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Timber: The critical path to Britain’s net zero and housing revolution

|Date: 28 Apr 2025

Timber: The critical path to Britain’s net zero and housing revolution

The Structural Timber Association (STA) welcomes the Chancellor’s transformative budget statement with re ...

The Structural Timber Association (STA) welcomes the Chancellor’s transformative budget statement with regards to housebuilding, acknowledging it as a key moment for continuing the momentum in getting ...

28 Apr 2025
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Why timber is the key to meeting housing and climate goals

|Date: 18 Apr 2025

Why timber is the key to meeting housing and climate goals

Andrew Orriss, Interim Chief executive Officer of the Structural timber Association explains why timber i ...

Andrew Orriss, Interim Chief executive Officer of the Structural timber Association explains why timber is the key to meeting the UK’s housing and climate goals The UK Government's recent recommitment ...

18 Apr 2025
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Recommitment to updated TIC policy roadmap

|Date: 11 Apr 2025

Recommitment to updated TIC policy roadmap

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has welcomed the announcement by the Department for Environment, ...

The Structural Timber Association (STA) has welcomed the announcement by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), confirming the Government’s recommitment to the Timber in Con ...

11 Apr 2025
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The commercial viability of structural timber

|Date: 25 Feb 2025

The commercial viability of structural timber

Alex Goodfellow, CEO of Donaldson Offsite and STA board member, discusses the commercial viability of str ...

Alex Goodfellow, CEO of Donaldson Offsite and STA board member, discusses the commercial viability of structural timber in housebuilding. The launch of the Timber in Construction Roadmap in late 2023, ...

25 Feb 2025
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CJC Timberframe can attest to West Fraser’s high performance panel products

|Date: 24 Feb 2025

CJC Timberframe can attest to West Fraser’s high performance panel products

CJC Timberframe, a Scotland-based timber frame erection specialist can attest to West Fraser’s high perfo ...

CJC Timberframe, a Scotland-based timber frame erection specialist can attest to West Fraser’s high performance panel products. Installing everything from the wall plates to the roof trusses, the rang ...

24 Feb 2025
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PTPG announces the merger of Mumford & Wood and Dale Joinery

|Date: 11 Feb 2025

PTPG announces the merger of Mumford & Wood and Dale Joinery

In an exciting development for the building industry, two highly respected brands, Mumford & Wood and ...

In an exciting development for the building industry, two highly respected brands, Mumford & Wood and Dale Joinery have announced their merger. This strategic merger combines Mumford & Wood’s ...

11 Feb 2025
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Donaldson Timber Systems explains Net Zero

|Date: 14 Jan 2025

Donaldson Timber Systems explains Net Zero

The journey to Net Zero is underway, but using current standards, new buildings may never achieve true ze ...

The journey to Net Zero is underway, but using current standards, new buildings may never achieve true zero carbon. Donaldson Timber Systems Technical Director, John Smith, explains. While it sounds c ...

14 Jan 2025
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Labour Government’s new era for housebuilding

|Date: 11 Nov 2024

Labour Government’s new era for housebuilding

The Labour Government has ushered in another new era for housebuilding in the UK, and at a time when addr ...

The Labour Government has ushered in another new era for housebuilding in the UK, and at a time when addressing the housing shortage has never been more in the spotlight. Here, Andrew Carpenter, Chief ...

11 Nov 2024
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Inside Norbord’s new OSB mill in Inverness

|Date: 13 Sep 2018

Inside Norbord’s new OSB mill in Inverness

PHPD recently visited the Norbord timber mill in Inverness to discover how a £95m investment in the lates ...

PHPD recently visited the Norbord timber mill in Inverness to discover how a £95m investment in the latest production technology is set to almost double its output of OSB. ...

13 Sep 2018
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