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ISG – one of the UK’s largest contractors – files for administration
by Matt Milton|23 September 24|Build, Design
Building contractor ISG has filed court applications for its UK companies. ISG’s UK operations have ceased to trade with immediate effect. As its website baldly states: "No further work will be undertaken on existing UK contracts, including for Construction, Fit Out and Engineering services." The collapse is the largest to...
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designTimber 2026 webinar series wrap-up
by Bryony Bodimeade|19 August 26|Design, Education
Running from February to August, the now-concluded 2026 series of designTimber webinars explored the opportunities and challenges of designing and building with timber across a diverse range of projects and settings. Across the series, the seven webinars – delivered by the architects, structural engineers, specialist timber subcontractors, clients and fabricators...
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TDUK is recruiting: Technical Manager – Timber Design, Engineering & Construction
by Liam Macandrew|14 August 26|Design
Want to help shape the future of timber in UK construction? Timber Development UK (TDUK) is looking for an experienced technical professional to join our team as 'Technical Manager – Timber Design, Engineering & Construction'. This is an opportunity to take on a senior technical role at the heart of...
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The Thornton Building: timber in its DNA
by Matt Milton|02 August 26|Design
A three-storey, mass-timber office building, the Thornton Building provides workspace for over 200 staff of EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute. Completed in summer 2024, the building is an essential part of the masterplan for the Wellcome Genome Campus at Hinxton Hall near Cambridge.  Thornton Building exterior; © Peter Landers Its flexible...
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WPA investigates early failure of preservative treated gate posts
by Jennie Ward|21 July 26|Build, Supply
When four square sawn preservative treated softwood gate posts, installed in mid-2021, started to decay prematurely, the Association of Fencing Industries (AFI) contractor who installed them asked the Wood Protection Association (WPA) to investigate what went wrong. These large cross section posts were set 600mm deep and held in place...
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Timber transforms an end-of-terrace: Blythe Hill House
by Bryony Bodimeade|17 July 26|Design
The familiar form and look of a 1970s terraced house has been tastefully updated and upgraded, using timber and other biomaterials. When it came to the extension and renovation of his southeast London home, George Reed of TDUK members Price & Myers was in a uniquely well-informed position… We knew...
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Gwynfaen: homegrown housing at scale
by Bryony Bodimeade|17 July 26|Design
Gwynfaen is a Welsh word meaning “white” or “fair” stone. It’s also the name of a highly ambitious and sustainable housing development providing 144 new timber homes – constructed using locally grown Welsh timber. The award-winning project is informed by the impressive, thoughtful placemaking of architects Stride Treglown, who were...
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Paradise: a timber trailblazer
by Bryony Bodimeade|17 July 26|Design
Providing 63,250 square feet of office space, Paradise is a new six-storey timber hybrid commercial building in Lambeth designed by architecture studio Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios for client Bywater. Sitting in a highly visible location, overlooked by a major commuter trainline into Waterloo Station, the project has always had big...
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A beginner’s guide to metal web joists
by Matt Milton|08 July 26|Design
High performing, cost-effective floors can be easily achieved by using correctly designed and installed metal web joists. But what is a metal web joist? This article provides all the information you need to understand the form and function of these extremely useful timber products. They consist of two parallel chords,...
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Beacon Fencing invests in Postsaver application machine to meet growing demand
by Jennie Ward|06 July 26|Build, Supply
Beacon Fencing, one of the largest fencing stockists in Sussex, has strengthened its manufacturing capabilities with the purchase of a new Postsaver Pro-Shrink Application Machine, enabling the company to increase production of guaranteed long-life fence posts. The family-run business, based near Haywards Heath, has been supplying Postsaver-protected fence posts since...
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