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TRADA settle on plywood date

BM TRADA and the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) have firmed up details of their joint seminar to explain the requirements for structurally graded plywood and CE marking.

 
Consultation launched on tree fungus

The Forestry Commission, Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government today launched a joint consultation on the future management of Phytophthora ramorum and Phytophthora kernoviae.

 
Howarth buy US firm

Howarth Timber Group is to acquire Boise Building Products from US group Boise Cascade.

 
Go ahead for Sheffield biomass plant

Energy company E.ON, one of the UK's leading green generators, has been given planning permission to build a new renewable energy plant at Blackburn Meadows in Sheffield.

 
UCM merges two operations

UCM Timber is merging its two North American operations.

 

Timber takes to the sky

Famed for its mention in the Domesday Book, Birmingham suburb Sheldon will soon be reaching for another high. TiC reports.

Defending timber's urban renaissance

If timber is to be the new face of urban design, then the industry must address its misuse. TiC reports on two initiatives designed to carve its credentials into the mindsets of 21st century designers.

Top marks for Welsh schools

Can a clutch of timber frame schools spur sleepy Welsh county Monmouthshire into a green future? TiC visits the valleys to find out

Increase the pressure

When Bullock Construction specified timber frame for the first time on a housebuilding project in Coventry, the client suddenly demanded more apartments to the same deadline. TiC goes onsite to find out how Bullock coped with the extra work.

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