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CSIC and Structural Timber Association Form Partnership to Boost Innovation in the Timber Sector
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Structural Timber Association (STA) have announced they are joining forces to support structural timber businesses across the UK to innovate and grow.
CSIC is an industry-led, demand-driven...
18th April 2019
Sevenoaks Modular to invest £6.5m in regenerating Metal Box site in Neath
Sevenoaks Modular, a Neath-based specialist in timber frame construction, aims to invest some £6.5 million in acquiring and regenerating a large part of the iconic industrial site in Neath. Known locally as the Metal Box factory, it is...
15th April 2019
Stewart Milne Timber Systems responds to Future Homes Standard
In response to last week’s Spring Statement and The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement that the government will introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025, Alex Goodfellow, group managing director of Stewart Milne Timber Systems and board...
15th April 2019
Robotic CLT manufacturing project launched
A new method for constructing homes using robots is being researched by a collaboration between Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), timber engineering firm Glulam Solutions, and Robert Gordon University (RGU).
The project will focus...
15th April 2019
World’s tallest timber building completed in Norway
Mjøstårnet, a mixed-use building in Brumunddal, southeastern Norway, has been declared the world’s tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
The 85.4m-tall, 18-storey mixed-use building is also the...
15th April 2019
