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Environmental impact assessment made easier
Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations are becoming increasingly important in building materials specification, but there are increasingly user-friendly tools to generate them, writes Dr Shamir Ghumra, director at the BRE Centre for Sustainable Products
Ireland prepares for Brexit impact
Exports to the UK continue unabated but Ireland’s timber trade is keeping a watchful eye on Brexit negotiations. Sally Spencer reports
The robust case for CLT
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
Strong demand buoys mills
The first half of the year has been marked by good demand for softwood and Finnish mills are hoping it will continue. Keren Fallwell reports.
Weak Pound Strengthens UK Chipboard Sector
Chipboard producers are positive about the UK market, although the Brexit effect creates some uncertainties. Keren Fallwell reports.
Producers Bemoan “Dull” European Markets
Markets in Asia, the Middle and Far East are giving more grounds for optimism for West African producers than “dull” European markets, reports TTJ’s West Africa markets specialist
Checking your ID’s
Identifying what species a piece of wood is has become more important since the advent of the EU timber regulation. Gervais Sawyer looks at the subject
Plywood issue tackled head on
There have been grumblings in the UK timber trade for many years about the quality of some of the hardwood plywood imported.
Trading trends outweigh Brexit impacts
In the short-term rising consumption elsewhere and supply trends look set to affect UK softwood import trade more than the Brexit vote, writes Sampsa Auvinen, CEO of Norvik Timber Industries, board member of Bergs Timber AB and president of the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry
Plywood issue tackled head on
There have been grumblings in the UK timber trade for many years about the quality of some of the hardwood plywood imported.