All articles by Amit Thadani
Amit Thadani
Tackling fuel poverty
Debi Lama, key account manager for affordable housing at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, discusses why offsite construction coupled with a build fabric such as timber frame is key to reducing fuel poverty across the UK and reflects on the company’s work with L&Q Housing Association to achieve this
A class act
A new community learning campus in Cambridge demonstrates why it’s time to build more wooden schools. Sally Spencer reports
CATT advances
Groundworks for the new Centre for Advanced Timber Technology have started, with the first student intake set for September next year. Sally Spencer reports
Marking time
The TTF’s Nick Boulton discusses whether UKCA marking is a duplication, an essential requirement, or both
Timber taps into carbon agenda
Structural timber is set to benefit from the increasing focus on net zero carbon. Sally Spencer talks to STA chief executive Andrew Carpenter
Striving to keep market supplied
MDF supply is falling short of demand and allocation could continue into Q2 next year. Keren Fallwell reports
Little sign of hardwood market relief
Hardwood supply and demand remain seriously out of kilter and the arrival of a breakbulk timber cargo from Asia underlines unprecedented container costs. Mike Jeffree reports
Sawmills struggle to meet demand
Demand for softwood is still chasing supply as freight hold ups exacerbate the problem. Jerry Wilson reports
The future of online events
Learn with TRADA Live will be a fixture for the foreseeable future