STA Advice Note 18 – what do specifiers need to know?

ADVERTORIAL John Mellor, Product Manager at Protect Membranes, explains the Structural Timber Association’s new STA Advice Note 18 and describes the key recommendations for breather...

Scotia Homes completes acquisition of Caledonia Homes

SCOTIA Homes has completed the acquisition of timber kit manufacturer Caledonia Homes for an undisclosed sum. Ellon-based Caledonia has been fully owned by Stuart...

Ochil fabricates specialist trusses for top university

OCHIL Timber has been supplying impressive roof trusses for the latest phase of student residences at St Andrew’s University’s Fife Park site. The £73,000 contract...

Timber frame specialist unveils new Cumbernauld showroom

TIMBER frame specialist Scotframe has invested in a new showroom and sales office in Cumbernauld. The facility, which has been created in response to growing...

Solar entrepreneurs give backing to Scottish construction start-up business

SOLAR entrepreneurs and climate campaigners Dr Jeremy Leggett and Paddy Padmanathan have backed Inverness-based MAKAR Timber Engineering (MTE), a new company that aims to...
Alan Little and Malcolm Thomson, Kirkwood Timber Frame

Timber frame specialist appoints new factory operations manager

KIRKWOOD Timber Frame has bolstered its senior team with the appointment of a factory operations manager. Alan Little, from just outside Kintore, Aberdeenshire, replaces the...

Glasgow housebuilder starts work on £5 million development

CONSTRUCTION work has started on a new 40-home £5 million development in Springburn, Glasgow. The two-bed apartments for social rent are being built by Glasgow-based...

Hotel milestone for timber engineering firm

ROBERTSON Timber Engineering has been awarded a contract to to build what will be its 6,000th hotel room in the space of two years. The firm, which...

Timber kit manufacturer embarks on landmark housing project

DC Timber Systems has announced it has secured its first project with housebuilder CALA Homes (West), providing timber frame for its Sequoia Meadows development...

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...
Grant Sanderson

Offsite timber frame manufacturer appoints head of technical

DONALDSON Timber Systems has announced the appointment of Grant Sanderson as head of technical. He joined as a structural engineer in 2015, before being promoted...
Sigma II panels

Timber frame manufacturer achieves EPDs for full wall panel range

OFFSITE timber frame manufacturer Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS) has published third party accredited environmental product declarations (EPD) for its full wall panel range. Last year,...

Derelict Edinburgh public toilets transformed into ‘stunning’ timber frame apartments

THE site of former public toilets in the Morningside area of Edinburgh has been transformed into a new five-storey residential building. The development, by Rennick...
Stephen Good and Calum Murray at the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)

CSIC and STA join forces to boost timber sector innovation

CONSTRUCTION Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Structural Timber Association (STA) have announced they are teaming up to help structural timber firms 'innovate and...

Timber specialist announces Scottish expansion

NATIONAL Timber Group has has announced it has almost doubled the size of its operation in Grangemouth. The Forth Valley timber processing plant has become...

CCG looks to set the standard on net zero homes

CCG has announced the launch of the CCG Net Zero Home, described as a new housebuilding standard in response to Scotland’s target of becoming...

Three-year project to examine English woodlands for new construction resources

A consortium of timber construction and engineering specialists is exploring ways to boost the use of English hardwood forest products across the built environment. The...

Timber’s role in sustainable construction to be showcased during Glasgow COP26 summit

THE role of timber construction is set to be highlighted during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow at a number of events. The Wood for...

Construction starts on new luxury care home in Stirling

MORRISON Community Care Group is to expand its services with a new facility in Stirling.   Located on Randolph Road, the 50-bed Livilands Luxury Suites...

Wooden workplaces: building for the future

By Dr Mila Duncheva, business development manager of UK & Ireland, Stora Enso METROPOLITAN hubs are rife with corporate spaces which try to integrate the...