Safety

How well do you know roofing battens?
by Jennie Ward|08 September 23|Build, Supply
Shaun Revill, Trading Director at SR Timber, explains what to look for when assessing roofing battens and why knowing BS 5534 is important. As awareness of the risk of substandard batten increases, it's important for industry to understand what to look for and to find easy ways to identify correctly...
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International Timber advocates for certified fire retardant treated wood
by Jennie Ward|08 September 23|Build, Supply
International Timber is stressing the importance of correctly specifying fire retardant wood and panel products, backed by independent certification, head of this year's Fire Door Safety Week campaign on 25-29 September. Specification errors, installation issues and poor maintenance of fire safety products can have devastating consequences. To facilitate change within...
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What should a contract cover when it’s a mass timber project?
by Matt Milton|03 April 23|Build, Design
What are the contractual considerations when embarking on a mass timber project? Adriano Amorese, Partner at Mishcon de Reya LLP, provides some thoughts on best practice. You have only to look at the volume and scale of mass timber projects coming through planning to see that things are changing. The...
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Timber fire safety
How to minimise fire risks during construction
by Matt Milton|21 March 23|Build, Design
Are your timber projects as safe as they can possibly be while they are onsite? That’s when they are at their most vulnerable, as many fire protection measures aren’t necessarily in place yet. The new Timber Fire Safety webite - timberfiresafety.org - contains a wealth of essential information about ensuring...
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roofing battens
Standards matter when selling roofing battens
by Jennie Ward|31 October 22|Build
Roofing battens are a safety critical building material subject to strict grading and quality requirements. Timber Development UK CEO David Hopkins explains why it’s so important to stick to the quality standards when selling, specifying and purchasing these products. Roofing battens are the strips of wood that you will find...
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The Building Safety Act
The Building Safety Act: what do you need to know?
by TDUK|15 September 22|Design
After months of debate and amendments, the Building Safety Bill finally received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022. It is intended to “create lasting generational change” to the way residential buildings are constructed and maintained in the UK following the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster, while protecting the rights of leaseholders....
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