Search Results: 'RICS'

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

Pre-Brexit sales boost chipboard demand
21 March, 2019
There are no complaints about UK sales of chipboard but is it because customers are buildingstocks ahead of Brexit or is it indicative of genuinely healthy demand? Keren Fallwell reports

Building growth
19 August, 2016
Timber frame now accounts for 27.4% of the UK newbuild market and the industry is confident it will continue to grow. Keren Fallwell reports

United we stand in our representation
16 June, 2014
On behalf of the Timber Industry Accord, British Woodworking Federation CEO Iain McIlwee reports on the need to present a united front on embodied carbon and allowable solutions.

Top of the show
20 February, 2010
Timber will be the dominant building material at this year’s Ecobuild

Construction activity reaches 19-month high
09 December, 2006
Construction activity and optimism are high, but there are signs that the market is cooling

Housing pick-up brings good news for timber
27 May, 2006
The housing market is on the rise again – but interest rates could be too

Construction growth fuels demand for timber
07 August, 2004
Higher interest rates may be slowing the housing market but they are not dampening the construction industry's need for timber

Outlook remains robust
28 September, 2002
Construction output is up 9% on last year and expected to grow

Public sector demand buoys construction outlook
08 June, 2002
Confidence in the construction industry is high. Peter Varley reports.

Roundabouts and swings
01 September, 2001
Orders for new private housing have fallen and there is talk of a downturn in the housing market.