Search Results: 'TRADA'

New panels from old
21 December, 2002
New research aims to overcome the barriers to recycling coated sheet materials

Joinery companies cautious about prospects for 2003
21 December, 2002
While order levels are generally good, there are concerns about next year

Standard test
09 November, 2002
When countless door and window manufacturing standards and regulations already exist, why has a leading Scandinavian manufacturer asked Chiltern Dynamics to develop a tough new test?

TRADA updates fasteners
01 November, 2002

To protect and serve
26 October, 2002
Regulation is still, not surprisingly, a hot topic in the timber protection industry. But despite the uncertainty, it is rising to the challenge

Moving parts
12 October, 2002
During the summer TRADA hosted a seminar on Parts L, E and B – thermal, sound and fire – of the Building Regulations

Windows of opportunity
28 September, 2002
Timber windows are gaining ground and that is providing a welcome boost to the joinery industry

Engineering a green future
28 September, 2002
Chief research engineer at TRADA Technology, Christopher Mettem, looks at the future of timber and timber composites and anticipates trends

Record decks
14 September, 2002
The decking sector continues to turn in some impressive results. Sally Spencer spoke to the Timber Decking Association

Obituary – John Ollis
02 August, 2002

An ideal solution
22 July, 2002
Finnforest aims to be Europe's market leader in 'wood product solutions' by 2005. Keith Fryer reports on how its UK I-joist plant is helping it reach that target

TRADA's reinvention
22 July, 2002
To keep ahead of extensive changes in the construction industry, TRADA is undergoing a transformation. Sally Spencer reports

The proof of performance
22 July, 2002

Not before time
22 July, 2002
The Time for Timber conference attracted a healthy number of enthusiastic specifiers. Keren Fallwell reports

Certification as sales tool
22 July, 2002
Certification might be seen as a 'grudge purchase' by some manufacturers, but it can also give a major competitive advantage, advocates Simon Beer of BM TRADA Certification

TRADA enters Eden
08 July, 2002
TRADA recently organised a series of public workshops at the Eden Project

Promoting timber in paradise
08 July, 2002

Fire doors save lives don't they?
24 June, 2002
If a window is installed incorrectly the worst that is likely to happen is that it will leak. The same cannot be said in the case of fire doors, however, which is what prompted BM TRADA Certification to launch its Q-Mark scheme to fire door installers

Ministerial question time
10 June, 2002
Following his address to the Timber Trade Federation annual dinner, TTJ was invited to interview forestry minister Elliot Morley further about the government's take on the timber sector. Mike Jeffree reports

Value-adding seen as the way forward
10 June, 2002
While demand in the architectural sector is mixed, the mass production sector is enjoying a steady flow of orders and placing increasing importance on value-added products