Search Results: 'Centre for Timber Engineering'

Austria’s UK Ambitions
28 December, 2016
Austrian systems and product suppliers have pushed the boundaries of UK wood-buildingand, judging by latest projects, that looks set to continue. Mike Jeffree reports

Maggie’s wins Wood Awards’ Gold Award
23 November, 2016
Eminent architect Foster + Partners’ Maggie’s at the Robert Parfett Building in Manchester has been crowned the Arnold Laver Gold Award winner at the Wood Awards 2016.

Building a future For American Hardwoods
21 November, 2016
As delegates at AHEC’s European convention heard, new markets are opening for American hardwoods. Sally Spencer reports

A reason for being
19 August, 2016
Architect Peter Wilson’s career has taken him from designing new towns in the Middle East to championing timber as a construction material. Sally Spencer reports

Hot Prospects
21 June, 2016
Kiln manufacturers are optimising the drying process to improve product quality and reduce their customers’ costs. Keren Fallwell reports

Modified Rapture
20 May, 2016
After several years of steady growth the modifi ed wood sector is on the brink of major expansion. Sally Spencer reports

Carrefour – a creative global trade hub
20 May, 2016
France’s premier timber trade exhibition is now also a window on the international wood sector. Mike Jeffree reports

Wood for Good appoints new campaign director
22 April, 2016
UK timber industry promotional campaign Wood for Good has appointed Christiane Lellig as its new campaign director.

Timber towers could transform London’s skyline
08 April, 2016
Researchers have presented plans for London’s first timber skyscraper to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson.

Moving Materials
21 March, 2016
In this feature we look at how several companies in the timber sector, both in the UK and abroad, have been making investments in materials handling technology.

Shaping the future of offsite
24 February, 2016
With the government setting a target of 400,000 new homes by 2020, Alex Goodfellow, group managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, considers how offsite manufacture could help