New home for Fife timber specialist

JAMES Donaldson & Sons is moving to a new purpose built head office at the Saltire Centre in Glenrothes. The timber specialist said the new 5,000...
Burnbrae Road, Fleming

Landmark Bonnyrigg Passivhaus development officially certified

FLEMING has achieved certification for a major Passivhaus project at Burnbrae Road, Bonnyrigg. This marks one of the largest certified Passivhaus projects in Scotland...

Collective action by housebuilders to target climate change

By Malcolm Thomson, sales director, Scotframe IT was Barack Obama who pointed out that the challenges of the 21st century could not be met without...
Glidevale Protect InverTay Dundee project

Glidevale Protect membranes take key role at InverTay Homes project in Dundee

BUILDING products manufacturer Glidevale Protect is supplying its construction and roofing membranes for a new timber frame housing development being constructed by InverTay Homes...

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...

Turnover doubles in twelve months

ROBERTSON Group has seen its Timber Engineering business experience its most successful year in the past five years thanks to a string of new...

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...

Whitbread chooses STA

WHITBREAD, one of the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant operators, has announced its commitment to only use the products and services of Structural Timber...

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....

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...
New rig demonstrating the full assembly and disassembly of multiple structural timber systems displayed at Futurebuild

New training programme aims to extend use of timber across construction sector 

A new training programme designed to accelerate the use of timber in construction across the UK has officially launched, backed by the Construction Industry...

First Minister unveils new Norbord plant following £95m investment

FIRST Minister for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled a new manufacturing line at Norbord’s Inverness plant, following a £95 million investment. The wood panel manufacturer...

Three-year AIMCH project outcomes to be highlighted at construction exhibition

ADVANCED Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH), a project aimed at transforming housebuilding, will issue a call to the industry to 'mainstream'...
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...

Offsite construction tipped to speed up Ayr affordable housing development

CCG is creating a new development in Ayr which aims to address the need for affordable housing in the town. Work on the 39-home previously...

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...

Reflective membrane tech boosts Z House initiative

GLIDEVALE Protect has revealed that the firm’s insulating wall membranes are delivering an ‘airtight and energy efficient’ building envelope at a timber frame concept...

Healthy start to work at new Bishopton & Dargavel Satellite Facility

LENZIE-based Fleming has officially broken ground on the company's latest multi-million pound project, the Bishopton & Dargavel Satellite Facility. The project marks a significant step...

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...

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...