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Timber Expo 2012 – key messages for specifiers
(30/01/2012)

TRADA Technology Ltd , independent timber research, consultancy, testing and information provider for the construction industry in the UK, will take ‘a longer-term view to ensure that timber maintains and grows its market position’, said Chief Executive Andrew Abbott. And Timber Expo 2012, he stressed, is an ‘important platform for TRADA, its members and indeed for the timber industry as a whole to deliver key messages to specifiers and clients’.... [more]

TRADA revises technical guidance on glulam
(27/01/2012)

TRADA Technology has extensively revised its Wood Information Sheet (WIS) Glued laminated timber. Glulam is a high-performance product for structural engineering applications, produced in factories with robust production control systems. It often catches the eye of designers for use in specialist buildings, but it can be used for most load-bearing structures, especially where appearance is important and where long spans or curved members are cru... [more]

Wood Information Sheet explains the causes of weathering and its significance to timber performance
(23/03/2011)

Weathering develops through exposure of wood to rain, snow and ice, sunlight and wind but good design can avoid many of the less desirable effects of weathering. TRADA Technology has published a revised Wood Information Sheet, Specifying timber exposed to weathering – the process when uncoated timber exposed out of doors changes colour over time. The Wood Information Sheet explains the causes of weathering and its significance to timber perfor... [more]

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