Press Releases: 2005 Archive

“Grant more planning permissions for self builders and Britain will gain exemplar sustainable housing projects applying all of the ideas presented to this conference.� Professor Michael Benfield told delegates and visitors to the Greener Homes and Buildings conference and exhibition at Machynlleth, Powys last Friday. “Doing so will also enable the nation to make great strides toward solving Britain’s affordable housing crisis�, he continued.

FOLLOWING DEMAND FOR specialist in-house timber frame professional services, award-winning UK Timber Frame Construction firm - Benfield ATT "is initiating a major recruitment effort to strengthen its Technical & Professional Services Department. The major recruitment drive at the firmâ's South East Wales head office is to facilitate the "biggest period of growth in the company's history".

Leading UK Timber Frame company Benfield ATT will be exhibiting at the Self-Build & Design Show at Westpoint Exhibition Centre in Exeter on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September. Organised by Self-Build & Design Magazine, the event will include seminars, demonstrations, competitions and shed loads of information about how to design and build your own dream home, extend it, or even build a garage, granny annex or loft conversion...

The British Red Cross are using UK ˜Off-Site" Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) techniques as part of the housing reconstruction programme in the tsunami-stricken Maldives. Working with leading Timber Frame company Benfield ATT, the British Red Cross are using factory-produced Kit Homes as construction site offices in the disaster area.

AWAY WITH THE old-style country-show and in with the new! Margam Country Show will be celebrating its tenth birthday this year so expect a BIGGER and BETTER show than ever before! Want a family day out in South Wales this bank holiday weekend? Read on...

MONMOUTHSHIRE-BASED timber frame building firm Benfield ATT has hosted a tree planting ceremony at Caldicot Castle Country Park to mark its success at this year’s Business in the Community Wales Awards for Excellence.

THE TIMBER FRAME Construction Industry today heightened its sustainability credentials with the announcement that one of the UK's leading manufacturers has been awarded a regional Big Tick at the annual Business in the Community Wales Awards for Excellence.

CALDICOT resident Richard Pilot received TWO ‘Best Student’ Awards from his past Secondary School – Caldicot Comprehensive – on his return from University, this week.

NATIONAL TIMBER FRAME firm Benfield ATT today announced its partnership with London-based Express Extensions (EX2) to create single-storey custom-designed home extensions for occupiers of homes where traditional brick construction would not be feasible.

TIMBER FRAME COMPANY Benfield ATT today announced the appointment of a new European 'Project Engineer' to head its Technical & Professional Services Department.

Timber Frame construction firm Benfield ATT has appointed Paul Davies to head the expansion of its new regional office. Davies will be responsible for developing timber frame project management work in the North West Region, West Midlands and North Wales, and to oversee national prestigious projects.

“Immediate Action – not words –is needed to deliver development land on which to build desperately needed new homes�, claimed Professor Michael Benfield, speaking to a conference of Housing Association, Local Government, Architect, and other industry professionals organised by the Welsh Timber Forum in Brecon, Wednesday.

LEADING UK Timber Frame Construction firm - Benfield ATT - will create several new jobs around the UK and in their South Wales office. In a national recruitment drive, the Award-Winning firm is looking to expand its Site Services Department.

AT THE START of a ten day trade mission to the Arabian Gulf, one of the UK's leading experts in Off-Site Construction has warned that increasingly difficult development constraints in Britain could make it more attractive for House-Builders and Contractors to spend their time and energy working in places like Bahrain, Kuwait and Dubai.

THE OVERUSE OF dense concrete structures which capture and retain heat "like night storage heaters" is costing Kuwaiti's "millions of Dinars more than they need to pay and giving many of them unnecessarily hot nights", claims a member of the Welsh Trade Mission that arrived in Kuwait today.