Our products are net carbon negative – but our journey is not over yet!

Steve Roebuck, European health & safety director at West Fraser explains why achieving net carbon negative status for the products is not the end...
Paula Thompson, technical commercial manager at Fleming Timber Structures

Female role models are key to shifting attitudes

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, Paula Thompson, technical commercial manager at Fleming Timber Structures, told Project Scotland about the challenges faced...

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...
Dyke McKenzie, Kirkwood Timber Frame

Kirkwood Timber Frame bolsters senior team with key appointment

ABERDEENSHIRE-based Kirkwood Timber Frame has appointed Dyke McKenzie as the company's new business development manager. He brings over 30 years of experience to the role,...

Housebuilder earns top customer satisfaction accolade

STEWART Milne Group has been awarded the 2020 Gold Award for customer satisfaction across all its UK divisions. An independent customer survey found 92% of...
Timber frame construction

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...

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...

Six reasons why timber frame is surging in the UK

In the mid-1980s, negative press about quality control for timber frame housing caused a healthy market to slump from around 40% to less than...

Aberdeenshire firms up for awards double

TWO Aberdeenshire firms have received recognition after two of their collaborations were named as finalists at a UK-wide self-build housing awards. Scotframe and Cairnrowan Custom Homes...

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...
Councillor Francesca Brennan speaks to the project team

Significant milestone reached on build of £10m Inverclyde community hub

OGILVIE Construction has reached a significant milestone on the £10 million build of a new community hub for people with learning disabilities in Inverclyde. The...

Fife timber specialist snaps up Cambridge Roof Truss

FIFE-headquartered Donaldson Timber Engineering (DTE) has announced the acquisition of Cambridge Roof Truss. The firm said the "strategic acquisition" will supplement DTE's existing product offering across...

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...

Increased timber use can help meet carbon targets

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, discusses the role of offsite timber building systems in meeting net zero goals...

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...
Net zero homes

Leveraging timber resources tipped to help address Scotland’s rural housing crisis

ECOLOGICAL timber homes specialist MAKAR has announced that two of the firm's 'pioneering and affordable' properties have been commissioned by the Lismore Community Trust. The...

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...

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...

Swedish Timber properties in Caol to be retrofitted

SWEDISH Timber properties in Caol are to be retrofitted as part of a new Highland Council project. The local authority is working alongside Union Technical...

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...