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Autumn 2009 issue

Welcome to Timber & Sustainable Building online

Timber & Sustainable Building is a must read for anyone interested in the use of wood in construction and the built environment.  The magazine and website cover latest news on traditional solid timber-based construction, timber frame and building systems using glulam, LVL, SIPs and cross-laminated panels, along with sustainability and environmental issues.

This blend of news and in-depth features, along with technical articles from our consultant TRADA, makes Timber & Sustainable Building essential reading for architects, engineers, housebuilders, developers, self-builders and other specifiers throughout the construction industry.


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Eco features in the planned Burgess Hill hotel

Timber frame chosen for green hotel

Timber frame will be used for Whitbread’s second green hotel and low-carbon restaurant in Burgess Hill, Sussex.

Published:  04 February, 2010
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SIP roof panels being positioned at John Ferneley

Willmott Dixon uses SIPs for school

Willmott Dixon has used structural insulated panels (SIP) to construct a 7,000m2 school building in Melton Mowbray.

Published:  26 January, 2010
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The completed studio

Chestnut frame classroom rises from ashes

The first chestnut pole frame school block to be built in the UK has been erected again after fire destroyed the first version last year.

Published:  21 January, 2010
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A timber frame construction site

Second London timber frame site fire in two months

A serious fire at a timber frame site in Camberwell, London, yesterday morning was the second blaze on a Greenacre Homes project in the last two months.

Published:  07 January, 2010
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General manager Declan McCloskey (bottom) with customers at a Western timber frame house

Western Building Systems expands operations

County Tyrone-based Western Building Systems, whose business includes timber frame systems for residential markets, has completed the latest phase of a £4m headquarters expansion.

Published:  22 December, 2009
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The Aurora House at South Lanarkshire College

Aurora House meets Code Level 5

A partnership between timber merchant MGM Timber (Scotland) Ltd, Dawn Homes and South Lanarkshire College has resulted in what the partners call the first affordable eco-home for the mass market.

Published:  21 December, 2009
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The fire safety of timber frame during construction is again being highlighted following the Peckham fire

Timber frame industry fast-tracks fire safety plans

The timber frame industry is fast-tracking fire safety plans in the wake of the recent major at Peckham which destroyed a large half-built timber frame building and damaged adjacent flats

Published:  11 December, 2009
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