Pre-scheme design of timber
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TRADA is dedicated to 'inspiring and informing best practice design, specification and use of wood in the built environment and related fields'. Ensuring that timber is considered as a serious contender at scheme stage is fundamental to realising TRADA’s goal 'for timber to be the natural first choice material for construction'.
Article from Timber 2016 Industry Yearbook
Suggested Reading
Innovation and sustainability. Wood products for architects
Recent advances in timber technology and engineering have expanded the potential of building with wood. The development of new products and component manufacturing has allowed the construction of longer spans, the erection of multi-storey timber frame buildings, the forming of compound curved surfaces, the volumetric prefabrication and modular systems and...
01/01/2004 | Info from other organisation
List of Wood Information Sheets
This document contains a fully comprehensive list of all the most up to date Wood Information Sheets (WIS) published by TRADA. Available to members for free or non-members for £12.00, these Wood Information Sheets provide technical guidance related to almost every timber topic under the sun.
Categories:
- Timber -...
17/07/2017 | Wood Information Sheet
World of wood
A look at some of the more unusual uses of structural timber over the past year.
Article from Timber 2017 Industry Yearbook
01/03/2017 | Magazine Article