Structural timber: delivering quality and sustainability assurances
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The Committee on Climate Change has advised the Government to use the coronavirus crisis as a catalyst for reducing the construction industry's carbon emissions and called for ministers to seize the opportunity to make the industry greener. Andrew Carpenter discusses how structural timber systems can help the UK construction industry deliver both quality and sustainability assurances.
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