TTF signs Building a Safer Future Charter 21 May, 2021 SHARE TTF joins major contractors, housing providers, local authorities and trade bodies in helping to change the culture around building safety.
The Timber Trade Federation has taken the positive step of becoming a Registered Signatory to the Building a Safer Future Charter.
The BSF Charter is a proactive response to Dame Judith Hackitt’s
Building a Safer Future Review in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The Charter is administered by a not-for-profit independent organisation, set up to encourage collaboration, drive change, and ultimately to transform the culture around building safety.
The Timber Trade Federation explains the current shortage in timber
Date:
3 May, 2021
What’s been happening to timber? Formerly in abundance on merchants’ shelves, builders have been experiencing shortages alongside the rest of the construction sector. The Timber Trade Federation look at the reasons for the tight supply situation and options for builders.
Once regarded as a commodity product in construction, timber is now a means of mitigating climate change, as it locks CO
2 away in its fibre for the useful lifetime of the wood. It’s no wonder, then, that global demand for timber is at an all-time high, never before experienced by the trade. Factors well beyond the shores of Blighty, including massive demand in Europe and the USA, where timber-frame house building has been ramped up on an unimaginable scale, are putting a strain on UK supply chains. Some European countries have implemented log export bans, adding to problems, and in the USA forward pricing of timber is h
Excellent engagement with the CCPI Consultation 23 April, 2021 SHARE In total, more than 200 responses have been received so far, including comprehensive feedback from 33 trade associations representing well over 10,000 member companies.
The information from the industry-wide consultation on the proposed Code for Construction Product Information is still being processed and analysed, but preliminary data shows excellent engagement from across the construction industry.
The consultation, to which the whole industry was invited to respond, gave manufacturers, distributors, specifiers and users of product information an opportunity to comment on the new Code, the implementation of its 11 Clauses, and its proposed ongoing management and policing.
TTF guides members on the Code of Construction Product Information 21 April, 2021 SHARE A suite of materials will be made available to help TTF members to navigate the CCPI.
The Timber Trade Federation has launched a detailed guide for its members to the Code for Construction Product Information, including six key steps to assure business processes related to providing information and customer training are in line with the aspirations of the currently voluntary Code.
The CCPI, due to start rolling out across the construction products sector during the summer, requires that product information provided through every channel, online and offline, in print and in person, adheres to five ‘acid tests’ and is: clear, accurate, unambiguous, up-to-date and accessible. It also requires that those preparing and presenting information are competent ‘to the level required for their role’.
UPDATE on 8 April 2021: All five websites concerned have now corrected their mistakes.
Kingspan has said it is “concerned” websites have been selling one of its combustible insulation products installed on Grenfell Tower with inaccurate fire ratings.
Yesterday Building revealed five UK-based websites had been selling the firm’s K15 insulation, using out of date brochures and datasheets.
Two of the websites, Insulation Superstore and Building Materials, have since corrected the mistake – but, as of this morning, three are still selling the product with inaccurate information.
The Irish materials firm said it was working to address the issues raised although it pointed out that websites selling its product with inaccurate information was “outside of our direct control”.