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

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Modern Post & Beam

Benfield ATT's Modern Post & Beam method of timber frame building construction utilises our unique proprietary system, to build upon the warmth of modern-looking exposed timber beams without the timely delays or expense of Traditional Oak Frame.

Simply put, Benfield ATT's Modern Post & Beam fuses the speed, flexibility and value of engineered Timber Frame Panels with the beauty and warmth of a hand-crafted Traditional Oak Frame.



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The modular Modern Post & Beam structure utilises engineered Glulam beams to form a structural skeleton. This is then filled-in with non-structural engineered timber panels. The modular system makes Benfield ATT Modular Post & Beam Buildings are very simple to extend at a later date.


Of course, your Modern Post & Beam project will be individually designed and engineered to suit your specification and our copyrighted connecting system makes it ideal for the DIY self-builder, home extender or Leisure Lodge builder.


Contact us now to find out more about Benfield ATT Modern Post & Beam.


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