Bearing-Type Connections

Bearing-Type Connections
Bearing-Type Connections
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Metal bearing-type connectors provide a structural connection and are an efficient, engineered solution for effectively joining timber members and transferring loads.
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Special Connections
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Special connections for timber construction can provide solutions for situations where using standard off-the-shelf connectors is not a viable option.
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Timber Playgrounds
Timber Playgrounds
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Timber is a popular choice of material for playgrounds as a safe, sustainable, and durable option for outdoor play and recreation. Regular maintenance and inspection are essential to prevent decay and ensure continued safety.
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Introduction to Timber for merchant staff
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This guide, designed for timber and builders' merchants, offers a simple introduction to timber and timber products that could prove useful for new merchant staff. 
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Timber Landscape Architecture
Timber Landscape Architecture
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Specifying timber products for landscape architecture projects adds natural and durable aesthetics to shape and define social spaces where people live, work, and play.
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Guide to CLT in the early stages
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The publication will guide you in words and pictures through the key considerations in the early stages of designing and constructing a CLT building.
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Guide to Assessing CLT Surface Quality
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This Guide to assessing CLT surface quality is intended to provide support for developers, project managers, architects, purchasers and others at the start of a project and for inspectors and contractors at the end.
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Developed by the Construction Products Association, CCPI is in response to one of the key findings of the enquiry into the Grenfell fire which confirmed that shortcomings in product information had contributed to the disaster.
Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI)
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The UK is raising the bar on performance information supplied with construction products with Isuue 1 of the CCPI, published in September 2021.
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Preservative Treated Wood
The Buyer’s Guide to Preservative Treated Wood
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The WPA Code of Practice for Industrial Wood Preservation groups the applications for treated wood into Use Classes
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Use class 3c
Understanding Use Class 3 (UC3)
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Use Class 3 is for end uses where wood is used outdoors NOT in contact with the ground.
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