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TRADA tackles wood waste

TRADA Technology has published a New Wood Information Sheet, Recovering and minimising wood waste, to help address the issues surrounding the estimated 11 million tonnes of wood waste generated in the UK each year.

 
Kingspan closes timber frame factory

Building materials group Kingspan is closing down a timber frame housing factory in Wales.

 
James Latham gives mixed message

Timber merchant James Latham has delivered sparkling results today, however it warned of gloom ahead.

 
Work begins on Manchester flat-pack school

A school in Manchester will become the first British primary school to be built with an innovative timber panel system.

 
New head of forestry research

Dr James Pendlebury has been appointed Chief Executive of Forest Research, the scientific research and technical development agency of the Forestry Commission.

 

Timber takes to the sky

Famed for its mention in the Domesday Book, Birmingham suburb Sheldon will soon be reaching for another high. TiC reports.

Defending timber's urban renaissance

If timber is to be the new face of urban design, then the industry must address its misuse. TiC reports on two initiatives designed to carve its credentials into the mindsets of 21st century designers.

Top marks for Welsh schools

Can a clutch of timber frame schools spur sleepy Welsh county Monmouthshire into a green future? TiC visits the valleys to find out

Increase the pressure

When Bullock Construction specified timber frame for the first time on a housebuilding project in Coventry, the client suddenly demanded more apartments to the same deadline. TiC goes onsite to find out how Bullock coped with the extra work.

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