A training initiative has been unveiled by the Timber Frame Industries Association to prevent sloppy site practice from developing in the burgeoning timber frame sector.
The CD-ROM training package produced in conjunction with TRADA and available to members at a cost of £15, is targeted at timber frame users including technical staff, builders and subcontractors who may be switching to the construction method from brick and block.
Charles Grant, a director of Walker Timber and TFIA, said: ‘In any building site there is a necessity to do things correctly. We all know that it is important that we do things in the correct manner and we are taking the initiative to ensure that happens.
‘Timber frame will hopefully expand in a controlled and steady manner and this is a useful tool to keep standards up.’
TFIA, which represents 28 timber frame manufacturers including Stewart Milne, Walker Timber and Guildway, says that the CD can also be used as a sales tool to demonstrate the advantages of timber frame to developers and builders.
The launch of the TFIA initiative follows concern that rapid growth of timber frame could lead to the development of poor site practice.
Last year David Scott, director of the Timber & Brick Information Council, warned that inferior site practice could harm the sector.
‘There’s a danger newcomers will not follow through on the detailed instructions builders will need to work to,’ he said.
