A masterclass in wood treatment

masterclass in wood treatment
A masterclass in wood treatment
by Jennie Ward|09 March 23|Build, Supply
Gordon Ewbank, Director of the Wood Protection Association, gives a masterclass on why wood needs preservative protection. All mature trees have an inner core known as heartwood. This is surrounded by an outer layer of younger sapwood where the tree stores nutrients essential for its growth. These food reserves remain after the...
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Top level and roof of timber house, under construction, with scaffolding. Light brown wood against green hills and pale blue sky.
What does the Future Homes Hub mean for the construction sector?
by Matt Milton|03 March 23|Build, Design, Supply, Sustainability
The new plan from Future Homes Hub sets out the construction sector's path to whole-life carbon assessments The Future Homes Hub has published an Embodied and Whole Life Carbon Implementation Plan for 2023-25. This plan follows the publication of the Government’s Net-Zero Strategy in 2021, which set out ambitions for...
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Construction barriers
Mapping the barriers to using more timber in construction
by Jack Clappen|01 March 23|Policy
The Timber in Construction Working Group has opened a survey to better understand barriers and enablers to the use of timber systems in construction. The findings will help inform work by the government on the safe and sustainable use of timber in construction including the creation of a Timber in...
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Birch plywood
Beware new importers bearing Birch Plywood
by Jennie Ward|20 February 23|Build, Supply
Timber Development UK (TDUK) is warning merchants to carry out thorough checks of any offers of Birch Plywood imports from new importers they may receive. TDUK continues to hear worrying reports about its members being offered new import channels of Birch Plywood by companies in the Far East and China....
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New timber species
New timber species added to CITES Appendix II
by Jennie Ward|16 February 23|Supply
The following timber species have been added to CITES Appendix II following the 19th Conference of Parties (COP19) held in Panama in November 2022. African mahogany/Pod mahogany. African populations of Afzelia spp. in Appendix II with annotation #17 (Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood and transformed wood). Enter into force...
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UK APHA
Clarification from UK APHA on CITES Annex D
by Jennie Ward|16 February 23|Policy, Supply
UK APHA has issued clarification on CITES Annex D regarding the species that require import notification. Annex D of the Council Regulation (EC) No. 338/97 is in addition to the three Appendices of CITES and is referred to as the “monitoring list”. It includes species that might be eligible for...
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UKCA mark
Consultation alert: Transition away from BS 476 in Approved Document B
by Jack Clappen|08 February 23|Policy
The Government is proposing in their next update to Approved Document B to remove remaining references to all aspects of the BS 476 series – the national classification standard for reaction to fire and fire resistance in Approved Document B. Timber Development UK (TDUK) is concerned that a 12-month transition...
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battens
Make it a quality year for battens
by Jennie Ward|14 December 22|Build, Supply
An industry working group is raising awareness of the risks caused by the sale and use of substandard roofing battens. Shaun Revill, Trading Director at SR Timber, talks to TDUK about why these products have begun to creep into the UK market, and what we can do to stop it....
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Embodied Carbon
Embodied Carbon Bill stumbles at second reading
by Jack Clappen|29 November 22|Policy, Sustainability
Last Friday saw the second reading of the Carbon Emissions (Buildings) Bill, a Private Member’s Bill being sponsored by Jerome Mayhew, MP for Broadland and a member of the influential Environmental Audit Select Committee. This motion aimed to ensure that whole-life carbon emissions are reported upon construction and that legal...
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The road to net zero
Raise awareness of timber’s sustainability benefits
by Jennie Ward|31 October 22|Build, Policy, Sustainability
More timber must be used in construction projects to help create a net-zero carbon construction supply chain, says a recent report from the Environmental Audit Committee. TDUK’s David Hopkins explains how timber merchants and the wider supply chain can unite to make this goal a reality. A new report from...
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