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

Foundations

Benfield ATT can design and engineer any timber structure to sit on foundations of your choice; dry (beam and block) or wet (solid concrete).

These illustrations, supplied by TRADA, are typical solutions to the design of platform timber frame, reflecting good practice at the time of sourcing. However they may not incorporate the specific requirements of organisations such as warranty bodies and guarantee authorities and it is not intended to provide a single prescriptive solution for timber frame design. These are not intended for use as detailed design working drawings.



Strip foundations where brick or block cladding is used

Strip foundations where brick or block cladding is used



Strip foundations where lightweight cladding is used

Strip foundations where lightweight cladding is used. Note: insect screen not shown for clarity



Vertical dimensions - detail at ground floor level - Brick cladding with an insulated concrete floor slab - Brick cladding with a floating floor deck

Vertical dimensions: detail at ground floor level. Brick cladding with an insulated concrete floor slab. Brick cladding with a floating floor deck.


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