TRADA

Premier Forest Products is the first company to be granted a ‘TRADA Technology Assessed' licence for its marketing literature for Sainty Structural Plywood.

TRADA has further enhanced its CD Rom service with the launch of timberWISE 3.05 for specifiers and designers containing more than 70 electronic Wood Information Sheets.

TRADA says is aware of some confusion amongst specifiers concerning the properties of "exterior grade" plywood.

Members will host ‘TRADA in the Regions' events this year, starting with White Design in Bristol on 6th July.

TRADA Technology has produced Essential Timber Frame Standard Details (for single occupancy detached, semi-detached and terraced houses) in a ready-to-use electronic PDF format.

To celebrate its 75th anniversary this year, TRADA has commissioned an inspirational publication entitled Timber in contemporary architecture - a designer's guide, written by leading experts in timber architecture and engineering Peter Ross, Giles Downes and Andrew Lawrence.

TRADA Technology's revised Guidance Document 6 (GD6) Vibration in floors (Eurocode 5) is now available to download from the TRADA website at http://www.trada.co.uk/. It complements Guidance Document 5 (GD5) How to calculate deformations in timber structures using Eurocodes.

As part of an ongoing market research project with hardwood suppliers, TRADA has expanded its species database with the addition of four more commercially available species - angelim, koto, red louro and sucupira.

TRADA Technology has published a new Wood Information Sheet, Specifying timber exposed to weathering to explain the causes of weathering and the impact it may have on timber's performance.

Launching a year of celebrations to mark its 75th anniversary in 2009, at its AGM earlier this month TRADA announced a research competition for both Corporate and Professional members.