OK, I accept that I’m very defensive about the unique qualities for timber as a renewable ‘environmentally friendly’ product that has a multitude of uses, so when I see other materials purporting to be ‘green’, I often get annoyed. In this instance it was more about being puzzled. In the bathroom of a fairly upmarket […]
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We recently issued a very interesting podcast episode where Geoff Rhodes told the incredible story of MDF (Series 2, Episode 7) and how it arrived in Europe and grew into the product range that we see today. Modified timber is nothing new – we also released an episode about plywood (Series 1, Episode 5) that
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FLEGT – it’s one of the clunkiest acronyms ever. To recap, it stands for the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade programme. Doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, does it? And to be honest it hasn’t exactly become a feature of day-to-day conversation in the timber trade. That’s not just because of the clunky acronym,
UK government should give greenlight to Ghana FLEGT licensed timber Read More »
That building more in timber is increasingly seen in Europe as the way construction should go has been underlined by two further developments – a public-private sector pact in Amsterdam and a government commissioned report in Ireland. In what is being described as a landmark move, Amsterdam authorities and businesses have jointly committed to building
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Back in the 1980’s, when I worked for J T Stanton & Co, based in King’s Lynn, we had many customers in Yorkshire and they would call in with their orders, often with that strong accent and dry wit. Sometimes it would take me a couple of attempts to understand exactly what they wanted but
Timber – Same the world over Read More »
