The event comes a year after the association rebranded from the purely timber frame UK Timber Frame Association and follows the addition in the spring of the UKSIPS membership.
"The past year has been significant for the STA and we enter the next phase of our growth and development with a strong complement of new members," said STA chairman Lawrence Young.
"Our membership now reflects our expansion across the full range of structural timber with a continued focus on timber frame."
In addition to the deal with Whitbread, the STA is planning to increase timber frame’s share of the new home market from 23% to 30% within five years.
Speakers at the conference include the government’s chief construction adviser Peter Hansford and the head of the National Specialist Contractors’ Council, Suzannah Nichol. The conference will also host new forums on commercial activity within timber frame, SIPs and solid wood.
The annual meeting and conference is to be held on May 21 at the St Pierre Hotel & Country Club, in Chepstow.
