Metsä Wood is launching its BIM components using Revit, the building information modelling software. Organised into BIM families, the company’s key engineered wood product systems and solutions for construction and architecture are all represented.

The director of an Ipswich timber merchant has been banned from running a company for 10 years.

SCA Timber Supply and Wickes Ltd, a leading name in the home improvement and building trade (part of the Travis Perkins Group), have signed a four-year supply chain agreement under which SCA will provide all of Wickes’ timber and wood-based products, commencing in July 2013.

Timber course knowledge was put into real-life context when nine graduates from six different builders’ merchants and joinery companies joined new SCA staff and last year’s Career Development Award winners on their post-course visit to SCA Timber Supply’s forests, mills and tree nursery in Sweden, from 6-8 April.

Norbord has been awarded the Timber and Sheet Materials Supplier of the Year award at the 2013 Jewson conference.

Buildbase is celebrating the 10th year of its Timber Champions programme organised by SCA Timber Supply, demonstrating continuing commitment to training staff for maximised business opportunities.

The British Woodworking Federation (BWF) has applauded the Government’s announcement last week that it will not be introducing a ban on wood waste to landfill.

Contractors importing timber from outside the EU must comply with strict new laws banning the use of illegal timber, due to come into force this March. The EU Timber Regulations aim to limit sales of illegally harvested timber and timber products in the EU by imposing stricter requirements on timber merchants and suppliers.

The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) has elected Lawrence Young as its chairman, on a two-year tenure.