United Kingdom Accreditation Service, certifying your timber frame project is manufactured and erected to reliable and quality ISO 9001:2000 procedures SGS - Society General de Surveillance ensures that quality systems and procedures are used in the design, manufacture and erection of your engineered timberframe structure is of the highest standard FSC - Forest Stewardship Council - FSC Timber Frame certification. Benfield ATT hold Chain of Custody certification for the Design, Sales, Manufacture & Distribution of Engineered Timber Structures – FSC endorsed by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and WWF and EcoHomes Investors in People, Benfield ATT are one of a few timber frame companies to hold an award for the training and ongoing development of their people and service   Examples of timber frame homes

July 2004

Introduction to the Design Quality Indicator Workshops
Construction Industry Council

Construction Industry Council

08 July 2004, 2.30pm, CIC Offices London

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The CIC is running a series of DQI Introductory Workshops around the country. These workshops include a presentation about the background to the DQI and the current debate on design quality, how to apply the DQI tool, a case study discussion, and an opportunity to test the tool. These introductory sessions also form the first stage of the ‘Registered DQI Facilitator’ training programme.

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The Reality of Collaborative Working
The SCRI Forum

SCRI

13 July 2004, University of Salford

Cost £49

The workshop event will consider, with examples how collaborative theory, technologies and mechanisms actually work in practice. The day comprises of 7 short presentations with interactive sessions as well as two full breakout sessions. The Rayleigh Suite, The Research & Graduate College , A6, The Crescent.

Contact: Norman Gilkinson, The SCRI Forum Coordinator 0161 295 6232 or email n.r.gilkinson@student.salford.ac.uk or visit www.scriforum.org.uk



ICE: Annual Presidential Conference, Engineering for the 21st Century
University of Cambridge

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21-24 July 2004, Churchill College

This year’s ICE Presidential Conference will address many of the key challenges facing society and the civil engineering profession in the coming years. This conference offers a unique opportunity to hear about and discuss the latest challenges, innovative thinking and practices in civil engineering.

Contact: For further informationcontact Alice Staite at ICE Conferences alice.staite@ice.org.uk or tel 020 7665 2313


Chartered Building Consultancy - timber frame, OSM (off-site manufacture) and engineered timber structure advisors. Timber Research and Development Association – our work with TRADA ensures high quality, eco-friendly engineered Timber Frame build projects. The Green Register of Construction Professionals - Benfield ATT's membership demonstrates our passion for environmentally sustainable timber frame self-builds, new homes, schools and social housing for local housing authorities AECB - Association of Environment Conscious Building – our FSC certified timber frame is endorsed by The Ecology Building Society Impact Upon Society Big Tick Award from Business in the Community – BITC – award-winning timber frame company within the Timber-frame industry TRA - Trussed Rafter Association – our membership assures Timberframe Trusses, Trussed Rafters, roofs and complex and innovative roofscapes are quality HBF - the only developer partnering timber frame company to be members of the House Builders Federation. Wales Quality Centre – members and committee members, we ensure the highest quality, especially when coupled with ISO 9001, FSC certification and Q-Mark Plus standards RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, assures our customers of our professionalism in wood and timber frame building and developing and surveying
Benfield ATT FSC-Certified Engineered Timber Structures do not cost the Earth.
Chain of Custody TT-COC-1928. FSC Trademark (C) 1996 Forestry Stewardship Council