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Timber Frame company launch new website
Benfield ATT, the company headed by Timber Frame industry expert Dr Michael Benfield, launched its new website this month and has already seen over 15,000 new visitors to the site
The expense and uncertainty experienced when attempting to find a reliable local builder has caused thousands of environmentally conscious housebuilders, developers, architects, home-extenders, self-builders and budding 'D-I-Y' experts to turn to the Internet In record numbers, these people have discovered the web to be one of the most effective ways to find reliable national Timber Frame building companies
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Benfield ATT, the company headed by Timber Frame industry expert Dr Michael Benfield, launched its new website this month (www.BenfieldATT.co.uk) and has already seen over 15,000 new visitors to the site, with hundreds of people registering to receive access to even more information, tips and advice.
'More and more people are wanting to build houses, home extensions and garden cabins in timber frame, and they need solid, helpful advice' said Dr Benfield, who has overseen the entire redevelopment of his company's web presence.
Benfield ATT.co.uk is the result of months of preparation and research into what these people are looking for on the Internet.
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The Results? Not only does the site describe and explain the various types of Timber Frame building (for example, did you know there are more than five different ways to build in 'timber frame?'), but also describes the build process from start to finish including valuable pieces of advice including:.
* Land searching.
* Mortgages.
* Insurances and Warranties.
* How to create highly cost-effective timber frame buildings.
* Beginners guide to house design, including computer-generated design examples.
* Sustainability and Carbon Emission issues.
* Beginners guide to estimating.
* Partnering explored - is it right for you?.
'Ever since the company was founded, Benfield ATT have always had the advantage of being ahead of the industry' commented Dr Benfield 'We are all aware that the internet is the future of the building market, and made the decision to embrace this.
We did, and the result is BenfieldATT.co.uk.
' Designed specifically to help construction professionals such as architects, developers and timber frame build project managers, as well as selfbuilders and home-extenders to start to work with and learn more about timber frame and off-site construction, BenfieldATT.co.uk already boasts over 150 pages of useful information with important technical information being added daily.
Intentionally designed to comply and exceed all the new policies and recommendations for websites in the recently-announced Disability Discrimination Act, the website is easy to read (with over-sized text) and has no bothersome pop-ups or frustrating advertisements like other similar sites.
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