Timber specialist welcomes local MSP to Grangemouth HQ

NATIONAL Timber Group Scotland recently welcomed Michelle Thomson MSP to the firm's Grangemouth head office. The Thornbridge Timber site is the central processing and distribution hub...

Scottish Water trials RSE’s award-winning Timber Modular Build kiosks

SCOTTISH Water has partnered with Ross-Shire Engineering (RSE) to trial an award-winning low carbon approach to housing equipment on site. The pilot has seen traditional...

New chair appointed to AIMCH project

THE Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) project has named Simon Dudley, interim chair of Homes England, as chair of the...

A “clear route” forward

With timber frame increasing its share of the housing market, Alex Goodfellow, group managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems, draws on over 30...
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DTS awarded Order of Distinction for health and safety excellence

DONALDSON Timber Systems (DTS) has been awarded the Order of Distinction by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) after earning its...

Donaldson Timber Systems secures place on CHIC’s newbuild development framework

DONALDSON Timber Systems (DTS) has been appointed to the Communities and Housing Investment Consortium's (CHIC) newbuild development framework. As part of CHIC’s new eight-year framework,...

Stewart Milne lands role on ambitious troops relocation project

STEWART Milne Timber Systems has announced its involvement in a "stretching" housebuilding project to relocate some 4,000 service personnel and their families from Germany...

Inverness welcomes new “first-rate” student digs

NEW student residences have opened in Inverness despite "extremely challenging" weather during the construction process. 150 new bedrooms have been completed for the University of the...

Milestone achieved as timber frames erected at Kirkcaldy housing project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz-VC8WvSf0&feature=youtu.be THE JR Group has marked a milestone in the development of a new affordable housing development in the Glen Albyn area of Kirkcaldy as...

Students tasked with using timber to design sustainable community centre

BUILT environment students and recent graduates have been challenged to design a community centre that is 'truly sustainable'. Trade membership body Timber Development UK is...

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...

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...
MP Chris Kane meeting Deeside employees

Political visits provide showcase for timber frame construction

CHRIS Kane MP has become the latest politician to visit Deeside Timberframe’s Throsk manufacturing facility, touring the expanded site just weeks after MSP Alex...

Norbord Inverness factory investment tops £145m

WOOD panel manufacturer Norbord is to putting a further £35 million into developing its Inverness factory, bringing overall investment in the past two years...

CCG to build 321 new homes in West Dunbartonshire

CCG has been appointed by West Dunbartonshire Council to build over 300 new affordable homes in the area. Work is expected to start in the coming...

‘Interesting times’ for timber trade

THE latest meeting of the members of the Scottish Timber Trade Association (STTA) took place in Stirling recently, where conditions across the main market...

Donaldson Timber Systems earns BOPAS plus accreditation

TIMBER frame specialist, Donaldson Timber Systems (DTS), has announced it has become one of the first manufacturers to achieve Buildoffsite Property Assurance Scheme Plus...

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,...

DTS achieves CPD accreditation for offsite timber frame training

DONALDSON Timber Systems (DTS) has announced it is providing offsite timber frame training workshops after being awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation. The firm explained...

Scotframe ramps up English growth plans

INVERURIE-headquartered Scotframe has set its sights on the growing demand for timber frame housing in England with a series of new appointments and business...