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The great British build

The UK Timber Frame Association is among the many trade bodies supporting the Federation of Master Builders’ Get Britain Building campaign, which launched at Westminster in February.

PEFC Update

We look at the results of the Central Point of Expertise on Timber Biannual Review

Top deck

The Timber Decking Association has announced the publication of a new code of practice for the design and construction of raised timber decks.

Protecting property, saving lives

Mark Cummings,head of section: fire testing at Chiltern International Fire discusses the testing of fire doors and the role of third-party certification.

Good advice

Andy Mahon, partner at BDO Stoy Hayward LLP with responsibility for Building Schools for the Future, on his firm’s work with local authorities and private sector clients.

School of thought

Sustainable building specialist, Cabinco Ltd, has just completed the construction of a high quality sustainable timber building for Manchester Grammar School.

Engineered joists

AS AN integral partner to the engineered joist industry, Simpson Strong-Tie believes that 2008 has been the most dynamic year in the history of UK EWP, with some of the most difficult challenges for the industry still to come. Richard Jarvis, head of Simpson’s engineered timber division (ETD), comments on how these issues are being addressed by the UK’s leading connector manufacturer.

Further efficiencies promised in BSF

By Tim Byles, chief executive of Partnerships for Schools

Reach for the sky

Constructed entirely in timber, Murray Grove is the tallest modern timber residential building in the world.

John Brash Western Red Cedar cladding comes to the rescue

John Brash, the specialist timber importer, has recently supplied its Western Red Cedar cladding on the new Exmouth Life Boat Station, which is owned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).