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TTJ Website of the Year Award 2017
Our new website was highly commended at the prestigious TTJ Awards. To see what's new and how to navigate the enhanced site, please download our step-by-step website guide.
Fingers on buzzers! Entries sought for Urban Buzz 2018
Students will gather at the University of Sheffield on the 23rd and 24th February 2018 to take part in an intense ‘charrette-style’ challenge, to conceive ways that timber can be used to create an ambitious timber multi-storey carpark.
Sunbeams Music Centre
Sunbeams Music Centre is a unique building with a powerful story at its heart. It is dedicated to helping children with special needs, some of them desperately disabled, and improving their health and wellbeing through the power of music.
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Wood Species Database
It contains the physical properties and illustrations of more than 150 commercial species, reproduced from the popular TRADA Red Books and Wood Information Sheets.
Mellor Primary School
A primary school on the edge of the Peak District National Park has reflected its ‘Forest School’ ethos in a new timber extension, the result of close liaison between client, project partners and the local community.
Welcome to TRADA
TRADA (The Timber Research and Development Association) is an international membership organisation dedicated to inspiring and informing best practice design, specification and use of wood in the built environment and related fields.
We pride ourselves in providing independent, authoritative design and technical guidance through this website, on-line software, printed publications, e-books, and our telephone helpline. We link specifiers and purchasers with timber industry members through our Find a supplier directory.
As a member you can access all our online information and resources. By registering for free, you can view some of our published series and examples of others. Please call us on 01494 569601 if you need any help.
Membership Benefits
- Timber Industry
- Specifiers
- Contractors
- Students and Lecturers
- All Others
Promote your offerings to the top UK audience of timber specifiers / buyers
Save time and money by getting authoritative advice quickly
Equip your staff to upsell and cross sell your product range
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Get advice quickly online and through our helpline
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Design the buildings of the future
Access our free academic learning resources
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
Promote your offerings to the top UK audience of timber specifiers / buyers
Save time and money by getting authoritative advice quickly
Equip your staff to upsell and cross sell your product range
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Be confident about taking on more challenging timber projects
Get advice quickly online and through our helpline
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Design the buildings of the future
Access our free academic learning resources
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
Save time and money using our authoritative advice
Avoid making mistakes by obtaining best practice guidance
Impartial guidance, design details and case studies
- Timber Industry
- Specifiers
- Contractors
- Students and Lecturers
- All Others
Latest News
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26 September 2017
Building timber homes to withstand extreme weather
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26 September 2017
Giving exposed exterior wood panels a long and robust life
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26 September 2017
TRADA Bookshop: Diverse range of timber publications and discounts for members
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26 September 2017
Make sure you’re at the front of the queue when competing for business
New Publications
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24 August 2017
Construction Industry Forecast: Summer 2017
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21 August 2017
List of British Standards August 2017
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21 August 2017
Standards Update August 2017
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15 August 2017
Construction Trade Survey August 2017
Wood Information
Search our comprehensive library of wood information. Some key sections include:
