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Ireland’s Timber in Construction Steering Group has delivered a seven-point roadmap covering regulation, procurement, carbon, skills and industry capacity. Its proposed “Wood First” approach would make timber the first material considered for public projects—not an automatic choice and not yet a nationwide mandate.
ASFOR is asking Romania to require wood products to represent at least 25% of the value of each new public building. The 2026 proposal could reshape procurement, but it is an industry position—not an adopted law.
FCBA’s 2026 guidance gives manufacturers and project teams a clearer way to verify how external cladding behaves on timber-frame façades under deformation and wind-driven rain.
The France Bois 2030 mission is turning the French Alps Winter Games into a test of local timber supply, low-carbon procurement and long-term reuse. Launched in 2026, it aims to help project teams specify French wood without repeating avoidable mistakes from Paris 2024.
Romania’s timber design regulation includes specific provisions for cross-laminated timber walls, openings and product documentation. The challenge in 2026 is turning those clauses into coordinated, verifiable project workflows.
The Forestry Commission says roughly 75–80% of the timber consumed in the UK is imported. New 2026 guidance argues that homegrown C16 timber is suitable for many structural applications if it is specified early.
England published the Future Homes and Buildings Standards in March 2026. Heat pumps, solar generation and tighter performance rules put envelope quality and repeatable off-site construction under pressure.
A federal transformation task force, new manufacturing investments and a renewed housing-focused wood programme place mass timber and prefabrication inside Canada’s industrial strategy—not just its architecture pages.
A 19-storey office for the Dutch education ministry and DUO will combine a timber structure, natural ventilation, prefabrication and a digital twin.
A 2026 bill in Congress proposes federal tax credits for mass-timber factories, workforce training and qualifying buildings—but it has not become law.
The EU Deforestation Regulation reaches its first application deadline on 30 December 2026, making traceability, geolocation and due diligence central issues for timber supply chains.
PEFC ST 2102:2026 applies Chain of Custody principles at project level, allowing complex buildings to document certified timber across multiple suppliers, subcontractors and products.
The Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act of 2026 would create contracting preferences for federal projects using innovative wood products. It could influence public, renovation and military construction, but remains a bill—not adopted law.
England is consulting on changes to Approved Document B that would remove its standard guidance route for combustible structural elements above 11 metres. The proposal could reshape even modest mid-rise timber projects, but it is not a final ban.
The story of how a gold-flake-water-drinking architect's useless napkin sketch drove a DIYer to build his own browser-based timber frame design software from scratch.
Timber frame construction combined with solar panels is rapidly becoming the global standard for sustainable architecture, blending natural materials with renewable energy.