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CLT aims for Pinnacle of Success
B & K Structures managing director Nick Milestone has been involved in some of the UK’s most ground-breaking cross laminated timber-based construction projects, including the award-winning new BSkyB Believe in Better Building. So why, he asks, is CLT now reaching such new and impressive heights?
Timber now has the training tools
Proskills has been working with UK timber for nearly a decade, the result, a new raft of dedicated industry qualifications and training framework. Here apprenticeship and qualifications development manager Lisa Williamson highlights what’s been achieved, but also urges the sector to make the most of its new training tools.
The rise and rise of LVL
New production lines and boosted capacity will result in more LVL on the market in future. Sally Spencer reports.
Housing creates room for growth
The recovery in new build housing has boosted demand for I-joists. Sally Spencer reports
Making a Solid Start
Appreciation of the benefits of LVL has led to growing use of the product, says engineered wood products manufacturer LP Building Products.
Sky’s the Limit
BSkyB’s new educational building is a great advert for engineered timber construction on a grand scale reports Stephen Powney.
Ash dieback – The phoney war is over
In some parts of the country reports of the threat posed by Ash dieback seemed exaggerated. But now, says English Woodlands Timber managing director Tom Compton, it’s spread far and wide. And it’s serious.
Integration breeds content?
To achieve the integration needed to drive construction and associated supply chains forward demands a significant uplift in recruitment, and, says Snows Timber managing director Jim Peryer, that demands greater sharing of knowledge.
Changing Times
The first two months of 2015 brought a change in markets for West & Central African timbers, ending the 2014 general upwards trend in both price and demand.