National Structural Timber Specification – one year on
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The National Structural Timber Specification (NSTS ) was published in September 2015 and, one year on, professionals in the sector agree it was long overdue. Both the steel and concrete industries already had national specification publications – in fact, the steel industry’s ‘black book’ is already into its fifth edition. Greg Cooper discusses the importance of the NSTS.
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