2021 Structural Timber Awards Event Brochure

2021

EVENT BROCHURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH

STRUCTURAL TIMBER

CELEBRATING THE BEST IN BUILDING WITH THE WORLD’S LEADING MAINSTREAM, LOW-CARBON CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

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WELCOME & CONTENTS

WELCOME

CONTENTS

This year we will not only celebrate iconic timber structures, pioneering innovations, and inspiring construction professionals but also after so many months in lockdown, we will just revel in the fact that once again our industry can come together and benefit from such an outstanding event.

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Headline/Key Sponsor Profiles

Both the organisers and judges have been overwhelmed with the amount of support the Structural Timber Awards has received and we appreciate that during such a period of uncertainty, so many have yet again taken time to enter these awards. The categories cover every aspect of the industry from social housing to engineering and new product innovations but this year the Healthcare Project of the Year will have a particular significance and recognising the design and technology that makes these inspiring projects possible is even more important.

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Social Housing Project of the Year

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Private Housing Project of the Year

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Custom & Self Build Project of the Year

Timber continues to stand at the core of success across so many sustainable construction projects. This, combined with enhanced speed and performance benefits, are just some of the reasons for the abundance of exceptional projects. So, it is easy to see why these awards, despite the many challenges our industry has faced, are experiencing exponential growth and once again the industry turns out in force to reward and celebrate this success.

This awards brochure will guide you through the impressive portfolio of projects, technologies, individuals, and organisations that have made the 2021 shortlist. Our finalists encompass acclaimed architects, engineers and developers, as well as innovators who are new to the construction industry and have produced outstanding systems and solutions.

Once again, our fantastic sponsors have made contributions that are powering the continuing success of the awards. A huge thank you to each organisation that has sponsored the 2021 ceremony.

Another big thank you goes to the Structural Timber Award judges, whose task is so incredibly difficult. The standard of entries goes to show just how much competition there is in the timber industry. Ranking the projects has required an intense level of knowledge and consideration. Thank you to our judges for sharing their expertise in evaluating each inspiring award submission.

And of course, thank you to all of our entrants, who really make the Structural Timber Awards the renowned success that it is today. You are the ones that provide us with projects to celebrate and share with the wider construction community to demonstrate what is achievable using sustainable timber systems and innovative techniques.

THE STRUCTURAL TIMBER AWARDS TEAM

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Commercial Project of the Year

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Retail & Leisure Project of the Year

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Low Energy Project of the Year

30 Project of the Year 32

Architect of the Year

34 Engineer of the Year 36

Client of the Year

38 Installer of the Year 40 Pioneer Award 42

Product Innovation Award

44 SIPs Project of the Year 45

Solid Wood Project of the Year

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Timber Frame Project of the Year

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Dates for your Diary

COVER IMAGE: 2020 Winner of Winners: Heatherwick Studio Maggie’s Leeds

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JUDGING PANEL

JOANNE BOOTH

ANDREW CARPENTER

IAN DACRE

ROSI FIELDSON

STEPHEN GOOD

Business Manager, Construction Lucideon

Chief Executive Structural Timber Association

Partner Rider Levett Bucknall

Sustainability Manager University of Lincoln

Chief Executive Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)

ROBERT HAIRSTANS

HELEN HEWITT

ROBIN LANCASHIRE

GARY RAMSAY

DAVE RAYMENT

NMITE-CATT

Chief Executive British Woodworking Federation

Senior Timber Frame Consultant BM TRADA

Editor Structural Timber Magazine

Director Morph Structures

DARREN RICHARDS

KEVIN RILEY

TIM SNELSON

SARAH VIRGO

PETER WILSON

Managing Director Cogent Consulting

Head of Business Line Stora Enso

Associate Structural Engineer Arup

Campaign Manager Wood for Good

Director Timber Design Initiatives

We would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to all of our Structural Timber Awards judges for their time and dedication in assessing almost 250 entries in 2021.

To submit your interest in joining the 2022 Structural Timber Awards Judging Panel, email: amy.pryce@radar-communications.co.uk

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HEADLINE SPONSOR: STRUCTURAL TIMBER ASSOCIATION As offsite timber solutions are gaining traction across the industry, the STA’s mission is to evidence quality and drive product innovation through technical guidance and research, underpinned by a members quality standard assessment - STA Assure. This scheme has gained recognition from the NHBC together with six leading structural warranty and building control bodies. By exploiting advanced offsite manufacturing technology to increase capacity, structural timber systems are factory produced to exacting standards for onsite installation, improving resource efficiency - delivering exceptional quality buildings. www.structuraltimber.co.uk

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DELEGATE LIST SPONSOR: JORDESON TIMBER Jordeson Timber have been importing timber into the UK and Ireland for over 175 years. Focused on the successful and professional delivery of softwood timber to our customers. Importing and distributing softwood timber products to customers throughout the UK and Ireland. Whatever your requirements their knowledgeable and professional team are there to help. www.jordeson.co.uk

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SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: This award will recognise an organisation or consortia that has successfully worked with the UK’s housing associations and social landlords to provide high quality buildings that cater for specific customer needs, enhance local communities, and provide the best in sustainable affordable housing. Emphasis will be placed on collaborative working, energy efficiency and running costs, speed and quality of construction, affordability of maintenance and overall long-term value-for-money for client and residents.

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Sponsor: MiTek specialises in the development of software solutions for structural timber applications and the provision of engineered steel connector products for roof truss and Posi-Joist manufacture.

MiTek Services provides a range of design and drafting services to support our customer’s capability and growth, and our automation team provides manufacturing equipment to the engineered timber industry.

Our software, services, engineered products and automation enable you to transform the way you design, make and build.

Judge Testimonial

“In many ways this is an outstanding project, with multiple innovative features.”

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SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

BBS CONSTRUCTION: FRANCIS LANE DEVELOPMENT Built by BBS on behalf of Golding Homes, the development at Francis Lane is located on a redundant garage site close to Maidstone town and consists of nine distinctive contemporary three-story town houses with 2 and 3 bedrooms fronting a main road, with private courtyards and parking to the rear, providing much needed affordable housing into the area.

BEATTIE PASSIVE: HAYES PLACE Hayes Place is a fully modular development of 18 Haus4studio apartments and one Haus4two, built to provide a high quality, flexible temporary solution to Cardiff Council’s need for immediate housing for homeless people in Cardiff. Not only are these homes completely relocatable, but the use of timber has greatly increased the ease and efficiency of the build, and reduced waste whilst ensuring consistent quality throughout. In addition to this, the superior standards of Passivhaus results in a more comfortable living environment.

GREENCORE CONSTRUCTION: SPRINGFIELD MEADOWS We build houses to the Passivhaus energy performance standard, so use very little energy for heating & we provide lots of solar PV panels to generate electricity. These houses are more comfortable & healthier to live in as well as having the carbon benefits. Over the last 7 years, we’ve built 50+ houses. The economies of scale from our largest current project at Springfield Meadows has allowed us to develop our building system from zero-carbon, to Climate Positive.

STRATA HOMES: CHESTERFIELD DEVELOPMENT This is a development of fifteen homes constructed in MMC with structural timber as its key component. The development has been carried out as part of planning obligations on a wider scheme to deliver affordable homes on behalf of an affordable housing company. With the local authority stating a climate change state of emergency Strata took the decision to move away from traditional building techniques and use a far more sustainable and energy efficient MMC system.

TOPHAT: WHITE ROAD White Road is an exemplary showcase of offsite, timber construction. The project delivers excellent homes, at an affordable price, that are aesthetically pleasing and highly sustainable. The use of an offsite timber solution results in a home that has 1/27th the embodied carbon of a traditional, masonry built house, as independently verified by BLP. Further, the ongoing, operational carbon will be roughly a 55% reduction against traditional construction. This means that the new homes will have a significantly reduced impact on the environment, both today and in the future.

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PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: Taking in volume construction and smaller developments, this category is seeking to reward those creating a new generation of sustainable, energy efficient and desirable places to live. Projects can cater for mass market consumption or individuals, but should all display high levels of technical skill, using timber effectively and economically to create places to live and work. The winner will have shown vision in meeting the client and eventual occupiers needs and show a clear understanding of a ‘sense of place’.

Sponsor: James Jones & Sons is the UK’s most diversified, family-owned timber processor. The Timber Systems Division is the UK’s market leading producer of JJI-Joists from its world leading manufacturing facility in Forres, selling to all of the major UK house builders.

Judge Testimonial

“Exciting to see the re-invention of this area with great design and more than a nod to it’s environmental impact locally and globally.”

For all general enquiries, please contact: www.jamesjones.co.uk

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PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

ADAMS+COLLINGWOOD ARCHITECTS: THE BOATHOUSE Known for their inspired designs, the Adams+Collingwood team were immediately excited by the idea of building a home that would function as a practical family residence while also respecting the outstanding natural beauty of its surroundings using materials that were not only imported by the owner’s timber import business but also to be shown off in the building. The species of timber included in the build and used for different purposes ranges from the Douglas Fir for the timber frame and flooring, Yellow Cedar for the cladding and roof shingles and Sitka Spruce for the curved corridor bench.

INNOVARÉ SYSTEMS: LITTLE KELHAM Through the use of advanced structural timber technology, Little Kelham has been created to act as a catalyst for change and a model for developing sustainable homes. An offsite manufactured Structural Insulated Panel solution was specified to realise the environmental vision for attaining the lowest possible carbon footprint.

Innovaré’s BBA Approved i-SIP system achieved the challenging design brief to deliver 153 exceptionally sustainable and energy efficient homes in line with Passivhaus guidelines.

NEIL DAVIES ARCHITECTS: GARDEN BUILDING, GRADE II LISTED COTTAGE The client wanted a contemplative and immersive space to enjoy views over the garden and the surrounding countryside, which would also serve as a room to cut and arrange flowers in. Set within the garden of a Grade II listed cottage, we designed a building that is a counterpoint to the Tudor oak- framed house. A contemporary timber framed structure was the natural choice for the studio, that would create the warmth of exposed timber, set against an exposed concrete slab and black Valchromat wall panelling.

STREIF UK: HURSTPIERPOINT COLLEGE’S NEW BOARDING HOUSE Hurstpierpoint College’s new Boarding House encompasses a three-storey boarding house with an internal floor area of 2496m2, providing 76 beds across single rooms and shared dormitories, together with ancillary facilities and three staff flats. With its traditional design to help blend in with the existing buildings in the area, this project really highlights the flexibility of the Streif system, as the resulting building is anything but traditional with a low carbon, low energy, and sustainable timber core, enhanced by triple glazing and finished externally with sections of contemporary zinc roofing.

WB TIMBER INNOVATIONS: PRIVATE HOME The client wished to combine benefits of timber frame and natural insulation materials for zero energy living - but with extensive glazing and limited roof area for PV arrays this was always going to be a challenge. This site now contains a single-storey “statement” home in a contemporary style, achieving net zero energy and with extensive glazing to enjoy impressive views out across countryside vistas.

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CUSTOM & SELF BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: Choosing to build your own home and/or employing a company that specialises in unique one-off projects is complicated, exciting and a huge responsibility. This category seeks to find the best custom-built properties on an individual or small community basis. The finished building should comprise of timber in a fundamental structural way - timber frame, SIPS or solid wood - and should display high levels of technical skill, using timber effectively as an aesthetic, sustainable, energy efficient and reliable way to build a dream home.

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Judge Testimonial

“A very inspiring project - they have really thought about the use of materials.”

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CUSTOM & SELF-BUILD PROJECT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

ECOFAST SYSTEMS: NUMBER 8 @ GRAVENHILL Number 8 @ Gravenhill, is a Contemporary five bedroom, detached, two level property designed and constructed by Ecofast Systems. Ecofast, is a whole house engineered timber MMC System that utilises a Glulam post and beam portal frame as its primary structural core. With the combination of offsite manufacture and onsite assembly & the entire structure fabricated from Engineered timber products such as Glulam, open web joists, and OSB sheeting in factory prior to flat pack delivery. The level of precision, quality and accuracy in the building is exceptional, as well as its carbon neutral performance.

GREENCORE CONSTRUCTION: SPRINGFIELD MEADOWS We build houses to the Passivhaus energy performance standard, so use very little energy for heating & we provide lots of solar PV panels to generate electricity. These houses are more comfortable & healthier to live in as well as having the carbon benefits. Over the last 7 years, we’ve built 50+ houses. The economies of scale from our largest current project at Springfield Meadows has allowed us to develop our building system from zero-carbon, to Climate Positive.

MBC TIMBER FRAME: SELF-BUILD DWELLINGS, MALMESBURY These 2 super insulated self-build timber frame projects set in the beautiful town of Malmesbury boast some amazing and unique features, the largest using an MBC Passivhaus standard timber frame system and the smaller using our super insulated 0.11 U value 140mm stud closed panel system. The pair feature a large over sale roof extending from a flat roof structure. This along with the open plan layout and large areas of glazing really demonstrates what can be achieved with timber frame.

PASQUILL: SINGLE DWELLING, CRANNOG On the shores of Loch Lundie in the Scottish Highlands there is a single dwelling built in the traditional Celtic style of a crannog, using natural materials to help it blend in seamlessly with the surrounding environment. Creating the illusion of a perfectly round roof from timber while ensuring it was also strong enough to support a sedum grass roof weighing several tonnes and a central skylight was the challenge presented to Pasquill. The resulting intricately designed and manufactured 16-side roof is a showcase in the versatility of timber and precision off-site manufacturing.

SIZZLL: SIZZLL STUDIO Sizzll Studio is a self-build, design / maker creation devised and built during lockdown to meet multiple needs including: business office and storage for Sizzll Ltd; additional living room and dining room accommodation. It incorporates many timber features including, Douglas fir board cladding, structural timber frame, pine windows and internal birch plywood - all carefully designed to create symmetry to the building and within the cladding pattern.

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EDUCATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: Whether new build or refurbishment, this category will celebrate a scheme that has used timber technology to create a vibrant learning space for students and staff this could be a nursery, school, university, college or facility catering for specialist needs. With collaborative working and tight building timescales of huge importance, the project must prove that it has met its clients and wider public sector expectations in providing a sustainable, energy efficient and costeffective contemporary building.

Sponsor: PEFC is an international non-profit organisation, dedicated to promoting sustainable forest management through independent, third-party certification. We endorse national forest certification schemes developed through multi-stakeholder process, tailored to local priorities and conditions. We believe that forest certification should be local so PEFC UK is one of 70 national members together forge a global alliance. Our standards provide forest owners with a means of demonstrating good forest management, enabling them to supply the construction sector with responsibly-sourced wood products.

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“Has many ingredients of a successful project with timber being used to satisfy the client brief.”

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EDUCATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

ANDRIS BERZINS + ASSOCIATES: THE WILDLIFE DISCOVERY CENTRE (WDC) The Wildlife Discovery Centre (WDC) at Fishers Green is a public body sponsored educational and leisure activity project enabling a holistic wildlife enjoyment experience for both visitors and bird enthusiasts. The WDC is set within the heart of the 1000 acre River Lee Country Park , where it is hard to believe 50 years ago much of the area was derelict and neglected, but now is a diverse and scenic nature attraction, open to the public.

AVANTI ARCHITECTS: MOSSBOURNE RIVERSIDE ACADEMY Mossbourne Riverside Academy is a 3FE primary school and nursery delivered on the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park. Accommodating 655 pupils aged 3-11yrs, the project was delivered under the Targeted Basic Needs funding supplemented by London Legacy Development Company (LDDC). The school is a catalyst and beacon for the residential quarter developed at East Wick as the first education facility on the Olympic Park - bringing together the existing community at East Wick and new residents.

B&K STRUCTURES & STORA ENSO: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE’S (UCLAN) NEW STUDENT CENTRE The University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) new Student Centre creates a landmark gateway building for Preston and a dramatic ’front door’ to the University that firmly establishes the campus in the city centre. It is the final element of UCLan’s £200m masterplan transformation and much of the decision to use CLT was driven by the client’s preference for a natural, warm appearance to the exposed structure, rather than the raw industrial aesthetic offered by concrete.

CONSTRUCTIONAL TIMBER: TAUNTON SCHOOL In collaboration with Wotton Donoghue Architects, Constructional Timber were commissioned by CG Fry construction to develop a Glulam frame for their Staplegrove Road campus in Taunton, Somerset. The new building lies at the heart of the school’s listed campus, set between two existing buildings and set directly behind the Grade II Listed Main Building with feature stair tower. The new building replaces a former 6th form study space and various back of house catering areas which were poorly arranged, preventing enjoyment of the adjacent central lawned areas referred to as Densham Green.

EURBAN, STORA ENSO, N’H INTERNATIONAL, NIALL MCLAUGHLIN ARCHITECTS, SMITH & WALLWORK AND COCKSEDGE BUILDING CONTRACTORS: THE NEW LIBRARY AT MAGDALENE COLLEGE The new library at Magdalene College required an architectural response sensitive to its historic context but also called for a bold, visionary design fit for generations to come. Niall McLaughlin Architects succeeded in creating a building that weaves seamlessly into the existing fabric of the College as well as launching it confidently into the future. The roof scape of the new library is a lively and playful reinterpretation of the surrounding College’s gabled roofs - The Cross Laminated Timber roof ‘lanterns’ define the exterior and interior of the structure giving the building its unique and bold character.

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HEWITT STUDIOS: THE BRUNEL CENTRE Social mobility is at the core of SGS College’s mission. Students must feel inspired to stay in education, through campuses that feel like vibrant, working environments. The Brunel Centre was conceived as a demonstration of these principles. Cross-laminated timber sets a calming tone throughout the interior, its tactile surfaces ever-present in walls, soffits, stairs and beams. Externally, photovoltaic brise soleil pace along the southern elevation. These sculptural ‘wings’ showcase the college’s commitment to green energy, while nodding to the area’s world-leading aviation heritage.

INNOVARÉ SYSTEMS: TURVES GREEN GIRLS’ SCHOOL Turves Green Girls’ School is a non-selective secondary school with 750 students.

The construction strategy was for Innovaré to be involved right from the outset to bring the team’s timber engineering expertise to the fore. The new building was constructed via a phased approach, allowing full operation of the current facilities and educational continuity. Advanced offsite manufactured Structural Insulated Panel technology kept the build schedule on track despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.

MACCREANOR LAVINGTON ARCHITECTS: THE NEW REFECTORY, IBSTOCK PLACE The new refectory at Ibstock Place, an independent, co-educational day-school for 1,200 pupils, is the result of a 2016 invited design competition. The school were enthralled by our vision for a reimagined grand timber hall with a lofty structure that would provide an uplifting space for the celebration of communal school life.

The choice of a glued and cross laminated timber roof structure was instrumental in meeting the school’s aspiration to erect a celebratory and warm, yet functional and efficient space at the heart of the campus whilst keeping interference with its operations to a minimum.

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY: THE LYTH, BRACKENHURST CAMPUS The Lyth situated on what was once an incoherent footprint of ageing 1960s ‘Clasp’ buildings is a stunning £8.4m development-featuring state-of-the-art teaching, research labs, offices and a refectory, which has transformed the Nottingham Trent University’s Brackenhurst Campus into a vibrant and cohesive environment. Sitting within a countryside estate and adjacent to a Grade II listed Manor House, it was important that the building design was sympathetic to its historic surroundings but also expressed a contemporary collegiate aesthetic.

STREIF UK: WESTVALE PARK PRIMARY ACADEMY Westvale Park Primary Academy is a brand new 2,250m² Primary School designed and constructed to support the children from the new Westvale Park Estate in Horley, Surrey. STREIF carried out the technical design, manufacture and installation of the building using our offsite integrated timber building system. The project is an excellent showcase of what can be achieved when high quality structural timber is combined with innovative factory production to deliver a large complex building without the need for cumbersome steel or masonry construction.

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HEALTHCARE PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: The pressure on the healthcare sector is huge. This category will celebrate those projects that have used timber technology to create a new facility, upgrade or extension in a seamless way, on-time and on-budget working in a sensitive, inclusive and collaborative fashion. Patient, staff and visitor experience is at the heart of successful healthcare projects, and the winner must prove that it has met the healthcare provider and/or the NHS Trusts expectations in providing a sustainable, energy efficient and costeffective contemporary building.

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CONSTRUCTIONAL TIMBER: THE GREEN AT ST RICHARD’S HOSPICE In the heart of Worcestershire, The Green at St Richard’s Hospice has been designed to provide a central courtyard at the heart of the hospice where patients, carers and their families can meet each other and relax. Working together with Speller Metcalfe and Associated Architects, Constructional Timber was tasked with the manufacture and supply of this amazing structure. The build utilises GL28h Spruce Glulam and was finished with a coat of Osmo 420 UV protection to provide enhanced resistance to weathering during the installation process.

EURBAN, STORA ENSO, Mæ AND N’H INTERNATIONAL: THE JOHN MORDEN CENTRE The John Morden Centre is a new care facility for the residents of Morden College, a care home in Blackheath, London. It provides additional space for leisure activities that are so vital for the residents. This extension to the original quadrangle buildings provides a less formal series of volumes within the landscape, helping to create a sequence of intimate spaces for the residents to interact with each other and with their carers, staff and visitors.

GROUP HUG HOMES: THE HUG HOMES Group Hug Homes LTD and Response Organisation aim to go a step further than the traditional model by creating an environment that is aimed at transitional, move-on housing to support independent living, this is an opportunity for residents to experience a real sense of personal independence whilst having therapeutic services wrapped around them in a safe, comfortable and enriching way.

STREIF UK: SOUTHBOROUGH HUB The Southborough Hub includes a new medical centre, library, theatre/hall, community rooms, and town council offices, together with retail space, forming a new epicentre for Southborough. This landmark building with a GIFA of 2,250m2 is of a unique design providing multi- functional spaces internally, whilst externally the landscape design plays a key role within the development to deliver a welcoming and inclusive public area with gardens that help create a cohesive community space.

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COMMERCIAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: Including a wide range of office, hotel and business construction projects this award is open to large- and small-scale projects - in both footprint and budget. Entries must display a clear understanding of how to apply timber technology to deliver a sustainable, energy efficient and cost-effective contemporary building. Projects must explain how they have displayed innovation and worked collaboratively to help the client achieve its corporate vision. Particular note will be given to overcoming restrictive construction sites and working within internal planning guidelines.

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ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS: CYBER QUARTER Cyber Quarter is a trailblazing multi-purpose centre of excellence in a highly sustainable building, utilising a CLT frame, timber finishes, and striking glulam structure. It aspires to be at the forefront tackling the ever-growing threats in cyberspace and will act as a catalyst for the ongoing development of the local cyber economy. Located within Skylon Business Park’s Enterprise Zone, the building is constructed using a glulam and CLT frame of Silver Fir, Larch, and Spruce from managed sources, with a high quality exposed visual timber finish.

CARPENTER OAK: BRIXTON WINDMILL Before the industrial revolution, the boroughs of London featured around 300 windmills. Built in 1816, Brixton Windmill is now London’s only working windmill.

Squire & Partners worked with structural timber frame specialists Carpenter Oak to design and build the simple, versatile space that can accommodate school groups, adult education initiatives and community groups. As an operational mill, the new timber framed building supports the expansion of production to sell flour to local businesses, as well as running baking workshops.

HEYNE TILLETT STEEL: 16 CHART STREET 16 Chart Street is a redevelopment of a 1930s Hoxton warehouse. The project utilised timber to create contemporary and adaptable office space whilst retaining almost all of the original structural fabric. Using CLT panels and hardwood LVL beams, the four-storey building has been extended sideways over a new undercroft entrance, and upwards with the addition of a new third floor level.

PARAMOUNT STRUCTURES: LVL WAREHOUSE This is the first warehouse of it size constructed using only LVL and softwood. Timber has been used to create a large, storage facility that combines functionality and the warm aesthetics of exposed wood. The roof is supported on LVL purlins and the walls are infill standard studwork panels. The end bays are crossed braced with LVL and the moment resisting eaves connections on the portal frames are pure timber bolted joints.

TAYLOR LANE TIMBER FRAME: SHELL STORE, HEREFORD’S ROTHERWAS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE Built in the First World War as a munition’s factory, and later used as an ordnance site during the Second World War, it had lain empty and derelict for more than 50 years. As an ‘enterprise zone’, Skylon Park was keen to bring the building back into productive economic use with any development needing to be sensitive to its heritage. Beneath its roofline, following a £7.3 million redevelopment, sits 2,500 sq. metres of flexible and lettable business space housed within insulated timber frame pods.

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ARUP: INTERNATIONAL QUARTER LONDON (IQL) At the heart of a 22-acre development, the Pavillion provides a gateway between the International Quarter and the Queen Elizabeth Park. Situated over the Woolwich Line tunnels, only a timber building would be light enough to not overload the bridge structure. Showcasing the construction benefits of mass timber, the striking architecture was achievable with glue-laminating timber into the required shapes and CNC cutting of CLT panels to fit the ‘stingray’ geometry of the frame below.

B&K STRUCTURES & BINDERHOLZ: LEEDS SKELTON LAKE SERVICES Leeds Skelton Lake Services is a ‘new concept’ for motorway services providing a healthy, light and airy environment for motorists to rest and recoup. The key design element of the scheme is the dynamic, undulating living-roof. Beneath this curvilinear roof form, whilst appearing to be separate from it, sit the Facilities Building complete with RSPB viewing platform and a 100-bedroom Ramada hotel.

Internally, the clear span created by the hybrid roof structure results in a large, double height open plan central space, around which are arranged major branded food outlets.

ELLIOTT WOOD: HOXTON CINEMA Elliott Wood was appointed to redevelop the Hoxton Cinema into a 3-screen cinema, restaurants and 18 flats. The project involved the construction of a new six storey building plus a new basement. The existing façade is retained and CLT frame was designed to form the structure above the 1st floor level. The material’s low embodied carbon was the driving factor behind the specification of CLT but was also chosen as it provided practical advantages over steel and concrete.

ELLIOTT WOOD: SANDS END ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE Sands End Arts and Community centre is a new community space in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The centre consists of a completely restored Edwardian Park keeper’s lodge surrounded by a newly built cluster of pavilions. The building is constructed using large-scale whitewood spruce cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels and glue-laminated beams. The timber use in the build is PEFC and EPD Cradle to grave certified. The centre’s façade is from a pale nougat brick made using 70% post processed ceramic waste.

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS: EBURY EDGE Ebury Edge is a temporary work and community space at the heart of Westminster, providing affordable workspace and retail units, a cafe, community hall and public courtyard. As part of the redevelopment of Ebury Bridge Estate, Westminster City Council was keen to give the local community an immediate sign of the regeneration. The meanwhile buildings include a community hall, cafe and workspace and will be in place while the renewal of the estate progresses for about five years.

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ARUP: INTERNATIONAL QUARTER LONDON (IQL) At the heart of a 22-acre development, the Pavillion provides a gateway between the International Quarter and the Queen Elizabeth Park. Situated over the Woolwich Line tunnels, only a timber building would be light enough to not overload the bridge structure. Showcasing the construction benefits of mass timber, the striking architecture was achievable with glue-laminating timber into the required shapes and CNC cutting of CLT panels to fit the ‘stingray’ geometry of the frame below.

GREENCORE CONSTRUCTION: SPRINGFIELD MEADOWS We build houses to the Passivhaus energy performance standard, so use very little energy for heating & we provide lots of solar PV panels to generate electricity. These houses are more comfortable & healthier to live in as well as having the carbon benefits. Over the last 7 years, we’ve built 50+ houses. The economies of scale from our largest current project at Springfield Meadows has allowed us to develop our building system from zero-carbon, to Climate Positive.

HEWITT STUDIOS: THE BRUNEL CENTRE Social mobility is at the core of SGS College’s mission. Students must feel inspired to stay in education, through campuses that feel like vibrant, working environments. The Brunel Centre was conceived as a demonstration of these principles. Cross-laminated timber sets a calming tone throughout the interior, its tactile surfaces ever-present in walls, soffits, stairs and beams. Externally, photovoltaic brise soleil pace along the southern elevation. These sculptural ‘wings’ showcase the college’s commitment to green energy, while nodding to the area’s world-leading aviation heritage.

LOWFIELD TIMBER FRAMES: SARN DEVELOPMENT Commissioned to provide much needed council homes for social rent as part of the Council’s Corporate Improvement Plan ‘Vision 2025’. Lowfield Timber Frames designed, manufactured, and installed a Larsen Truss timber system for the development. Located in the centre of the popular rural village of Sarn, the 628m2 development comprises two-bedroom bungalows and two & threebedroom homes. Each is designed to offer affordable, environmentally sustainable accommodation for those on the Common Housing Register.

SNUG HOMES: FOREST ROAD SNUG HOME The Forest Road SNUG home is the first of its kind: an offsite, custom-build, net zerocarbon home, built with the community that challenges the idea of what a ‘house’ is. The SNUG is the first house type designed and built by SNUG Homes and is a two-storey 44m2 1 bedroom, 1 person home. It has a small footprint to fit neatly into back gardens or leftover plots within existing urban areas, providing new homes within communities, helping support and regenerate these in ways that traditional development models do not.

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PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: Project of the Year will highlight outstanding examples of UK construction that have integrated timber technology as a major component part of its success. The winner will have proved that they have used timber with skill and ingenuity to create a sustainable, low-carbon building showcasing the strengths of timber. The focus will be on projects delivering exceptional levels of design, detail and delivery. Particular note will be made of client satisfaction, proof of outstanding energy performance levels and low environmental impact, technical achievement, supply chain management and overall best practice.

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Sponsor: Xilonor is new to the mass timber industry with a state-of-the-art factory manufacturing premium quality CLT from local sustainable resources utilising Pinaster and Radiata Pine.

Panel options from this high quality CLT manufacturer include sizing formats up to a maximum of 12x3 metres by up to 320mm thickness.

Xilonor offers flexibility with size increments of 100mm available. 3, 5 or 7 ply with longitudinal or transversal exterior layers to maximise strength according to the panels orientation and double exterior layers.

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ADDERSTONE DEVELOPMENTS: MEADOWCROFT MEWS Where formerly stood a binstore now stands a beautiful one bed dwelling.

Meadowcroft Mews was built in house by Adderstone Group, as opposed to going to tender. This was primarily due to the complex issues with it’s situation and size.

Attention to detail was paramount. Timber saved the day! Getting us over loading hurdles, allowing us to create a striking pitched roof with an unsupported cantilever corner and enabled the build to progress during a pandemic.

B&K STRUCTURES & BINDERHOLZ: LEEDS SKELTON LAKE SERVICES Leeds Skelton Lake Services is a ‘new concept’ for motorway services providing a healthy, light and airy environment for motorists to rest and recoup. The key design element of the scheme is the dynamic, undulating living-roof. Beneath this curvilinear roof form, whilst appearing to be separate from it, sit the Facilities Building complete with RSPB viewing platform and a 100-bedroom Ramada hotel.

Internally, the clear span created by the hybrid roof structure results in a large, double height open plan central space, around which are arranged major branded food outlets.

MACCREANOR LAVINGTON ARCHITECTS: THE NEW REFECTORY, IBSTOCK PLACE The new refectory at Ibstock Place, an independent, co-educational day-school for 1,200 pupils, is the result of a 2016 invited design competition. The school were enthralled by our vision for a reimagined grand timber hall with a lofty structure that would provide an uplifting space for the celebration of communal school life.

The choice of a glued and cross laminated timber roof structure was instrumental in meeting the school’s aspiration to erect a celebratory and warm, yet functional and efficient space at the heart of the campus whilst keeping interference with its operations to a minimum.

SNUG HOMES: FOREST ROAD SNUG HOME The Forest Road SNUG home is the first of its kind: an offsite, custom-build, net zero-carbon home, built with the community that challenges the idea of what a ‘house’ is. The SNUG is the first house type designed and built by SNUG Homes and is a two-storey 44m2 1 bedroom, 1 person home. It has a small footprint to fit neatly into back gardens or leftover plots within existing urban areas, providing new homes within communities, helping support and regenerate these in ways that traditional development models do not.

WIEHAG: INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING (IBRB) IBRB is a multi-million-pound, state-of-the-art research building for the University of Warwick that fully embraces offsite construction, with 50% of construction cost going to offsite systems. The 7,000m2 area, four-storey hybrid structure is a mixture of concrete frame and CLT and glulam timber, with WIEHAG’s package taking on detailed design, supply and installation of the structural timber package including the stairs.

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ARCHITECT OF THE YEAR Category: Open to any size of practice.

This award will celebrate a professional architect or architectural technologist that has specified timber and used it as a defining feature within a completed building in the UK. Emphasis will be given to the technical and creative reasons why timber was specified and how this was communicated within the project team. Particular note will be given to the use of leading edge building techniques and originality to construct inspirational examples for future building design, within a framework of cost, deliverability and timescale.

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GRESFORD ARCHITECTS: COPELAND ROAD Copeland Road is an extension of a Victorian terraced house, and a celebration of the versatility of CLT and timber construction. Gresford Architects have exploited the flexibility and strength of CLT to extraordinary effect: for instance soaring double height spaces that flood the interiors with natural light, and a lively side extension to give visual interest while respecting neighbouring properties. Exposed timber surfaces expressed structural elements, and strong contrasts with other materials including cast concrete create airy and elegant interiors that are uplifting, peaceful and intriguing.

HEWITT STUDIOS: THE BRUNEL CENTRE Social mobility is at the core of SGS College’s mission. Students must feel inspired to stay in education, through campuses that feel like vibrant, working environments.

The Brunel Centre was conceived as a demonstration of these principles. Crosslaminated timber sets a calming tone throughout the interior, its tactile surfaces ever-present in walls, soffits, stairs and beams. Externally, photovoltaic brise soleil pace along the southern elevation. These sculptural ‘wings’ showcase the college’s commitment to green energy, while nodding to the area’s world-leading aviation heritage.

MACCREANOR LAVINGTON ARCHITECTS: THE NEW REFECTORY, IBSTOCK PLACE The new refectory at Ibstock Place, an independent, co-educational day-school for 1,200 pupils, is the result of a 2016 invited design competition. The school were enthralled by our vision for a reimagined grand timber hall with a lofty structure that would provide an uplifting space for the celebration of communal school life.

The choice of a glued and cross laminated timber roof structure was instrumental in meeting the school’s aspiration to erect a celebratory and warm, yet functional and efficient space at the heart of the campus whilst keeping interference with its operations to a minimum.

Mæ: SANDS END ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE Sands End Arts and Community centre is a new community space in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The centre consists of a completely restored Edwardian Park keeper’s lodge surrounded by a newly built cluster of pavilions. The building is constructed using large-scale whitewood spruce cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels and glue-laminated beams. The timber use in the build is PEFC and EPD Cradle to grave certified. The centre’s façade is from a pale nougat brick made using 70% post processed ceramic waste.

MEB DESIGN: GUEST COTTAGES AT SLG CONVENT The three Guest Cottages at SLG Convent are a series of beautiful timber cabins utilising CLT structural technology as well as prefabricated composite en-suite bathroom pods. Designed to “Passivhaus Principles” with super insulation and airtightness, the CLT structure has been an integral part of this approach.

Set in the extensive grounds of the historic Convent, the Guest Cottages are designed to create a place of peace and tranquillity in high quality, self-contained accommodation.

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ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Category: The Engineer of the Year can be an individual or team. They need to have demonstrated an innovative and integrated approach to create a landmark building with timber technology at its core, or in developing an engineered timber product. This can encompass using timber as a base material to overcome site or projectspecific challenges, using products and systems in a different way to the ‘norm’, taking timber and/or particular species to new performance levels, or employing BIM and LEAN techniques to meet the challenges of designing any type of building.

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ARUP: INTERNATIONAL QUARTER LONDON (IQL) At the heart of a 22-acre development, the Pavillion provides a gateway between the International Quarter and the Queen Elizabeth Park. Situated over the Woolwich Line tunnels, only a timber building would be light enough to not overload the bridge structure. Showcasing the construction benefits of mass timber, the striking architecture was achievable with glue-laminating timber into the required shapes and CNC cutting of CLT panels to fit the ‘stingray’ geometry of the frame below.

OVE ARUP & PARTNERS: EBURY EDGE Ebury Edge is a temporary work and community space at the heart of Westminster, providing affordable workspace and retail units, a cafe, community hall and public courtyard. As part of the redevelopment of Ebury Bridge Estate, Westminster City Council was keen to give the local community an immediate sign of the regeneration. The meanwhile buildings include a community hall, cafe and workspace and will be in place while the renewal of the estate progresses for about five years.

PARAMOUNT STRUCTURES: LD-44 The LD-44 is a bespoke, purpose-built salt storage facility which combines functionality with aesthetics to provide a pleasing yet practical structure for long term usage. As salt is a very corrosive material, no steel was allowed in the barn. The brief from the client was therefore to use timber, to create a simple dome with clean lines and striking visuals. There was also a dimensional challenge, as the minimum height needed to be 16m in the middle to allow plant to operate on 12m pile height.

RAMBOLL: CYBER QUARTER Working for Hybrid Structure, in collaboration with Cundall and the Design team, Ramboll provided the timber design for Cyber Quarter, a trailblazing multi-purpose centre of excellence for tackling the ever-growing threats in cyberspace. The highly sustainable and aesthetically striking building utilises a CLT frame, timber finishes, and striking glulam structure. Timber is used as the visual language throughout to create a natural aesthetic that provides a calming and inspirational environment for working and collaboration.

THE OXFORDSHIRE WOODLAND GROUP: THE CRUCK BARN The Oxfordshire Woodland Group built a woodland cruck barn with low cost eco-friendly timber-framing floor instead of a concrete foundation. All timber employed, including 60-year-old Douglas Fir, European Larch & Western Red Cedar, has been grown, felled, extracted, converted in the woodland using hand hewing and mobile saw conversion as appropriate.

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CLIENT OF THE YEAR Category: This category looks to reward any client, regardless of size or sector that has shown clear leadership in using timber on at least one project, product or service. Thinking sustainably and business driven, entries will have shown commitment to procure based on whole-life costs and low-carbon as key drivers. The winner will have shown exceptional ways of integration and collaborative working, excellent health and safety, fair terms and forms of contract and a desire to involve all stakeholders, local community and supply chain partners in any decisions throughout the project.

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ENTER YOUR PROJECTS INTO BEST USE OF TIMBER TECHNOLOGY ENTRY DEADLINE: 27.05.2022 The Best Use of Timber Technology Category will reward the exemplar use of timber technology in a project across any UK construction sector. Including cross laminated timber (CLT), glulam, timber frame, SIPS and associated open and closed panel systems, the entrant will have used timber as a major factor in delivering quality, factory-controlled, robust and sustainable offsite manufacture.

Special attention will be given to material performance levels and any project should clearly demonstrate how cost-predictability, economy, accuracy, transportability, speed of installation and principles of lean manufacture have been achieved.

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CREATING ENTERPRISE: PASSIVHAUS STANDARD BUILD SYSTEM – NORTH WALES Beattie Passive have been working closely with Creating Enterprise since 2019. We quickly discovered that Creating Enterprise’s values and ethos as a social enterprise, and their commitment to high quality homes accessible to all with a lower carbon footprint, align very closely with our own. In 2020, we signed a contract with them giving them exclusive rights to our Passivhaus standard build system in North Wales until 2025. Since the signing of this contract, Creating Enterprise have announced ambitious plans to build nearly 350 carbon zero homes.

GOLDING HOMES: FRANCIS LANE Built by BBS on behalf of Golding Homes, the development at Francis Lane is located on a redundant garage site close to Maidstone town and consists of nine distinctive contemporary three-story town houses with 2 and 3 bedrooms fronting a main road, with private courtyards and parking to the rear, providing much needed affordable housing into the area.

LENDLEASE: INTERNATIONAL QUARTER LONDON (IQL) At the heart of a 22-acre development, the Pavillion provides a gateway between the International Quarter and the Queen Elizabeth Park. Situated over the Woolwich Line tunnels, only a timber building would be light enough to not overload the bridge structure. Showcasing the construction benefits of mass timber, the striking architecture was achievable with glue-laminating timber into the required shapes and CNC cutting of CLT panels to fit the ‘stingray’ geometry of the frame below.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK: INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING (IBRB) IBRB is a multi-million-pound, state-of-the-art research building for the University of Warwick that fully embraces offsite construction, with 50% of construction cost going to offsite systems. The 7,000m2 area, four-storey hybrid structure is a mixture of concrete frame and CLT and glulam timber, with WIEHAG’s package taking on detailed design, supply and installation of the structural timber package including the stairs.

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL: EBURY EDGE Ebury Edge is a temporary work and community space at the heart of Westminster, providing affordable workspace and retail units, a cafe, community hall and public courtyard. As part of the redevelopment of Ebury Bridge Estate, Westminster City Council was keen to give the local community an immediate sign of the regeneration.

The meanwhile buildings include a community hall, cafe and workspace and will be in place while the renewal of the estate progresses for about five years.

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INSTALLER OF THE YEAR Category: Have you truly excelled in the erection and installation of a structural timber solution? This category is open to any team or organisation working across any size of building or development that has used timber as a key structural system or building component. This can range from erecting a solid wood structural frame and timber frame/SIPS installation, to roofing systems, doors and windows, cladding solutions or even flooring.

The winner will have demonstrated their full understanding of timber as a material and a technology, the ways timber can function in different building types and have shown an outstanding level of overall expertise and customer service.

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EURBAN: THE NEW LIBRARY AT MAGDALENE COLLEGE Samuel Pepys, one of Magdalene College’s best known graduates, bequeathed his personal library to the College. Today his 3,000 books are still arranged in the same oak book cases he designed for them in 1666. The rest of the College’s library outgrew this building, so a new library, adjacent to the old, was commissioned to hold 10 times as many books as Pepys’ original collection. The new library required an architectural response sensitive to its historic context but also a bold and visionary design for generations to come.

MINT CONSTRUCTION: THE PARK PAVILLION IN ELEPHANT & CASTLE The Park Pavilion is the landmark of a complete revamp of central Elephant & Castle. Constructed from CLT and glulam supplied by Stora Enso and Hybrid, the installation was extremely challenging due to the building being positioned in and around 3 large trees with low hanging branches. The building boasts large span cantilevered CLT decks supported by glulam posts and CLT walls below. The finished product contains visual CLT walls, stair treads, glulam columns.

WIEHAG: INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING (IBRB) IBRB is a multi-million-pound, state-of-the-art research building for the University of Warwick that fully embraces offsite construction, with 50% of construction cost going to offsite systems. The 7,000m2 area, four-storey hybrid structure is a mixture of concrete frame and CLT and glulam timber, with WIEHAG’s package taking on detailed design, supply and installation of the structural timber package including the stairs.

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ARUP In the past year Arup has committed an unprecedented amount of time, expertise and resources to timber research and promotion, including over £0.6M of our own money. All the results are being shared for the benefit of the wider industry and society, to help make timber a mainstream construction material and grow the timber market, which we believe to be a key component in addressing the climate emergency in the construction industry.

HEYNE TILLETT STEEL As a practice, we are committed to making every building as sustainable as it can be.

To champion the use of timber in the industry as well as actively share our technical expertise, we have developed the HTS+ Timber Focus Group, a forum comprising engineers, technical researchers, and directors. The group are actively involved in timber projects across the practice and provide guidance to other engineers as well as contributing to industry-leading research and thought leadership on the topic of engineered timber design.

INNOVARÉ SYSTEMS: ANNUAL #STAWARDS WINNER 2016-20, PROMOTING THE BEST USE OF SIP’S CONSTRUCTION Innovaré Systems provide a totally integrated off-site build service - from design to on-site delivery of the company’s own i-SIP System - meeting the challenges of today’s construction environment with a radically quicker speed of build than traditional construction with the clear intention of simplifying off-site modular design and delivery from the perspective of business partners, designers and customers.

POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL: HOME-GROWN HOMES Home-Grown Homes has situated itself at the heart of the key policy areas of the day, with roots in the foundational and circular economies, providing potential responses to the issues caused by the housing crisis, Covid-19 and Brexit, and offering a means of delivering homes whilst tackling the climate emergency.

Whilst primarily a research project, it has had wide ranging impacts, supporting the delivery of nine pilot projects such as Sarn in Powys (a Passivhaus certified development) and Clyro, a development aiming to be net zero carbon in terms of build and in use.

TIMBER DEVELOPMENT UK (TDUK): TDUK’S UEP – RSUDC21 Riverside Sunderland: online University Design Challenge 2021 (RSUDC21) invited student and 2020 graduates studying Built Environment courses to form interdisciplinary teams of 4 to 8 members and design a masterplan of 100 carbon neutral homes on a site in Sunderland and then one 3 bed home in detail that is a timber or timber hybrid systems, uses Modern Methods of Construction and meets the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge.

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PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD Category: A wide ranging category open to innovative new products and systems, or older items on the market used in a fresh and inventive way. The winner must demonstrate the product or emerging technology, meets the appropriate UK building regulations and health and safety standards. This can be a physical product designed specifically for timber usage or a general building product that reveals a new dimension when used in conjunction with timber technology.

Evidence must be provided of where real value has been added to the timber sector.

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Sponsor: The Timber Trade Federation is growing the use of wood through innovative representation and a suite of value added business services for its members. Spanning the timber industry supply chain from the Sawmiller to the Manufacturer through the distribution network of Agents, Importers, Distributors and Merchants, TTF Members account for around two-thirds of the £8.5 billion value of the UK timber industry.

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HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER: EXCELLENT SURFACE FOR CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER With our product “Excellent Surface for Cross Laminated Timber” we tackle the unpleasant formation of cracks and gaps in the surface lamella layer of common cross laminated timber (CLT). After several years of supplying CLT to projects all around the world, and particularly in the UK, it was discovered as part of our continuous improvement process that the main reason for customer complaints regarding CLT was the formation of cracks and gaps in the surface lamella layer.

HEWITT STUDIOS: K:PORT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION The construction of the first K:Port Electric Vehicle Charging Station provides the coastal town of Portishead with a glimpse of the future - a sustainable, high-quality mobility environment. The concept for K:port derives from the Japanese notion of “Komorebi”; the dappled light which occurs when sunlight shines through the leaves of a tree. The essence of the tree is apparent throughout the design, from the form of the canopy itself and the timbers which make up its structure, to the collection and use of solar energy and rainwater - this is photosynthetic architecture.

MEDITE SMARTPLY: SMARTPLY MAX FR B OSB/3 Aligning with the cost, speed and sustainability potential of offsite construction, MEDITE SMARTPLY’s extensive range of SMARTPLY OSB/3 and OSB/4 panels are developed to meet the most demanding of applications. Furthermore, they can be easily produced to the largescale size requirements often demanded by offsite and timber frame construction, thanks to Contiroll® manufacturing; the continuous pressing of wood strands into panels.

TENMAT / MARLEY: ROOF TILE FIRESTOP & ROOF RIDGE FIRESTOP One of the major areas of potential fire spread in a building is via the roof space - the gaps between the tiles and compartment walls. For decades these gaps have been ignored or filled with untested solutions, however with ever tightening legislation and the need for safer homes Tenmat have designed and tested 2 separate products which provide a 100% firestop within timber constructed roof / tile systems, these products ae the Roof Tile Firestop and Roof Ridge Firestop, RTF and RRF.

THORNTON TOMASETTI, KLH & KLOECKNER METALS UK: TIMBER COMPOSITE PRODUCT CLT on steelwork has enabled designers to deliver services integrated into the structural zone, while providing slender columns and achieving shallow structural zones of a similar depth to the composite steelwork and concrete solutions that predated it. The system has limitations; however, as span are limited without the use of a very deep structural zones in comparison to the alternative systems. Our goal – to achieve similar spans to steel and concrete composites while maintaining an embodied carbon to beat the 2030 targets proposed by LETI or RIBA.

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SIPS PROJECT OF THE YEAR

SIPS PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: The Best SIPs Project will be awarded to the overall highest scoring entry for a project built using SIPS technology. Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS) are an advanced method of construction, exploiting composite panel techniques - delivering excellent structural and thermal characteristics in one system. SIPS have two parallel faces - usually Oriented Strand Board (OSB) - sandwiching a rigid core of Polyurethane (PUR) foam. The result is a lightweight system which is quick to erect and free from the complications surrounding compression shrinkage and thermal bridging, that is often associated with other forms of construction.

Sponsor: Structural engineering with emphasis on economy in materials always been our ethos. We design in a multitude of different materials and develop cost effective design solutions for any project. This approach is applied to projects of any scale, from small domestic to large scale commercial developments. Our structural team has expertise in timber projects covering the residential, retail, industrial, education and healthcare sectors and all our clients are valued and provided with full support throughout the design and construction process.

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Our reputation has been built on our remarkable achievements in all aspects of engineering. In order for us to maintain our reputation in this ever changing, fast paced industry, we ensure we have all the elements to provide our clients with the most economical and robust engineering solution.

Here at Paramount we offer every service from complete design drawings to expertise engineering in timber, concrete, masonry, steel and foundations projects covering the residential, retail, industrial, educational and healthcare sectors.

All our structural engineers work closely with our clients to ensure we have achieved the best possible outcome and provide innovative responses to real-world challenges.

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SOLID WOOD PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: The Best Solid Wood Project will be awarded to the overall highest scoring entry for a project built using Solid Wood technology. Solid Wood technology has seen diverse and ground-breaking application in recent years. It is now extensively used across the commercial, leisure and education construction sectors and the benefits have been widely acknowledged.

While innovation in the Solid Wood sector is rife, demand for ever more sophisticated solutions is growing.

Sponsor: As a leading provider of treatment solutions to the timber sector, Koppers has a diverse range of highly effective products, from timber preservative systems, for use in timber frame and landscape sectors, to specialist fire retardants, stabilizing oils and pigment systems for enhancing the aesthetic qualities of timber such as cladding. Through cutting edge research, development and collaboration with industry stakeholders, Koppers continues to lead the way in the development of next generation preservative systems to enhance and extend the use of timber.

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www.kopperspc.eu | kpc.uk.sales@koppers.eu |+44 (0)1628 486644 ™ Protim Solignum Limited trading as Koppers Performance Chemicals. Koppers is a registered Trademark of Koppers Delaware, Inc. Whilst every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information contained in this document, Protim Solignum Limited gives no undertaking to that eect and no responsibility can be accepted for reliance on this information. Information will be updated when the need arises. Please ensure you have an up to date copy. All products are produced by independently owned and operated wood processing facilities. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Koppers Performance Chemicals, Protim Solignum Limited, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 1LS. Visit: www.kopperspc.eu, Email: kpc@koppers.eu, Call: +44 (0)1628 486644, Fax: +44 (0)1628 476757. Registered in England 3037845. © Copyright 2020.

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TIMBER FRAME PROJECT OF THE YEAR

TIMBER FRAME PROJECT OF THE YEAR Category: The Best Timber Frame Project will be awarded to the overall highest scoring entry for a project built using Timber Frame technology.

Modern timber frame structures are precision-engineered, strong and durable. The build method relies on a factory manufactured timber frame as a means of structural support – carrying the loads imposed by the floors and roofs, before transmitting them to the foundations, which can be built at a lower cost due to the buildings being lightweight.

Sponsor: Kronospan are the largest Wood Based Panel Manufacturer in the World with over 40 production sites globally. Kronospan has demonstrated its commitment to the UK construction market with a high capacity T&G line which features diamond tooling and high quality protected floor brands Fast Clean and Fast Protect. Both feature BBA approval for 60 days exposure. All Type P5 boards use the very highest levels of post-consumer recycled wood allowing customers to construct with a conscience. Kronospan UK also supply OSB and new Ultra Ply Plywood.

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Kronobuild® Eco friendly construction boards Help reduce environmental impact with the Kronobuild® range of structural boards, including Particleboard, OSB, specialist T&G boards and a range of Plywood. Manufactured in the UK and Europe from recycled and sustainably managed timber they are 100% recyclable and available for fast nationwide delivery.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY If you are interested in learning more about structural timber construction then the following industry events may be of interest: 01 - 03 Mar 22

Futurebuild

ExCeL, London

www.futurebuild.co.uk

Futurebuild is a built environment event where leading brands can share innovations, from products, to processes and solutions, with thousands of industry influencers and shapers. Futurebuild will remain true to the roots of ecobuild by standing out as the event to have a higher purpose, to be a catalyst for change. This world class knowledge programme, alongside the exhibition of innovative and inspiring brands, combined to create an unmissable experience.

27 May 22

Offsite Awards Entry Deadline

Online

www.offsiteawards.co.uk

The Best Use of Timber Technology Category will reward the exemplar use of timber technology in a project across any UK construction sector.

Including cross laminated timber (CLT), glulam, timber frame, SIPS and associated open and closed panel systems, the entrant will have used timber as a major factor in delivering quality, factory-controlled, robust and sustainable offsite manufacture.

10 Jun 22

Structural Timber Awards 2022 Deadline

Online

www.structuraltimberawards.co.uk

Timber continues to stand at the core of success across sustainable construction projects. The 2022 Structural Timber Awards will recognise excellence in all sectors, from self-build, private housing and social housing to education, healthcare, commercial, retail and leisure. Project individuals will also be celebrated, with categories open for clients, architects, installers, contractors, engineers, project managers and industry pioneers.

20 - 21 Sep 22

Offsite Expo

Coventry Building Society Arena

www.offsite-expo.co.uk

OFFSITE EXPO brings together those who are driving change in the construction sector – the event will play host to the leading UK and international offsite manufacturers and component suppliers over two days showcasing a broad spectrum of panelised, volumetric modular solutions, pod and prefabricated MEP solutions, as well as the latest in Digital and BIM technology.

20 Sep 22

Offsite Awards

Offsite Expo

www.offsiteawards.co.uk

The profile and coverage gained by all the finalists and winners has helped to propel the sector to another level. So, if you are proud of your exceptional team, project development or product innovation, there are just five questions to answer to grasp the opportunity to take centre stage at the 2022 Offsite Construction Awards. The deadline for submissions is 27 May 2022 with the winners being announced on 20 September 2022.

Oct 22

Structural Timber Awards

Birmingham

www.structuraltimberawards.co.uk

As world leaders grapple to find solutions to combat the impact of climate change, sustainable structural timber systems are acknowledged as critical in the battle to reduce carbon emissions in the construction sector. This, combined with enhanced speed and performance benefits, are just some of the reasons for the abundance of exceptional projects. So, it is easy to see why these awards are experiencing exponential growth and each year the industry turns out in force to reward and celebrate this success.

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ENTRY DATES 2022

THE FLAGSHIP INDUSTRY EVENT THAT REWARDS AND CELEBRATES EXCELLENCE As world leaders grapple to find solutions to combat the impact of climate change, sustainable structural timber systems are acknowledged as critical in the battle to reduce carbon emissions in the construction sector. This, combined with enhanced speed and performance benefits, are just some of the reasons for the abundance of exceptional projects. So, it is easy to see why these awards are experiencing exponential growth and each year the industry turns out in force to reward and celebrate this success.

KEY ENTRY DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 2022 • 10 JANUARY 2022: Entry Forms Open • 10 JUNE 2022: Entry Deadline

• OCTOBER 2022: Structural Timber Awards Ceremony To join the Structural Timber Awards Mailing List and receive notifications and reminders of all event updates, email: amy.pryce@radar-communications.co.uk

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES The timber industry is experiencing increasing demand, meaning that the Structural Timber Awards are more pivotal than ever. Amid the call for advanced digital design tools, inspiring architecture, cost savings, maximised sustainable credentials and health benefits that are achieved by a breadth of structural timber solutions, these are the projects and systems that push boundaries for UK construction.

Our fantastic sponsors make contributions that are powering the continuing success of the Structural Timber Awards, which provide one of the most effective platforms to showcase architectural gems and timber innovations.

Aimed at promoting excellence in the use of structural timber technologies - these Awards will recognise best practice and the accomplishments of ground-breaking projects.

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