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Government commits to increase
the use of timber in construction
Ambitious plans to increase the use
UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come
Environment Minister Mary Creagh
of timber in construction (TiC) were
from the built environment, and larger
CBE MP said: “This Government is
announced by Environment Minister
buildings can store up to 400% more
getting Britain building. Our Plan for
Mary Creagh at the Timber in
carbon when built out of engineered
Change will build 1.5 million homes this
Construction Summit in London.
timber products compared to building
Parliament. Timber will play a vital role
with concrete. However, 80% of
bene昀椀tting development and nature.”
The updated TiC Roadmap is intended
to get Britain building using timber –
creating economic growth and helping
the timber the UK currently uses is
imported.
Timber Development UK will continue
to work with industry and government
meet housebuilding targets in a
Key Roadmap updates focus on the
to promote the use of timber in
sustainable way.
importance of reuse and species
construction and the development of
diversi昀椀cation, with powerful actions
a more sustainable, environmentally
proposed to create a low-waste
friendly supply chain.
The TiC Roadmap was 昀椀rst published
at the end of 2023. This new and
improved version goes even further,
highlighting the Government’s
ambition to boost the domestic timber
industry and kickstart the construction
sector without compromising on
quality, safety or carbon emissions.
It also demonstrates how the use of
timber in construction 昀椀ts with the
circular construction sector and drive
further investment into domestic
timber and wood-processing supply
• Demand: Exploring the use of
Government Buying Standards to
encourage the use of sustainable,
low-carbon building materials.
• Safety: Government will work
encouraging the use of sustainable,
with industry, academia and
low-carbon building materials
the Building Safety Regulator
and ensuring carbon emissions
to research outstanding safety,
are considered during the design,
durability and competency
construction and use of buildings.
questions, aiming to close the
of the best ways to reduce emissions
from buildings. Around 25% of the
online at the TDUK website.
chains. These include:
government’s growth agenda by
Using timber in construction is one
The full TiC Roadmap can be viewed
evidence and competence gaps of
engineered mass timber in the next
昀椀ve years.
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Image: (L-r): David Hopkins, CEO Timber Development UK; Defra Environment Minister Mary Creagh
CBE MP; Andrew Carpenter, CEO Structural Timber Association; and Andy Leitch, Deputy Chief
Executive of Confor, at the Timber in Construction Summit.
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"The Government’s
commitment to the
Timber in Construction
Roadmap is a real
boost to the lowcarbon construction
sector. We have a great
opportunity to increase
our housing stock while
growing our forests and
reducing our emissions
output.
"As a bio-based
industrial supply chain,
the timber sector can
play a unique role in the
low-carbon economy –
sequestering emissions
in the forest and storing
them in our buildings.
With a rough value of
£10 billion to the UK,
this growth in timber
construction can also
play a vital role in the
Government's wider
growth agenda."
David Hopkins, Chief
Executive O昀케cer, TDUK
