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 ...

Timber frames, for so long limited to the low-rise residential sector, have begun to break into commercial and higher-rise uses, thanks to technological breakthroughs. What does the future hold? For ...

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 ...

The debate over the performance of timber framed buildings has erupted again following the blaze in July at a housing development in north west London. The fire at the beaufort park development in ...

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 ...

The Health and Safety Executive has released new guidance for preventing fires on building timber frame sites after series of conflagrations on timber frame projects. It says that timber framed ...

A building in south London that suffered a serious fire last month had a timber frame and had been considered appropriate for a ‘stay put’ strategy in the event of fire, Inside Housing has learned. A ...

Fire safety experts and opposition parties call for update of regulations as they raise concerns about popular building method An increasingly popular method of building blocks of flats is potentially ...