Search Results: 'UK Timber Frame Association'

The solution to Britain’s housing crisis
21 August, 2019
David Hopkins, director Confederation of Timber Industries highlights the work of the APPG for the Timber Industries

Added assurance for timber building
12 February, 2019
Developing industry skills and giving customers assurance on quality and performance must be the focus for the timber building sector, says Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter

Seismic Shift
20 May, 2015
Well I said last month it was a dangerous game second guessing the voting intentions of the public. And so it turned out.

Digging deep
20 March, 2015
So, spring is here at last and with it that first touch of milder weather, lighter evenings and a feeling of optimism about the months to come.

The voice of the timber Industry
20 January, 2015

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

A good year for TTBS
05 October, 2013
There have been some positive developments for the TTBS this year. General manager Ivan Savage explains

Building a bold new strategy
05 October, 2013
Speakers at the Structural Timber Association (STA) launch events last week provided a “do the math” moment.

Step up for a show of unity
07 September, 2013
A team of Swiss engineers is currently putting together a spectacular, 7.7m-high cross-laminated US tulipwood structure outside London's world-renowned Tate Modern gallery. Comprising a series of interlocking flights of stairs, it forms part of the London Design Festival and is the American Hardwood Export Council's (AHEC) latest dramatic showpiece project at the annual event to promote the potential of US hardwoods.

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

Green glimmers amid the gloom
09 March, 2013
The Construction Products Association (CPA) is known for the pith and precision of its UK building market reports and for being strictly averse to any sugar-coating. As a result, in recent years they have made for some pretty grim reading. They have painted a picture of construction spiralling into depression, rather than recession, with no hints of a silver lining.

It's time for timber frame
09 March, 2013
There's never been a better time to be involved in the timber industry, says Lawrence Young, chairman of the UK Timber Frame Association

It’s showtime for partnership
09 February, 2013
An exposed Stockholm construction site on a bitter January day is a bleak place to be. Frozen ink and fingers were making a total hash of my shorthand and it was a major relief to get out of the arctic wind and into the warmth of the builders' cabin.

Finding that feel-good factor
17 December, 2012
A hardwood importer recently summed up 2012 to TTJ as the year that “OK became the new norm”. Trade was better than in the darkest days of recession, but still wasn’t floating anybody’s boats.

Foundations for a brighter future
17 September, 2012
UK construction may be some considerable way off peak fitness, but all the evidence still points to a vibrant, vigorous future for the timber building sector.

London 2012 – a lasting legacy for timber?
18 August, 2012
Will timber benefit long-term from the success of the Olympic Park, asks Geoff Arnold, managing director of Pinewood Structures

First whispers of green shoots
03 March, 2012
The timber industry has reasons to be optimistic, says Mike Jeffree

Another year of "challenging times"
04 February, 2012
Kevin Riley, vice-president construction industry for Finnforest, looks at what 2012 might hold

New Part L revision good news for timber frame
04 February, 2012
The latest Part L revision adopts a practical approach to improved energy efficiency, says UK Timber Frame Association chairman Simon Orrells

Dousing flames in two key hot spots
10 December, 2011