Search Results: 'Centre for Timber Engineering'

RIPA rips up wide span rules
26 November, 2011
Finnforest’s Kerto Ripa system is being used to create wide, uninterrupted spans in large-scale retail, office and mixed-use buildings. Kevin Riley, vice-president construction industry, reports

Protection hot spots
12 November, 2011
Timber treatment suppliers are enhancing their fire retardants to ensure they offer better protection to timber – and its reputation

Earthquake-proof timber building wins NZ design award
18 October, 2011

More cross-laminated timber on the London skyline
14 October, 2011
Bridport House looks destined to become another signature project in London showcasing the attributes of cross-laminated timber

Seminar looks at breaking down timber barriers
13 October, 2011

Low grade to high quality
17 September, 2011
Weinig marketing director Peter Lohmeyer is only partly joking when he suggests “The future is crappy wood” as a mission statement for the solid wood machinery giant

Joists span ever wider choice
06 August, 2011
Engineered wood is being used for an increasingly diverse range of applications

No limits for Hess
06 August, 2011
Glulam specialist Hess Timber says its Limitless concept simplifies the delivery of large glulam structures

Forest Products Research Institute appoints new chair
04 August, 2011

Brash shingles finish off The Pods
04 August, 2011

Cohesive and concerted
23 July, 2011

Cohesive and concerted
23 July, 2011

A tall order for McClure
20 July, 2011

Northern Ireland students dominate wood awards
14 July, 2011

Timber prize-winners at Edinburgh Napier University announced
06 July, 2011

The appliance of science
25 June, 2011
Professor Philip Turner sees a future in which British-grown timber is used for the manufacture of cross-laminated timber and where cellulose extracted from trees results in a product to rival Kevlar

100 new homes slated for Pattrick & Thompson site
25 June, 2011

Meeting of minds
11 June, 2011
Industry representatives at the Medite 2016 Forum and TTJ round table debated timber's future

Service life certainties
28 May, 2011
For BRE director Dr Ed Suttie, timber’s future as a construction material rests on its service life credentials

Hot prospect for wood-burning technology
19 March, 2011
Wood-burning boiler technology suppliers predict growing business on the back of new incentives and special financing schemes