BE-ST delivers ten events over three days at Futurebuild 2026
BUILT Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has delivered a three-day programme of activities during Futurebuild and UK Construction Week 2026 in London.
Across the exhibition,...
Perthshire timber business secures new funding package
GLENALMOND Timber has received £600,000 in CBILS funding from Royal Bank of Scotland to help safeguard the future of the business following the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Perthshire-based...
The top misconceptions about timber as a building material
Modern engineering has addressed many of the traditional concerns related to wood, making it a viable and attractive option for contemporary construction projects, explains...
Housebuilder sets the gold standard in customer satisfaction
STEWART Milne Group has been awarded the 2021 Gold Award for customer satisfaction across all its UK regions for the third consecutive year.
The awards,...
Top marks for Ochil Timber
THE challenges facing Perth and Kinross Council (PKC) Architects’ Property Department weren’t hard to find when Kinnoull Primary School needed a new gym...
Scotframe makes senior appointment to target English self-build housing market
SCOTFRAME is targeting a larger slice of the self-build housing market in England after appointing Danny Johnson to the role of business development manager...
Raising the rafters: timber systems driving the next generation of housing delivery
By Gary Gray, general manager, Muir Timber Systems
AS the housing sector contends with increasing delivery pressures, evolving regulatory demands, and an urgent need to...
Church project helps reduce carbon footprint
LENZIE-based timber frame specialist Fleming Buildings has delivered a striking extension to Milton of Campsie Parish Church in East Dunbartonshire.
Built on the site of,...
STA Advice Note 18 – what do specifiers need to know?
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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...
Thinking smart over fire safety
By Rebecca Goldsmith, product marketing executive at MEDITE SMARTPLY
WOOD panel products incorporating flame retardant treatment will slow down the development of a fire, allowing...
Embracing online training during lockdown
Simon Horn, technical development manager at Stewart Milne Timber Systems discusses the benefits of embracing online training in a locked-down world.
As restrictions to safeguard...
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...
Donaldson Timber Systems confirms partnership with HebHomes
DONALDSON Timber Systems has partnered with architect-designed home supplier HebHomes to provide the timber frame structure for their homes throughout the UK, Ireland and...
Data gathering shows value of smart construction
Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, believes that Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) has the...
Aberdeenshire timber frame manufacturer hails ‘incredible’ new business wins
ABERDEENSHIRE-based Kirkwood Timber Frame has announced the firm has secured £12 million worth of new business in its first year.
Having launched to the external...
What are the likely post-Brexit outcomes for those working with timber?
By Nigel Buckley Ryan, UK sales director, merchants, Södra
WHILE no one can really say with any great certainty what a deal - or lack of...
Irish housing minister visits Irvine timber facility
THE role of Scottish timber in supporting the circular economy and delivering sustainable homes was recognised by the Irish Government during a visit to...
Keeping the rain out – best site practice for timber frame buildings
Robin Lancashire, senior timber frame consultant at Exova BM TRADA offers guidance on best practice for party wall thermal bypass when building with timber...
St Andrews Timber & Building Supplies strengthens senior team
ST Andrews Timber & Building Supplies has appointed Brian McVeigh as its first group key accounts manager.
Most recently sales director with Woodbridge Timber, an...
Innovation Centre approves funding for first projects
A proposal for the UK’s first patented prefabricated timber frame party wall system is one of the first six innovation projects to be approved...
