Whitbread chooses STA
WHITBREAD, one of the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant operators, has announced its commitment to only use the products and services of Structural Timber...
Timber Skills Action Plan tipped to boost net zero aspirations
TIMBER Development has unveiled a new Timber Skills Action plan in partnership with the HCI Skills Gateway, aimed at equipping the UK construction industry...
Norbord to invest £95m in Highland mill
CANADIAN wood-based panel products firm Norbord has confirmed it is to invest £95 million in its oriented strand board (OSB) plant near Inverness.
The company...
ITW invests in new press to meet demand
ITW Construction Products has announced it has doubled the capacity of it’s SpaceJoist metal open web following the commissioning of a new 300-tonnes production...
‘Knowledge library’ tipped to boost timber design and construction
TIMBER Development UK (TDUK) has entered a new partnership with Edinburgh Napier University and the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) with...
Robertson Timber celebrates “record” Q3 contracts haul
ROBERTSON Timber Engineering has secured over £13 million worth of work in Q3 of 2017 following the expansion of the firm’s sales team, the...
Modern construction methods help overcome rural housing challenges
A 20-home development in Balmaha is taking shape, following years of work to overcome the challenges of building new affordable homes in the village.
CCG...
CCG completes build of East Renfrewshire Council’s largest ever housing development
WORK has been completed on East Renfrewshire Council's largest ever housing development.
CCG delivered the 47-home development made up of six one and two-bedroom wheelchair...
Hybrid solution helps to ‘push boundaries’ on Glasgow affordable housing project
CCG has announced that a 35-home affordable housing project has been completed in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow.
Admiral Street was once home to...
Panel manufacturer backs Cowie community care efforts
PANEL manufacturer Norbord has made a monetary donation to help support the Cowie Rural Action Group, who have been providing food and essential supplies...
Muir Timber Systems delivers kits for 44-home Leslie site
MUIR Timber Systems has delivered timber kits and roof trusses for 44 new affordable homes in Leslie, a village near Glenrothes in Fife.
The properties...
Tackling fuel poverty by building sustainable homes
By Malcolm Thomson, sales director at Scotframe
HANDS up if you’ve heard about the urgent need for new homes? Chances are most of the business...
EUTR made simple
Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) members recently met in Stirling for a presentation on the EU Timber Regulation by Enforcement Officers from the National...
Glidevale Protect membranes take key role at InverTay Homes project in Dundee
BUILDING products manufacturer Glidevale Protect is supplying its construction and roofing membranes for a new timber frame housing development being constructed by InverTay Homes...
Collaboration crucial to increase offsite adoption
"BY embracing new techniques in controlled factory environments offsite, or near-site, we can enhance pre-manufactured value, but by doing so, the conventional procurement and...
Brexit and bark beetle: what they mean for 2020 timber supply
Excess stock brought in ahead of the original Brexit deadline, uncertainty around the UK’s exit from the European Union, and challenges posed by bark...
More action needed over skill shortages
By Ross Mickel, Managing Director of Mactaggart & Mickel Timber Systems
IT’S no surprise to anyone in the construction industry that our trade is currently...
The secret to a successful supplier partnership? Trust
Glidevale Protect is proud to support The Innovation Hub in its goal to deliver sustainable and thermally efficient timber frame homes for Morro Partnerships
FOR...
Berwickshire offsite housebuilder opens new factory
BERWICKSHIRE-based Fleming Homes has opened a new factory to expand its bespoke pre-fabricated timber frame home offering.
The investment in the Platform 1 factory comes...
Shawfield Timber makes software investment to enhance customer experience
RUTHERGLEN-based Shawfield Timber is to utilise Podfather logistics software to boost customer delivery experience.
Following a significant investment in the company website last year, the...
