, 2012

Stopping the rot
28 April, 2012
The timber and wood preservation sectors have been working hard to tackle the problem of premature post failures