Plans to reduce the height of wood-based properties contradicts advice to increase construction.
Fears of another Grenfell-type fire are stunting the spread of wood-based buildings in the UK.
And in Norway a new “ply-scraper” stretches fully 18 storeys – that’s the height recently deemed safe by standards authorities in North America.Members of the timber trade say the Government in England has misunderstood the science behind timber construction. In a consultation ending on Monday, ministers propose the height of timber-based flats, hotels, and boarding houses should be limited to 11 metres – that’s 3-4 storeys.This further tightens rules introduced after the Grenfell disaster, following representation from fire authorities.
“Even with the current guidelines introduced after Grenfell there has been a chilling effect on the industry. People commissioning buildings think ‘I’d better not use timber’. The market has virtually dried up.”, found that a global boom in wood buildings could lock in up to 700 million tons of carbon a year.
"If we engineer the wood into modern building materials and smartly manage harvest and construction, we humans can build ourselves a safe home on Earth.”
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