The New Model Building is based on 30 standard details said to offer the same fire resistance as conventionally constructed apartment buildings less than 18m high An industry consortium that includes ...

Barnet Council alerts DLUHC to risks posed by timber-frame homes fitted with UPVC panels Barnet Council has discovered that hundreds of its low-rise timber-frame homes were fitted with plastic ...

A north London council has sounded the alarm over what it fears could be a fresh national cladding issue after a probe found UPVC on buildings to be hazardous. Hundreds of Barnet residents face being ...

A controversial safety report, coupled with lobbying by the timber industry, has led to the spread of a construction method not widely seen in the UK since the Great Fire of London. BBC London has ...

A devastating fire in east London last year spread via scaffolding before penetrating into a timber-framed extension on the top of the building, which was also fitted with disconnected fire alarms, ...

Government officials in England are poised to take an ax to the tall timber trend by moving to lop the maximum height of wood-framed residential buildings and hotels from six stories to just three or ...

naturally:wood provides critical insights for insurers and builders regarding mass timber buildings, including risk assessment, fire safety, protection against moisture damage, and more Addressing ...