Structural Timber News

Policy Exchange report urges next government to increase use of timber in new homes The next government must ramp up the amount of domestically-produced timber used in new housing starts across England from the current 22% to 40%,...

Rising close to 50 metres, Lighthouse Joensuu building in Eastern Finland, has been granted the 'Puupalkinto' Wood Award 2019 for pioneering work to develop the construction of wooden high-rise buildings. Stora Enso supplied the massive wood...

The 4,000m² facility for St George’s College, Weybridge contains a sports hall, dance studios and a series of flexible spaces The three-storey activity centre designed by Scott Brownrigg replaces a 1980s prefabricated...

Project reaches highest point less than four months after pieces arrive on site. A cross-laminated timber pavilion at Lendlease’s International Quarter London development has topped out in just 14 weeks. The ACME-designed...

James Donaldson & Sons Ltd has appointed Luke Roberts as managing director for Fife- headquartered Donaldson Timber Engineering (DTE). DTE is the UK's largest and longest established manufacturer of roof trusses, engineered joists,...

Scottish housebuilder says closure follows "strategic review" of the business. Scottish housing and construction group Robertson has closed one of its two timber frame housing factories as part of a strategic review of the...

Countryside Properties is to build 1,400 modular homes in the coming year, after its new modular panel factory became operational in March this year. So far, Countryside's modular panel factory in Warrington has delivered 376...

Dan Clarke has joined the team at Norbord in the role of National Sales Manager. Previously National Sales Manager for Kronospan, with 24 years' experience in the panel manufacturing and timber distribution industry Dan's skills will be put to...

Donaldson Timber Engineering appoints Rodger Cook as new Business Development Director for Operations at the Buckhaven site, the UK, the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network. Reporting directly to the Managing Director,...

Södra’s facility for cross-laminated timber (CLT) in Värö, Sweden, will increase to two shifts and four new employees will be taken on, thereby doubling the production capacity, as the company says in a recent press release. “Production...

Norbord's Industrial Sales Manager, David Sleigh, offers his thoughts on the healthy state of the supply chain for the industrial market. We're in the business of producing wood panel products – OSB, MDF and particleboard – products...

Innovation funding specialist the MPA Group highlights the main advantages of modular construction and the key sector issues it is helping to address. Modular construction is the process where building components are produced in a...

Winning the 2019 Product Innovation Award for its Spider Connector system, we hear a little more about Rothoblaas and the University of Innsbruck's game changing product. "Spider will be changing your perspective....

With offsite construction on the rise as a more efficient, high quality and sustainable option for delivering affordable housing, MEDITE SMARTPLY highlights some of its ground-breaking products. As a concept, offsite construction has...