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 ...

Two advisory groups have issued an urgent warning to government about fire safety in timber-framed buildings. The Practitioners’ Forum and the Business and Community Safety Forum have asked the ...

An urgent review is needed relating to regulations concerning the fire risk of timber-framed buildings under construction, fire chiefs have said. The call follows a spate of blazes involving large ...

Proposals to tackle fire threats in timber-framed buildings in London have met with a mixed response. The London Assembly published a report in December 2010 with 10 recommendations for improving fire ...

Concerns about safety standards for timber-framed buildings have been renewed following a blaze that destroyed a £20m science block by Fairhursts Design Group that was under construction at Nottingham ...

Milwaukee's first building created with an unusual construction method, using high-grade timber instead of steel for its frame, will be completed next spring. Timber Lofts, a 60-unit apartment ...

Roundwood timber framing means working with materials sourced straight from the forest, using nature’s shapes to create the structure, employing techniques that can easily be learnt and passed on, and ...

A downtown Milwaukee apartment high-rise that would use high-grade timber, not steel, for its frame has won Plan Commission approval. The 21-story, 205-unit development, named Ascent, would be one of ...

This block of flats in Peckham was destroyed after a timber framed building caught fire A controversial safety report, coupled with lobbying by the timber industry, has led to the spread of a ...