Cwrt Rhos Fynach, Rhos on Sea Quality homes designed, constructed and built from Wales’ woodland resource by local companies, to meet our housing needs – surely a win, win, win for our economy, environment and society? Cwrt Rhos Fynach, Rhos on Sea was designed by Cru Architects, for Wales and West Housing Association to meet […]
Climate Impact Of Constructing An Apartment with CLT
Climate impact of constructing an apartment building with exterior walls and frame of cross-laminated timber — the Strandparken residential towers Summary report, carried out by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and KTH Royal Institute of Technology and targeting an apartment building constructed almost entirely of wood. The project’s main report (IVL report No B2260) is […]
Embodied Carbon: Developing a Clients Brief
Embodied Carbon: Developing a Client Brief – UK GBC With the increasingly successful reduction of operational energy (and thus carbon emissions) in the built environment, the industry’s next challenge is to reduce the carbon intensity of the structures themselves (embodied carbon). We know that clients will play a critical role in this work as what […]
Making the Grade
The aim of this guide is to encourage greater use of UK grown hardwoods. It provides information on the range of quality available from our sawn hardwood timber and highlights the special features of UK grown hardwoods that are often difficult to obtain from imports. Making the Grade
Nail Laminated Timber
Research in the USA has led to the production and publication of a new guide – Nail Laminated Timber – US Design and Construction Guide 2017 Part of the family of mass timber products, Nail-laminated timber (NLT) is mechanically laminated to create a solid structural element. NLT is created by placing dimension lumber (nominal 2x, […]
New knowledge
We undertake and communicate leading research. We look outward to other regions to forge knowledge sharing and collaborative partnerships
New ideas
We are a think-tank to provide a reference group for Welsh Government and others to challenge orthodoxy and identify opportunities for sector growth
Skills
We support the development of the skills base essential to drive sector growth
Creating value
We are a collaborative network of members, supporters and delivery partners enabling collective action and joint ventures
Market development
We encourage the expansion of the wood-based sector through research, technical support, information exchange and promotional events
