This page contains links to organisations, suppliers and companies we work with and associations we are either members of or who we consider worthy of mention. If you do contact them, please let them know who sent you!
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| Adrian Slocombe | A
Adrian Slocombe, Earthway Design 01364 642261 | ||
| Gary Bain | Gary Bain BA Dip Arch RIBA, 01962 715021 | ||
| Cameron Scott | Timber Design Limited Specialising in Timber Architecture. | ||
| Louise Crossman | Louise Crossman BSc Dipl ARCH RIBA, Louise Crossman Architects 01984 640988 | ||
| Mark Orme Architects offers innovative and practical design solutions on all their projects whether they be small extensions, refurbishment's, conversions or new buildings. The work of the practice, set up in 1995, includes the following building types; private residential, housing and commercial, community and education buildings. | |||
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Marmot Associates Barry Marmot, Marmot Associates, Design Building and Arhitectural Consultants 01364 631566 | |||
| Paul Gale | Paul Gale, MBIAT, Planning & Architectural Design Tel: 01935 812589 | ||
| Redman Udo-Affia Architects | Redman Udo-Affia Architects, 01225 811623 | ||
| Affiliated Specialists | |||
| A G & R Equipment can help whether you want help and advice on selecting the right tool or fixing for the job, or a competitive quote to repair or service your power tool - their small, friendly team are there to assist. They are main suppliers for all of the major power tool manufacturers. They offer a full, in-house repair service for virtually all brands of portable petrol and electric power tools and are warranty repair agents for DeWalt, Makita, Paslode and Ryobi. | |||
| Christopher Wright Consultants | Christopher Wright Consultants, Belsham Court, South Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5FZ. (01803) 865500 | ||
| Coyle Timber Products is based just outside Bath near the village of Limpley Stoke. The company specialises in hand cleft and riven green wood products and supply us with Oak pegs that we use in our joinery. Like us, all the timber used is sourced from sustainable, managed UK woodlands. Tel/Fax (01225) 427 409 | |||
| Curtis Fine Papers is an environmental leader in the paper industry, having pioneered the production of fully and part recycled papers. They were the first UK manufacturer to publish an environmental report in 1993, and have published two updates since, in 1995 and 1998. These reports set out their environmental targets and openly report progress on achievement of these targets. Their latest update relates each input and output in the manufacturing process of one tonne of paper, to help make the data relevant and easy to understand. EMAS Curtis has invested over £4m since 1992 on improvements to reduce the environmental impact of their operations. We have used Curtis products since our companies inception. | |||
| East Brothers (Timber) Ltd. is an established timber sawmill and importer, and can boast an experience stretching back some 112 years, throughout which time it has been run by the East Family. Their yard site has seen them grow from a traditional village sawmill into an efficient, flexible, and sophisticated mill cutting 15,000 cuft per week, with a kiln capacity of 20,000 cuft. | |||
| KD Construction Safety Services Ltd offers nationwide training to the construction and other industries from their offices in Somerset, Yorkshire and Northumberland. The company employs a small number of highly qualified and experienced full time instructors at all of its locations. All hold registration as Construction Industry Training Board Instructors, most will also be registered as instructors with the Agricultural Training Board (now known as Lantra NTO Ltd. Since it achieved National Training Organisation status). All instructors hold TDLB units 32, 33 and 34 and all will have undergone some form of occupational safety training, the minimum standard being CITB construction site safety management with some holding a NEBOSH certificate or the diploma. | |||
| Mike Wye & Associates supply natural building and decorating materials throughout the U.K. Whether its a cottage or a castle they pride themselves on their service, offering friendly advice by phone or email, together with unbeatable quality and prices on lime putty, natural hydraulic lime, lime mortars, plasters, limewash, oak lath, natural paints, oils and waxes amongst many hundreds of products for renovation or newbuild. Phone/Fax : 01409-281644 | |||
| Sparrow Crane Hire are Crane hire specialists based in Bristol, South West England and Wales, offering a National & European Crane rental service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They provide a full range of cranes, ancillary equipment and personnel to ensure your crane requirements are met and run smoothly. Whatever type of lift is required, they always supply the correct crane and associated services you require at the right price. | |||
| Thermafleece is a natural home insulation material developed by Second Nature UK Ltd using the blended wool of British hill sheep. Thermafleece is ideal for use in both new-build and refurbishment projects. It offers the customer an alternative environmental and technical specification and can be used in a wide variety of roof, wall and floor constructions. | |||
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| The Carpenters Fellowship. In recent years there has been a revival of traditional timber framing skills in the UK. New oak-framed houses, barns and public buildings are being constructed using carpentry techniques virtually unchanged in five centuries.Historic timber frame buildings are beingsympathetically repaired and restored. Carpenters, Architects, Engineers, Conservationists and Historians are learning from each other about how best to design and build new timber frames and preserve historic ones. The Carpenters Fellowship was set up in September 2000 to increase communication, training and sharing of knowledge amongst those interested in historic and new oak framed structures. | |||
| The Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) was formed in 1989 to encourage greater environmental awareness within the UK construction industry. Our membership is very diverse and encompasses almost every sector of building construction and management. The AECB charter encourages our members to persevere towards ever-improving environmental standards in exchange for dedicated support and promotion from the association. | |||
| English Heritage has a mission to:From visits to historic properties and battle re-enactments to conservation grants, from archaeological digs to children's books, English Heritage offers exciting insights into the past and helps the past contribute to the lives of everyone now, and in the future. They have an enormous wealth of information about the buildings and structures that make up our heritage and have made it easily accessible to the public.
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| Ethical Junction is a one-stop shop for ethical organisations and ethical trading. Their portal site has an ethical shopping centre; a search engine that only searches ethical organisations and the directory is full of hundreds of organisations representing a huge range of businesses and interests. From ethical financial advice, fairly traded goods and solar panels to business consultants, theatre groups and campaign organisations the Ethical Junction is the place for shopping and information.
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| The Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation. It is an association of Members founded by a diverse group of representatives from environmental and social groups, the timber trade and forestry profession, manufacturers and retailers, indigenous people's organisations, community forestry groups and forest product certification organisations from around the world. Membership is open to all who share its aims and objectives. It provides an umbrella organisation and structure within which qualified independent certifiers can operate according to clear guidelines and using agreed standards covering social, environmental and economic aspects of forest management drawn up by professionals in forestry as well as in ecology and in rural and social development. Once certified, timber and timber-based products originating from that forest or woodland are eligible to carry the FSC Trademark, thus identifying the products as coming from FSC certified forests. Only products which are so certified are legally authorised to carry the FSC Trademark. FSC therefore provides an incentive in the marketplace for good forestry practice. See also Independent Forestry | |||
| The The Forestry Commission of Great Britain is the government department responsible for the protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands. Their objectives are to:
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| Independent Forestry. Demand is coming from all sectors for FSC certified products. Chain of Custody clearly demonstrates that a product originates in woodlands which have been independently certified in accordance with the rules of the Forest Stewardship Council. Chain of Custody is inherent in every business. You buy and you sell and so you already keep records. Independent forestry does not look to impose anything on you when we carry out a c.o.c audit. Rather we look to introduce into your exiting systems ways of ensuring transparent chain of custody. We carry a lap top computer and printer and have customised checklists for a range of different businesses. We also have pre-written procedures which can be further customised to suit your particular situation and requirements. The FSC set up the group schemes specifically for “small businesses” which they define as either a business directly employing up to 15 people or a business which employs between 16 and 25 people but having a turnover of less than 25. This second category of business simply does not exist in the UK! See also FSC | |||
| Somerset Sustainable Housing (SSH) General and local information on sustainable housing and sustainable construction, including the educational and development activities of The Somerset Trust for Sustainable Development. Free downloads in various parts of the site for those that are working in similar directions on these issues An emphasis on simpler and affordable approaches to sustainable construction. We aim to cover every aspect of sustainable construction from 'smart house' to 'low impact', from village halls to workshops and light industrial units, and from hands-on building projects to local and regional government strategy on sustainable construction, and community based approaches to sustainable development. | |||
| The Timber Framers Guild (TFG) is a non-profit educational membership association. Their goal is to educate its' members and the public in the techniques and theories of contemporary and historic timber framing, the centuries-old construction system of large wood posts and beams. Through training workshops they provide hands-on learning experience, passing on the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain this tradition and to produce beautiful and useful structures. They invite you to browse their website for ways to gain an understanding and appreciation for this practical woodworking art form. Membership in the Guild is open to all who have an interest in the trade and craft of timber framing. They host conferences, support on-going research, author, publish and distribute a wide variety of technical and training materials, and teach an extensive series of hands-on workshops at every level from novice through professional. They develop and provide opportunities for adventure, education and accomplishment through community-service building projects around the world. | |||
| The Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence on the specification and use of timber and wood products. TRADA’s mission is to build markets for timber and wood-based products and increase sales in the UK. TRADA maintains active programmes of research and information. | |||
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| Building Design and Construction Services Directory providing information for Architects, Building Services Engineers and Surveyors. This Building Design Directory was created by information taken from a series of formal Notebooks used for recording meeting minutes produced by Arundel Jones Associates. The Notebooks are provided free of charge to top Specifiers in the industry. If you would like to apply to receive a copy, please utilise the request notebook facility. | |||
| Dennis Chinaworks are a small company based in Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset. They produce hand-thrown, hand-painted ceramics highly valued by collectors. | |||
| E-Build is an independent specialist web publishing company published by Webguides Online Limited. It is a good source guide for the aspiring self builder. | |||
| Hanneke Robson presents a textural study of the English Oak tree taken in ancient woodland. Hundreds of years of history are caught in the ethereal flow and deep rich colours of her work. Hanneke photographs in natural light and uses no filters or digital enhancement. "Nature gives us everything," she says, "I cannot improve on it." Each photograph is hand printed on Kodak professional paper and available in size a3 and a2 open edition and limited edition of 50. | |||
| The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) are interested in the health and safety of people at work - that includes people who may be harmed by the way work is done (for example because they live near a factory, or are passengers on a train). In some situations, we are also concerned with the way work affects the environment. | |||
| The House Extension site has been developed to assist people who are currently considering having an extension to their house, but don't know where to start. | |||
| London Hotels offers information about most of the top hotels in london and a reservation service as well. | |||
| Project Builder Site Insurance. Founded in 1914, Sterling Hamilton Wright has been a traditional Lloyd’s broker since 1918. The company concentrated on direct commercial business until 1976 when it also became a Lloyd’s direct dealing guaranteeing broker. Today Sterling Hamilton Wright is dedicated to providing wholesale marketing and broking facilities to around 4500 UK intermediaries; direct insurance on behalf of large and small corporate clients and specialised scheme business for union membership and other affinity groups. Sterling Hamilton Wright is part of the Sterling Insurance Group, which is one of the few remaining wholly independent, British owned insurance groups. The Sterling Insurance Group has assets in excess of £150 million. | |||
| Founded by David Colwell, Trannon specialises in batch-producing steam-bent furniture which is visually stimulating, utterly practical and excellent value for money. Made from fast growing English ash, stronger than mature oak, Trannon's chairs are renowned for their strength and legendary healthy support for the lumbar region. | |||
| Go to The Wood Shop.biz and in just a few clicks, you can identify companies who not only provide a professional and reliable service, but also supply products that have been independently assessed and approved as complying with the highest standards. You should find this site quick and easy to use - just click, search and find the websites or contacts of quality suppliers for further information. | |||
| YellowBuild.co.uk is a new construction related Internet portal which offers construction resources to companies and also individuals. The site has an advanced directory service and users can contact suppliers using a simple contact form. | |||