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Onside with offsite
The UK house building sector finished 2016 on a high and offsite manufacture is in the news. Sally Spencer reports
Consolidation to increase in timber sector
I was sat in the Mayfair offices of new Timbmet owner The Hadleigh Timber Group recently asking its chairman Martyn Meade how he saw the future of the UK timber products industry.
Consolidation to increase in timber sector
I was sat in the Mayfair offices of new Timbmet owner The Hadleigh Timber Group recently asking its chairman Martyn Meade how he saw the future of the UK timber products industry.
Ecobuild’s “City” Makeover
Building products exhibition Ecobuild takes on a new “city” look for 2017, with offsite construction a major area of interest
Keeping the Rain Out
Good site practice for party wall thermal bypass when building with timber frame is imperative, says Robin Lancashire, senior timber frame consultant at Exova BM TRADA
Cover Story
As timber cladding’s popularity continues to grow, producers are meeting customers’ demands with increasingly sophisticated products. Keren Fallwell reports
HSE backing for Creosote use
The Health & Safety Executive has authorised the use of creosote as an industrial preservative for wood used as railway sleepers, telegraph poles, fence panels and on cut end surfaces. Authorisation for other uses such as fence posts may follow
Making each home count
New review Each Home Counts led by Peter Bonfield calls for improved consumer safeguards and standards relating to home energy efficiency improvements
2017 – The year for living positively
In spite of most forecasters expressing degrees of gloominess about the UK economy generally, 2017 could turn out to be a good 12 months for the UK forestry and wood processing sector, writes the chief executive of Confor Stuart Goodall
From Pole to Pole
BRE director Ed Suttie’s long involvement with the timber industry has been bookended by expeditions to the top and bottom of the globe. Sally Spencer reports