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Wood Awards winners 2017
Coastal House, Devon, by 6a architects, has been awarded the Arnold Laver Gold Award—the winner of winners.
Gloucester Services
Most people visiting a motorway service station use it as a quick pitstop to refuel and refresh. But there is little rush to leave Gloucester Services.
In-depth guidance on CLT for designers
TRADA’s new book draws on the expertise of several pioneering members, including: Waugh Thistleton, Ramboll, Eurban, Arup, Hugh Strange Architects, KLH UK, B&K Structures and Stora Enso.
Fingers on buzzers! Entries sought for Urban Buzz 2018
Students will gather at the University of Sheffield on the 23rd and 24th February 2018 to take part in an intense ‘charrette-style’ challenge, to conceive ways that timber can be used to create an ambitious timber multi-storey carpark.
TTJ Website of the Year Award 2017
Our new website was highly commended at the prestigious TTJ Awards. To see what's new and how to navigate the enhanced site, please download our step-by-step website guide.
Sunbeams Music Centre
Sunbeams Music Centre is a unique building with a powerful story at its heart. It is dedicated to helping children with special needs, some of them desperately disabled, and improving their health and wellbeing through the power of music.
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Welcome to TRADA
TRADA (The Timber Research and Development Association) is an international membership organisation dedicated to inspiring and informing best practice design, specification and use of wood in the built environment and related fields.
We pride ourselves in providing independent, authoritative design and technical guidance through this website, on-line software, printed publications, e-books, and our telephone helpline. We link specifiers and purchasers with timber industry members through our Find a supplier directory.
As a member you can access all our online information and resources. By registering for free, you can view some of our published series and examples of others. Please call us on 01494 569601 if you need any help.
Membership Benefits
- Timber Industry
- Specifiers
- Contractors
- Students and Lecturers
- All Others
Promote your offerings to the top UK audience of timber specifiers / buyers
Save time and money by getting authoritative advice quickly
Equip your staff to upsell and cross sell your product range
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Get advice quickly online and through our helpline
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Design the buildings of the future
Access our free academic learning resources
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
Promote your offerings to the top UK audience of timber specifiers / buyers
Save time and money by getting authoritative advice quickly
Equip your staff to upsell and cross sell your product range
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Get advice quickly online and through our helpline
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Design the buildings of the future
Access our free academic learning resources
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
- Timber Industry
- Specifiers
- Contractors
- Students and Lecturers
- All Others
Latest News
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24 October 2017
Avoiding a condensation crisis
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24 October 2017
‘An invaluable tool’ from TRADA supports best practice in timber design
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24 October 2017
In-depth guidance on CLT for designers
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24 October 2017
Less than two weeks to enter TRADA’s Urban Buzz 2018 student competition
New Publications
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24 November 2017
Specifying externally exposed structural timber
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10 November 2017
State of Trade Survey 2017 Q3
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30 October 2017
Standards Update October 2017
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30 October 2017
List of British Standards October 2017
Wood Information
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