Regulations

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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CE marking to UKCA
What the UKCA delays mean for timber
by Jennie Ward|13 January 23|Build, Supply
The UK government has, at the eleventh hour, delayed the date when businesses must have switched from CE marking to UKCA marking on their products.  In December 2022, the UK Government announced it is delaying the full implementation of the UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking scheme for products sold in...
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CE to UKCA marking
The transition from CE to UKCA marking
by Nick Boulton|21 October 22|Design
UKCA marking is a topic we have been following closely since shortly after Brexit; when the UK Government announced it would not continue to use European CE marking but would instead develop its own new UK Conformity Assured UKCA mark.  This new UKCA mark will be used for many different...
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External Timber Cladding and Fire Risk
by TDUK|21 September 22|Build
Building Regulations are intended to ensure that a reasonable standard of life safety is provided in the event of fire. The appropriate use of timber products can play a critical part in improving the performance of buildings in fire situations and in extending the time available to occupants to exit...
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Timber in loft conversions
by TRADA|05 September 22|Build
Read on the different ways to improve the performance of loft conversions.
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Regulatory requirements
by TRADA|16 August 22|Design, Education
Learn the history of current British fire legislations and how they are implemented
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Management
by TRADA|16 August 22|Design, Education
Understand the importance of the management on fire risk assessments and who is responsible for it.
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TTF UKCA Guide
by TDUK|21 September 21|Supply
The exit of the UK from the European Union on 31 December 2020 has forced businesses in the timber industry to adapt to a new playbook as the UK is now outside of the EU Single Market.
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