Search Results: 'UK Timber Frame Association'

Housing upturn boosts timber frame
19 November, 2014
Housebuilding has hit its highest level since the economic slide of 2007 and more builders are turning to timber to meet demand, according to new figures and industry sources.

Climate talks yield new opportunities
19 November, 2014
Dave Hopkins, executive director of Wood for Good, says the EU’s targets for emissions reduction and energy efficiency should be welcomed by the timber industry.

Climate talks yield new opportunities
19 November, 2014
Dave Hopkins, executive director of Wood for Good, says the EU’s targets for emissions reduction and energy efficiency should be welcomed by the timber industry.

Expo comes of age
19 November, 2014
Last month’s Timber Expo saw an increase in visitor numbers and there was a buzz of optimismamong exhibitors. Sally Spencer reports

Good Neighbours
14 October, 2014
Irish wood processors remain committed to trading with their closest neighbour, the UK. Sally Spencer reports.

Demand soars for structural timber
08 October, 2014
The structural timber sector has seen a record number of orders during the last year, with some businesses’ workloads increasing by 100%.

Expo provides a shop window
26 September, 2014
Timber Expo event director Loretta Sales picks out some of the highlights of this year’s show.

Rebuilding Timber's market Share
16 July, 2014
Lawrence Young, chairman of the Structural Timber Association, discusses the market for building with wood in the UK

Heading the white way
16 June, 2014
John White describes his time as TTF CEO as tremendously rewarding, and he leaves urging the sector to capitalise on the golden age of wood. He spoke to Mike Jeffree.

Whitbread builds exclusive deal with STA
17 May, 2014
One of the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant operators has given a huge boost to the Structural Timber Association with a commitment to use only the products and services of STA members in all future timber-based building projects.

STA sets optimistic agenda
17 May, 2014
The annual meeting and conference of the Structural Timber Association next week is to focus on capitalising on the upturn in the construction market.

Timber frame must seize massive opportunities
06 May, 2014
The UK timber frame sector could be on the brink of a major market breakthrough, with the prospect of boosting its new build housing share from 23% to 30% in four years, according to Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter.

UKSIPS joins STA to push timber message
21 April, 2014
UKSIPS has joined forces with the Structural Timber Association to create a 350-strong industry group that will provide a bigger voice for timber in construction.

The year of the selfie?
22 March, 2014
The self-build sector could be a lucrative market for trussed rafter makers. Sally Spencer reports.

Private housebuilding spurs demand
08 March, 2014
There’s no doubt that demand for timber frame housing is improving but margin growth is failing to keep pace. Ian Martin reports

A fresh way of learning
22 February, 2014
Swedish Wood and its UK partners have devised a series of online CPD courses for architects. Wood Campus’s Tony Traynor reports.

Profile for the pick-up
11 January, 2014
Marketing and promotion in 2013 embraced timber’s environmental credentials, technical strengths and design potential, giving it firm foundations to capitalise on economic upturn, writes Wood for Good director David Hopkins

The regeneration game
11 January, 2014
Norbord’s OSB mills have entered a period of major cash regeneration, thanks largely to the turnaround in the housebuilding sector. Sally Spencer reports

Positives to build on in 2014
11 January, 2014
As the new year starts, there’s much to cheer, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree