Pilot project promotes greater use of home-grown timber in Scottish construction industry

A pilot project involving Scottish timber has been tipped to play a key role in reducing the construction industry's carbon footprint. A consortium comprising of...

Scotframe creates new role to support growth in English market

Scotframe has appointed Andy Lewis to the newly created role of business development manager for central England

Scotframe eyes growth south of the border

INVERURIE-headquartered Scotframe is about to launch a new showroom in Swindon as the offsite timber frame specialist seeks to make further inroads into English...
Jonathan Riley

Offsite housebuilding specialist appoints new head of commercial

OFFSITE timber housing specialist TALO has appointed Jonathan Riley as head of commercial to help scale delivery of 'ultra low' energy housing – particularly...
Persimmon Homes trial home

Developer unveils model home designed to trial new construction tech

PERSIMMON Homes has launched a new facility to enable its teams to trial new construction technologies and train staff. The developer unveiled the three-storey model...
Aerial image of Elgin town centre site

Construction milestone for Elgin town centre regeneration project

FULL construction is now underway on the South Street regeneration project in Elgin following completion of preparatory works. The milestone follows enabling works including demolition...

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...
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...

SMTS rebrands to Donaldson Timber Systems following acquisition

DONALDSON Timber Systems (DTS) has been confirmed as the new brand of the business formerly known as Stewart Milne Timber Systems (SMTS). The move follows...
Alex Goodfellow

Timber in the driving seat to meet roadmap aims

By Alex Goodfellow, CEO, Donaldson Offsite AT the end of 2023, the UK Government announced its Timber in Construction Roadmap to boost UK construction and...

Full-scale log house set to be built with 100-year-old Douglas Fir logs

LOGS the length of a double decker bus, harvested by Forestry Land Scotland (FLS) and supplied to a specialist log cabin builder, are being...

Global manifesto launches urging increased use of timber in construction

A global wood manifesto has launched making the case to decision makers for a 'much greater' use of timber in construction and renovation. Edinburgh-based trade...
Dr Anthony Greer

It’s time to challenge housing assumptions

Dr Anthony Greer, co-founder and director of corporate strategy at TALO, an offsite timber frame housing specialist, answers Project Scotland's questions about the firm’s...
Timber frame housing site

English developers turning to Scottish timber frame specialists to meet housing demands

ENGLISH developers are increasingly turning to Scottish-based firms to help them deliver new homes 'faster, more sustainably and at greater scale', according to Deeside Timberframe. The...

Gary Milne appointed to Homes for Scotland board

GARY Milne, technical & design director for Stewart Milne Homes Central Scotland, has been appointed to the board of trade body Homes for Scotland...

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...

Housebuilder hails ‘increasingly vital’ role of apprentices as industry builds for the future

APPRENTICES now account for almost 10% of Stewart Milne Homes’ workforce, the housebuilder revealed at the start of Scottish Apprenticeships Week. The firm described their...

Taking care of business

A new multi-level care facility is now open after a complex four-zone build programme, completed in partnership with Stewart Milne Timber Systems and its...

Timber frame: the material of choice for rising variety of projects

LENZIE-based Fleming Timber Structures is flying the flag for timber frame by demonstrating how the material can be used successfully in the construction of...

Timber engineering manufacturer opens tenth UK site

DONALDSON Timber Engineering Ltd (DTE) has opened its tenth branch in the UK. The new site in Exeter in the south west of England will...