All articles by Prameela vegi
Prameela vegi
Ecobuild: TRADA quizzes visitors on wood knowledge
Quizzes testing visitors’ knowledge of hardwood and softwood and how to identify marine grade plywood were a tactic employed by TRADA to draw visitor interest towards wood products.
Wood First Plus LCA database draws Ecobuild crowd
A ‘soft launch’ for Wood for Good’s ground breaking Wood First Plus timber life cycle assessment online database packed out TRADA’s seminar theatre on its Ecobuild stand.
Ecobuild: Arden flies the flag for British manufacturing
After positive feedback at last year’s Ecobuild, Arden Windows was back to launch its new Kinward sliding sash with concealed slider.
Built and Grown in Britain
There is major potential for increasing the use of home-grown timber in UK construction, but it needs work and commitment, says Simon Smith of structural engineers Smith+Wallwork
Log prices pinch profits at British mills
Demand for British-grown timber is seeing mills working at capacity and appealing to their suppliers to give them a break on roundwood prices. Sally Spencer reports
Improving markets bring new challenges
Business is improving but Stephen King, commercial director at SCA Timber Supply, has some concerns
NETTA continues timber promotion
NETTA’s aim is to make timber a natural choice for designers and specifiers, says chairman James Southern
Certification can do better
We’ve had the range of timber eco certification stories recently. The mixed, the good and the not so sure. Initially the first of these had looked like unmitigated bad news for the industry; IKEA’s forestry arm, Swedwood, losing its FSC certificate in Karelia, prompting the screaming Sunday Times headline: “IKEA cut down to size as 600-year-old trees used for flatpack” .
Software vision
Businesses that don’t choose the right software will be left in the slow lane, says James Sweet
Private housebuilding spurs demand
There’s no doubt that demand for timber frame housing is improving but margin growth is failing to keep pace. Ian Martin reports