Search Results: 'Building Centre'

Woodsafe Research & Development welcomes Lazaros Tsantaridis
24 April, 2024
Woodsafe Research & Development AB (WRD) has appointed Lazaros Tsantaridis as head of research for the WRD Fire Impregnated Wood Research Centre in Västerås, Sweden.

Timber to make a splash at Paris Olympics
23 April, 2024
The Aquatics Centre at the Paris Olympics is the only permanent new building for the games, promising a lasting legacy for the neighbourhood and beyond.

BioComposites Centre’s Rob Elias to join MDF Recovery
03 April, 2024
The director of the well-known BioComposites Centre at Bangor University in Wales is to join MDF Recovery as head of business development.

Power Sheds supports UK Men’s Shed Association at Westminster
28 March, 2024
As a long-time supporter of UK Men’s Sheds Association (UKMSA), Power Sheds was pleased to be part of a ground-breaking initiative to place a ‘Men’s Shed’ in Parliament for a week.

NMITE to build Skills Hub
12 February, 2024
NMITE’s commitment to and investment in improving Hereford’s environment and opportunities for economic growth has reached a new milestone with planning permission now submitted for The Future of Work Skills Hub (The Skills Hub).  The Skills Hub building will be located on NMITE’s Blackfriars campus, bringing innovation and entrepreneurship into the heart of Herefordshire’s future. NMITE’s Hereford campus is already home to the Centre for Advanced Timber Technology (CATT).

Lithuania’s First LVL plant opens
19 December, 2023
VMG Lignum as a part of VMG Group incorporates a wide range of wood product operations in Lithuania and now it has added LVL and I-joist production to its capabilities, reports Stephen Powney

NMITE announces new chief academic officer
14 December, 2023
NMITE has confirmed the appointment of David Oloke as its new chief academic officer and first Professor of Civil Engineering.

Winning ways
26 October, 2023
A retrofit project from a multi-university student team has won the TDUK University Design Challenge

Cultivating a sustainable future
24 October, 2023
Grown in Britain, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, fills TTJ in on its latest endeavours. GiB business manager Rachel Lawrence reports

NMITE Ted 1 course open for new intake
23 October, 2023
The NMITE is continuing to address the sustainable construction skills crisis, so the sector can reach net zero by 2050

NMITE's Sarah Peers elected president of INWES for 2024-26
12 October, 2023
New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has announced that Dr Sarah Peers, head of academic skills at NMITE, who has been an integral member of the team at NMITE since the pioneer cohort joined in 2021, has been elected as the president of the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) for the term 2024-26.

BMF product data template a major step to standardisation and efficiency
04 October, 2023
In a major step towards product data standardisation across the building materials industry, the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has launched a universal product data template which can be used by all manufacturers and merchants.

Wood Awards 2023 shortlist announced
12 September, 2023
Twenty buildings and 14 furniture projects have been shortlisted for this year’s Wood Awards – which celebrate excellence and innovation in timber architecture and design.

NMITE launches TED 2 course
28 August, 2023
NMITE is building on the success of TED 1 and continuing to address the sustainable construction skills crisis, so the sector can reach net zero by 2050

Construction decarbonisation opens doors
28 August, 2023
With growing pressure on the building industry to go low carbon, major opportunities are opening up for the structural timber sector, reports Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter

US hardwood unpacked
28 August, 2023
AHEC’s American Hardwood Trade Symposium packed out its London venue and delivered a full programme, addressing latest trade trends and the sector’s challenges, opportunities and initiatives. Symposium chair Mike Jeffree reports

Lightening the load
28 August, 2023
The handling sector continues to innovate and several new forklift models have been brought to the market in the last few months

Renewable design times three
28 August, 2023
The multi-layered qualities of US hardwoods were highlighted in a Nordic design challenge. Mike Jeffree reports

Historic Tempelhof Airport viewing terrace showcases Kebony
07 August, 2023
A key stage in the redevelopment of Berlin’s historic Tempelhof Airport has recently completed, with the opening of a 600m² rooftop walkway and 360° viewing platform on the 26m-high airport tower, constructed with Kebony wood decking.

Industry interrogates wood building obstacles and opportunities
28 June, 2023
Further validating engineered wood fire safety and using home-grown timber were topics covered at a wide-ranging CTI roundtable on prospects for boosting timber-based construction Mike Jeffree reports