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Scottish Timber for Structural Building
23 Nov 2020
Scottish Timber for structural elements of buildings
Scottish timber initiative plants seed of sustainability for UK construction
New demonstrator project for COP26 in Glasgow, 2021
Pilot project could result in more mainstream use of UK-grown wood in construction and the country?s first engineered timber manufacturing plant

Greater use of home-grown timber in UK construction is taking a significant step forward through a new demonstrator project, which could lead to a major boost for Scotland?s economy and the industry?s environmental impact.
A consortium of partners ? comprising of Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) Centre for Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS), Scottish Forestry, Confederation of Forest Industries (Confor), and SNRG ? has secured funding from Innovate UK?s Sustainable Innovation Fund to prove the business case for using Scottish timber to create the structural elements of buildings. The initiative will manufacture the first Scottish-sourced cross laminated timber (CLT) and nail laminated timber (NLT) housing unit ? including wall, roof, and floor ? using the UK?s only vacuum  press at CSIC?s 35,000 sq. ft. innovation factory in Hamilton. The demonstrator project could ultimately lead to the mainstream use of home-grown timber in Scotland and ...