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News Release from: Forest Stewardship Council UK
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 29 January 2004
Certification For Frame Building
Innovator
The UK's fastest-growing method of construction, Timber Frame, strengthens its environmental credentials with the announcement that Benfield ATT has achieved FSC1 certification.
The UK's fastest-growing method of construction, Timber Frame, strengthens its environmental credentials today with the announcement that leading timber frame construction company Benfield ATT has achieved FSC1 certification This enables them to build homes, flats and buildings using timber which has come from responsibly managed forests
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 16 Aug 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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From their base in South Wales, Benfield ATTę design, manufacture and build environmentally sustainable, energy efficient homes and other high-quality engineered timber structures all over the UK and overseas.
Past projects include kit houses for self-builders, Timber Frame houses for builders and developers, structures for schools, hospitals and hotels, and innovative one-off special builds.
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The company works with many suppliers and their current FSC timber frame projects include a high-specification "chalet" for a private customer and a large timber frame extension to a school.
Benfield ATT hope to eventually develop completely FSC engineered structures for the private and public sectors.
Dr Michael Benfield, Benfield ATT's Managing Director is passionate about the company's FSC certification: "This is a first step towards truly sustainable construction.
The cost of certification can be justified by our team's commitment to fully FSC-certified timber frame building.
But this is just the tip of the environmental iceberg for the construction industry.
The UK sector really does have the power to influence the future of the world's forests, and we hope that our high-quality FSC timber frame structures will soon become the environmental benchmark, to which every potential builder and homeowner aspires." FSC-certified timber comes from forests managed to the highest environmental, social and economic standards.
If the building contains 75% or more Benfield ATT timber frame, it automatically qualifies for maximum timber credits towards a BRE EcoHomes 'Excellent' rating (the Government's highest sustainability rating).
FSC-UK Director Anna Jenkins believes that Benfield's certification will have a great impact on the building industry: "Some seventy percent of all new builds across the developed world are timber framed, however in the UK the proportion is just fifteen percent, in Scotland around half of all new builds are timber constructions.
And, as environmental considerations become more prominent across the construction sector, this figure is set to increase.
We are delighted that Benfield ATT are now able to offer FSC-certified timber frame constructions to a wide range of users, enabling architects, specifiers, local authorities and anyone interested in environmentally responsible building to meet their ethical objectives." For information on FSC-certified products and certification visit www.fsc-uk.org or call 01686 413916 and for Benfield ATT visit www.benfieldatt.com or call Julia Mills on 01291 437050.
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