Timber Development UK (TDUK) and Structural Timber Association (STA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help grow and develop the timber construction market.
Under the terms of the agreement the two parties have agreed to form a partnership in order to collaborate on technical projects to further the development of timber design and construction as well as on policy related communication matters.
Both parties already produce technical and design guidance for architects, engineers and manufacturers. The collaboration will help ensure that both parties avoid duplication in their work and that the market is better served with agreed, authoritative sources of technical information.
It will also ensure that the downstream, manufacturing and design sectors of the timber supply chain are speaking with “one voice” to policy makers. This will be conducted according to a common advocacy plan under the umbrella of the Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI).
STA and TDUK have been working together over the past 18 months, with Confor and others, to help inform the Government’s ‘Timber in Construction Roadmap’ – a policy initiative spanning several departments to help grow the market for timber construction. The roadmap is due to be published in November.
Both parties will also be working together to promote the use of timber as a housing construction solution during 2024.
Timber Development UK (TDUK) was formed in 2022 from the merger of Timber Trade Federation and TRADA – the two oldest trade bodies in the timber sector. It forms the largest, most comprehensive supply chain body for timber in the UK with over 1200 members.
With over 850 members, the Structural Timber Association is the UK’s leading organisation representing the structural timber sector and associated supply chain companies.
