Search Results: 'TRADA'

Festival of hope
27 January, 2022
The World of Wood Festival showcased how developing timber’s market potential can contribute to forest maintenance and climate change mitigation, reports Timber Trade Federation FLEGT communications executive Lucy Bedry

Teaching Timber: Building Better
27 October, 2020
There’s growing realisation that construction has a key role to play in tackling the climate crisis and, within that context, of the need to teach building professionals about using timber, writes Tabitha Binding, university and regional engagement manager, TTF

Getting training on track
22 April, 2019
Progress is being made, but improving training and education continues to be an imperative for the future of the timber sector, writes Geoff Rhodes of forest products and international trade consultancy GRA, recipient of TTJ’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award

Planning for Brexit
12 February, 2019
Without too much emphasis on the B-word, companies across the sector are clearly gearing themselves up should there be a no-deal Brexit.

Is face-to-face customer service dead?
22 May, 2018
There’s a price to pay for ditching long-standing core retail values in favour of faceless online trading and it could lead to a loss of expertise on the shop floor, argues Rupert Scott, membership manager, TRADA

Putting timber on the map
19 November, 2017
On the front cover of this issue is the timber-resplendent Hastings Pier, a worthy winner of this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize – UK architecture’s highest award. It really is a fantastic project and is great advert for the use of timber.

Opening young eyes to the potential of timber
22 May, 2017
TRADA’s Student Design Competition and University Engagement Programme are not only designed to encourage greater use of timber in the future, but to inspire tomorrow’s architects and engineers to push the boundaries of what’s possible with wood, says TRADA membership and marketing manager Rupert Scott

US lumber duties to have far reaching effect
22 May, 2017
Donald Trump is certainly making his mark on the world during his first six months in office.

The robust case for CLT
21 April, 2017
Structural Timber Association Technical Committee chair and director of KLH, Nic Clark says the organisation has reinforced its commitment to drive ‘quality, product innovation and construction productivity through technical guidance’ by publishing new technical Advice Notes for cross-laminated timber. Here he shares the thinking behind the documents

The training game
21 June, 2016
A new approach to training is needed to ensure the timber industry gets enough new recruits for its future development, says TRADA marketing and membership services manager Rupert Scott

Reaching for the skies
20 April, 2016
You know that times are changing when people start talking seriously about building city skyscrapers using wood.

That was the Grown in Britain Week, that was!
25 November, 2015
The media attention was greater than ever and there was wider timber sector participation. Chief executive Dougal Driver said this year’s Grown in Britain week was the best to date, setting the initiative up for even greater things in the years ahead

The Essentials Of Enaging Education
20 February, 2015
TRADA’s University liaison manager Elizabeth Turner explains how the University Engagement Programme is going from strength to strength

New ‘roadmap’ for new homes
15 July, 2014
TRADA membership and marketing manager Rupert Scott discusses the implications of the roadmap for changes to Building Regulations

Time to push at an opening door
17 May, 2014
Industry initiatives are raising timber's profile, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Wood Awards benefit timber industry
19 April, 2014
The Wood Awards are an opportunity for the timber industry to celebrate the best in wood, says Michael Buckley, chairman of the Wood Awards judges.

It’s time to show our resilience
22 February, 2014
Oh how I laughed a year or so ago when a Somerset-based friend of mine said her civil servant husband was now "head of resilience" for the Bristol area. It conjured up images of the spoof television programme Twenty Twelve, the mockumentary that followed the progress of the fictional Olympic Deliverance Commission in the run-up to the London Olympics.

Research funds needed for timber
14 December, 2013
More timber research is needed to strengthen wood’s position among construction materials, says Richard Harris, professor of timber engineering at the University of Bath

The future is bright for timber frame
10 August, 2013
There are some good news stories for construction, and timber frame in particular, says Andrew Carpenter, chief executive of the UK Timber Frame Association

Accreditation hits the mark
01 June, 2013
There are increasing demands for proof of product quality, performance and sourcing, explains Jim Coulson, director of TFT Woodexperts Ltd.