The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published this week a plan to increase the use of timber in construction in England.

Around the globe, timber buildings are getting higher and higher. Here, CM looks at five planned or recently completed projects.

The timber industry has set out its plan to meet the 2050 net zero challenge, with transport and more local sourcing a key focus, writes Charlie Law.

There’s a global trend for more high-rise timber buildings but why are we not seeing a similar story in the UK, asks David Hopkins.

A consortium of researchers is examining the suitability of English timber for use in construction.

Contractors should watch out for a large volume of non-standard battens that have been falsely coloured and/or stamped with BS 5534.

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has unveiled a new modular demonstrator that showcases how a timber kit of parts can help to retrofit offices. Specialist timber manufacturer Ecosystems Technologies…

Birch plywood is likely to become scarce as summer progresses but imports from the Far East could be illegal.

Keepmoat Homes has pointed to arson as a possible cause for a fierce blaze involving timber frame homes on one of its construction sites.

The war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia and Belarus will hit the supply of wood products used in construction, including OSB (oriented strand board) and plywood.

Timber will be important as the construction sector strives to meet zero carbon targets, but how can it address concerns about safety?

Timber will play a vital role on the built environment’s journey towards net zero. But what’s it like working in the sector?

As timber construction becomes more popular as the UK tries to reach its net zero targets, how can construction with the material overcome its insurance challenges, asks Jim Glockling?

A new luxury hotel development in the Indian Ocean islands features an iconic art installation, the Skyspace. Timber engineering specialist and project team member Kevin Hill explains how the artist’s vision became reality.

A newly formed group of MPs has urged the government to move more quickly to meet carbon reduction targets but scaling up the existing timber sector and employing modern methods of construction (MMC).

Carbon reduction, offsite manufacturing, wellbeing, local sourcing – timber answers many of UK construction’s most pressing questions. But when will the sector start, er, pulling up trees? By Kristina Smith…

CM looks at how timber is being used to deliver striking designs, accelerate programmes and restore historic buildings on construction projects around the world Sustainable services built with timber A…