Structural Timber News

The UK's first Passivhaus secondary school – the £40million state-of-the-art Harris Academy in Sutton – has opened its doors and sets a precedent for low carbon, high performance buildings.  Delivered for Sutton Council, and...

A joint exhibition on the future of Off-Site Manufacturing (OSM) curated by the Edinburgh Napier University Built Environment Exchange with original design material by the Harvard Graduate School of Design.  The world’s...

The 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize was recently awarded to a revolutionary social housing development for Norwich City Council.   At the centre of Goldsmith Street is a highly insulated timber frame structure resulting in the UK’s...

Showcasing sustainable offsite manufacturing in Scotland. New student exhibition highlights innovative timber construction to meet housing demand. A new exhibition in Glasgow is showcasing sustainable buildings factory-made...

A key project under the spotlight at Timber Talks will be The Import Building – created as part of a redevelopment masterplan in East India Dock, Tower Hamlets and an exceptional example of the use of cross laminated timber (CLT) and...

Officially sold-out and packed to the rafters, the 2019 Awards took place once again during UK Construction Week at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham. The gala event rewarded all those in the construction industry taking timber to...

A new exhibition in Glasgow is showcasing sustainable buildings factory-made from wood, demonstrating how innovative timber engineering methods can overcome traditional construction challenges. Supported by Scottish Forestry, Engineering...

Housing minister, Esther McVey has launched her new ‘centre of excellence’ for modular housing across the north of England. McVey believes the north of England has the potential to become a world leader in delivering modern,...

Stora Enso recently started production at its new 45 million cross-laminated timber (CLT) facility at Grüvon in Sweden. With a feasibility study underway into further investment for a fourth CLT mill in the Czech Republic, Eve Dennehy reports on...

Modern methods of construction (MMC) are the talk of the residential sector and are lauded as a potential solution to the housing crisis. But a new report from Savills, Disruption in Development, argues that MMC are not as disruptive as...

The Timber section of UK Construction Week (UKCW) covered all the current hot topics in timber at the NEC in Birmingham this October. Learning, networking and innovation were all on the cards in the jam-packed schedule, leaving timber...

BoKlok plans UK timber frame facility. BokLok, the modular housing joint venture between Ikea and construction giant Skanska is on the verge of signing a deal with a manufacturer to build its homes in the UK. Graeme...

There is a common misunderstanding that timber construction is more susceptible to fire than other building materials. The cause of most fires is electrical faults or peoplerelated incidents — fires very rarely start in the structure. As...

Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, discusses why Modern Methods of Construction coupled with a build fabric such as timber frame are key to meeting government housing targets sustainably. ...