Search Results: 'Institution of Structural Engineers'

Built by Nature awards grant to unlock structural timber potential
13 April, 2023
To foster cross-sector industry alignment on solutions to ensure the widespread adoption of large-scale mass timber offices, the Built by Nature Fund has awarded a €200,000 grant to a diverse UK consortium focused on unlocking the barriers to structural timber through the development of a technical Commercial Timber Guidebook.

Backing the low carbon campaign
26 August, 2020
Timber products have such a great story to tell.

Timber On the Campaign Trail
14 August, 2020
An industry-wide marketing campaign – Wood CO2ts less – has launched

Backing the low carbon campaign
13 August, 2020
Timber products have such a great story to tell.

Building futures
21 April, 2020
Futurebuild 2020 had the subject of climate emergency as its theme. Simon Hastelow reports

TRADA updates Eurocode 5 guide
03 December, 2019
The second edition of the “Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5” was launched at TRADA’s Better Timber Buildings conference in London on November 27 – helping engineers maximise timber’s potential while meeting the requirements of Eurocode 5.

In the face of aggression
29 July, 2019
Timber is the obvious material to use in aggressive environments, says Iain Thew

Edinburgh University team win TRADA Student Design competition
02 June, 2017
An innovative modular design that uses a series of reconfigurable hexagonal shapes has scooped the top prize in this year’s TRADA Student Design Competition.

Ecobuild’s "City" Makeover
20 February, 2017
Building products exhibition Ecobuild takes on a new “city” look for 2017, with offsite construction a major area of interest

STA factory tours attract record numbers
15 December, 2014
More than 300 people from across the construction sector attended the Structural Timber Association’s (STA) autumn timber frame factory tours – the highest number since the tours were introduced last year.

Bishop Edward King Chapel wins Wood Awards gold
20 November, 2013
The glulam-framed Bishop Edward King Chapel in Oxford has won Gold in this year’s Wood Awards.

Timber comes out tops in Structural Awards
20 November, 2013
Timber features strongly among the winning projects in this year's Structural Awards organised by the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Wood Awards wows them
10 August, 2013
Prepare to be wowed! That was TTJ's tweet to flag up its first online story on the seriously impressive 2013 UK Wood Awards shortlist. The subsequent mass outbreak of retweets showed that readers most certainly were. In fact 'wowed' barely covered the effusive expressions of enthusiasm about the entries for what must now rank as the best known, and arguably the best, competition for use of timber in construction, interiors and furniture design.

Timber on Structural Awards shortlist
06 August, 2013
Projects featuring timber have been shortlisted in the Institution of Structural Engineers’ annual awards.

BWF and UKTFA to run Fabric First conference
26 June, 2013
The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) joins forces with the UK Timber Frame Association for the Fabric First Conference at the Institution of Structural Engineers in London on July 11.

Building expertise
26 November, 2011
Richard Harris, professor of timber engineering at the University of Bath, says industry should invest time and money in helping undergraduates gain specialist timber engineering skills

NZ Supreme Court wins IStructE award
17 November, 2010

TRADA elects first 'non-timber' chairman
09 September, 2010

Oregon Timber Frame appoints new MD
27 November, 2008

Constant in a time of change
24 May, 2008
TRADA, which sponsors the TTJ Best Technical Information Support Award, says that its own membership growth is driven by demand for accessible technical information. Jeremy Vibert, head of marketing and information services, reports