Search Results: 'UKTFA'

TTF to meet minister over carbon-neutral homes policy
18 December, 2006
A Timber Trade Federation delegation is to join the Home Builders Federation in a meeting with housing minister Yvette Cooper to hammer out the detail of Gordon Brown's carbon-neutral home building policy unveiled in the chancellor's Pre-Budget Report.

UKTFA appoints technical and education managers
14 December, 2006

Timber frame will help meet carbon neutral targets, says UKTFA
11 December, 2006
The UK Timber Frame Association has welcomed new measures unveiled in Wednesday's Pre-Budget Report to make the majority of new homes 'carbon neutral' within 10 years.

Timber frame sector responds to fire report
09 December, 2006
The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) has moved swiftly to highlight fire safety initiatives under way in its sector after Building ran a controversial report on a construction site blaze.

Networking event for timber frame firms
24 November, 2006
The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) is hosting a free networking event for businesses to discuss how they can tap into the recent boom in the construction sector.

Growth backed by trade initiatives
11 November, 2006

Growth backed by trade initiatives
11 November, 2006

Taking more stick to brick
19 August, 2006
The timber frame sector continues to grow and diversify

Timber keeps builders cool
19 August, 2006
When it comes to meeting the new energy conservation regulations for new homes, timber frame is already there. Martin Milner, chairman of the UKTFA Technical Committee, explains why

UKTFA defends timber in wake of fire
21 July, 2006
The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) has defended wood construction following a fire which destroyed a six-storey timber frame apartment block and severely damaged another at a building site in north-west London.

Fire strikes timber frame building site
14 July, 2006
A major fire has destroyed a six-storey timber frame apartment block and severely damaged another at a building site in Hendon, north-west London.

Training proves a hot topic
13 May, 2006

Olympics race is on for timber
01 May, 2006
The timber sector may already be falling behind the plastic, steel and concrete industries in the competition for a slice of the building products business generated by the 2012 London Olympics. To get its share it needs to work together and act now.

TRADA manual gives timber frame tips
27 March, 2006
TRADA Technology claims it can save timber frame construction engineers and architects hours of design with the publication of Timber frame: Standard details for houses and flats.

UKTFA buoyed by National Audit Office study
22 January, 2006