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Planet-Friendly social housing project shapes up as a UK “First”

Construction work on what is destined to become Britain’s first building to be fully-certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council, is on schedule for a Spring 2007 completion.

The 73-home timber-framed housing complex at Ilford Wharf, Ilford, Essex, will be the first complete project that can claim to have over 50% of all timber used in its construction to have been sourced from environmentally and socially sustainable forestry sources, which have adhered to all government and other specifications covering legal timber harvesting. FSC certification has been taken up by an increasing number of companies, but never before has a project been certified.

Many of the structural timbers use a revolutionary, super-dry and cost-efficient construction material - all FSC certified, which should mark out the development as Britain’s first to be awarded the Forest Stewardship Council’s “chain of custody” certification.

UltraJoist, developed by Perth-based Glenalmond Timber Company and used, in Ilford, by acclaimed London building specialists Hollybrook Homes, was one of the stars at this year’s Timber Show.

“This is one of the most exciting projects we have ever been involved with,” said Glenalmond Managing Director Fraser Steele. “We have been FSC certified since 2001, using specially processed timbers from Scottish forests, and more recently from a specialist sawmill at Kurekss in Latvia. But this is the first time we have been able to ensure totally provable “chain of custody” supply though every link in the chain of suppliers, contractors and sub-contractors.

It’s a landmark development, too, for Hollybrook Homes, a husband-and-wife partnership between Mick and Pauline Cox which, in recent years, has been responsible for an innovative range of housing and mixed-used projects across London. “The Ilford Wharf scheme has already generated tremendous interest both nationally and internationally,” said Hollybrook’s Andy Suttle.

“Everyone from builders, architects and housing associations to Greenpeace is watching progress with great interest,” he added. The Ilford Wharf complex is being built on behalf of housing association Tower Homes and includes 73 mixed-tenure, affordable, homes – 25 of them specifically for “key workers” and 15 of them to be offered on a shared-ownership basis.

Email: paul@vividfish.co.uk