60 | From the Archive
PREVIOUSLY… IN TTJ
Delving into the TTJ archive, we look back at some of the issues and news affecting the timber trade in previous decades
2011
OLYMPIC TIMBER BRIDGE WORKS NEAR COMPLETION
Timber works on the myriad of temporary pedestrian bridges at the Olympic Park site in London are approaching their final stages.
Most of the 30 pedestrian and car bridges on the site have now been completed and feature large amounts of timber decking and other wood products.
One of the latest pedestrian bridges to be built involves about 12,000 linear metres of FSC-certified Siberian larch louvre cladding being installed by contractor BAM Nuttall over Stratford High Street.
Concerns that the ageing effects of the sun would leave the cladding grey by the time of next year’s Games saw it specified with a new timber treatment – Arch Tanalised Clear – to maintain the natural look.
Hoppings Softwood Products, which supplied the larch, said treating the product slowed the weathering process and ensured greater consistency to the various bridge aspects, helping it to look as good as possible during the Games. Other timber products being supplied on the bridge include laminated capping rails and newel posts, stair risers and anti-slip pressure treated softwood decking.
TIMBER FRAME COMPARISON TEST
1981
Seven timber frame houses are to be built on the same site as a conventional brick house to test directly their respective building and living qualities. There will also be an experimental comparison of the insulating methods within the two major techniques of timber frame construction – panel built, and post and beam. The houses are to be built by the newly- formed timber frame house division of Rainham Timber Engineering Co Ltd, part of the Phoenix Timber group. Rainham has the design capacity for anything from simple starter homes to
large, complex structures.
TRADE AND WWF LAUNCH BUYING POLICY
1991
A ‘green’ timber purchasing policy for the trade has been unveiled by Forests Forever, the TTF and WWF. After eight months of negotiation, representatives from the three organisations signed the Environmental Purchasing Policy for Wood and Wood Products at a meeting last week. The policy, which it is hoped will stem
environmental criticism of the timber trade, sets out six key purchasing goals that timber companies
which choose to adopt the policy should try to achieve.
TTJ | September/October 2021 |
www.ttjonline.com
DECORATIVE PANELS INVESTS
2001
A £7m investment is under way in Huddersfield for paper foil laminator Decorative Panels Ltd. The company, which pioneered paper foil lamination in Britain in the early 1970s, is building a new 100,000ft2
factory on the
banks of the river Calder at Elland. A state-of-the-art 90m lamination line from Hymmen will be installed and it is expected to be commissioned in October or November. The company also plans to install two of its existing lines, currently in service at
its HQ factory in Crosland Road,
Huddersfield, alongside it.
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