SIPs help build ‘forever home’ in Perthshire
A bespoke eco-friendly house in the hills above Aberfeldy, constructed using Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs), is providing stunning views of the Perthshire countryside.
David and...
Forres-based timber systems operation marks 25th anniversary
JAMES Jones & Sons has been celebrating the 25-year anniversary of its Forres-based timber systems division.
The division was launched as the UK’s first I-joist...
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...
Timber to take leading role in net zero schools
UK schools reportedly rack up a total energy bill of around £543 million each year, responsible for almost half of local authorities’ carbon emissions....
Timber frame specialist secures OSHA framework agreement
DONALDSON Timber Systems (DTS) has announced it has secured a position on the Off-Site Homes Alliance (OSHA) national construction framework for volumetric (CAT 1)...
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...
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...
How Scotland’s offsite expertise can open up UK business opportunities
By Malcolm Thomson, sales director, Scotframe
IT is predicted that the UK needs around 300,000 new homes every year for the foreseeable future, to tackle...
Fleming Timber Structures announces hat-trick of new business wins
FLEMING Timber Structures has announced three new contract wins for a variety of main contractors across Scotland.
Spanning education, sport and funeral care, the...
New Glasgow exhibition celebrates offsite timber construction
A new exhibition in Glasgow is showcasing sustainable offsite-manufactured buildings made from wood.
Supported by Scottish Forestry, engineering and built environment students from Edinburgh Napier...
New Book explores wood benefits
A new book celebrating the ways timber technologies have been used in residential design and construction over the last decade has been published.
Modern Timber...
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...
Building with SIPs can beat affordable housing crisis
Sips Eco Panels explains why Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) can allow the UK to build more affordable homes quickly and end fuel poverty
THE UK...
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...
New recruit to boost Fleming growth plans
THIRD generation family-owned construction company, Fleming Buildings, has expanded its team with the recruitment of Euan McDermott to oversee its growth strategy.
Euan will focus...
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...
New timber division is natural step for JR Group
AS far as timing goes, launching a new division just as the world was about to be gripped by a pandemic that would cause...
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...
Time capsule buried near Glasgow’s largest Passivhaus development
CCG has revealed that pupils from Silverdale Nursery in Glasgow’s east end have buried a time capsule in the nursery grounds adjacent to the...
Premier project delivered on time
THE Premier Inn development in Shore Street, Oban, features a combination of a four-storey timber frame structure for the 81-bedroom hotel and a ground...
