June 2003
Shortlist Published for the Wood Awards 2003
Twenty one projects have been short-listed by the judges for The Wood Awards 2003, from the record 208 entries received from architects, designers, joinery companies, builders and their clients. The winners will be announced at Carpenters Hall in London on 15th October. Meanwhile details of each project will be available at www.woodawards.com during the final judging period.
Entries are divided into four major categories - Commercial, Private, Structural and Conservation/Restoration - with an overall Gold Award winner. The category for Commercial & Public Access attracted the most entries at 71, and accordingly has been allocated seven candidates for assessment. In addition, two projects have been nominated for Innovation Awards.
Giles Downes of Sidell Gibson Architects, Chairman of the Judges, said that he was:
"very impressed by the range and high standard of entries, which gave the panel a very difficult task in selecting the short list. There were many commendable projects, which narrowly missed."
The eighteen sponsors of The Wood Awards 2003 include the American Hardwood Export Council, the British Woodworking Federation, the Carpenters Company, English Heritage, the Ghana Forestry Commission, the Malaysian Timber Council, the Timber Trade Federation, and wood. for good.
The WoodAwards
2003 Awards
Attracts Record Entry of Over 200
As The Wood Awards 2003 reached its deadline last week, two hundred and eight project entries had been received from architects, designers, joinery companies, builders and their clients - a record for the Awards.
Projects from across the UK - from livery halls and libraries to a lifeboat station - have been received, and a prestigious judging panel of architects, engineers and craftsmen are now deliberating to draw up the shortlist, which will be published at the end of June. This will be available on the awards website www.woodawards.com. Judging on site will take place over the summer and winners will be announced on 15th October at Carpenters' Hall.
Entries are divided into four major categories - Commercial, Private, Structural and Conservation/Restoration - with an overall Gold Award winner, and a discretionary Award for Innovation.
Mark O'Brien, chairman of the sponsors said that he attributed the excellent response to "the high level of promotion achieved by the call for entries in key architectural and building industry titles". The eighteen sponsors of The Wood Awards 2003 include the American Hardwood Export Council, the British Woodworking Federation, the Timber Trade Federation, wood.forgood and English Heritage. The Awards have been managed this year by Turnstone Communications.
The Wood Awards shortlist of twenty projects will be published at the end of June at www.woodawards.com
TTF Welcomes More Progress In Indonesia
Thursday 5 June 2003
In a landmark meeting, the UK Timber Trade Federation hosted a one- day conference (Wednesday 4 June 2003) on sourcing legal timber from Indonesia, which brought further commitment from the UK trade to assist with promoting sustainable forest management in Indonesia.
Bringing together for the first time, a diverse range of stakeholders such as the UK International Development Department, the Indonesian Forestry Ministry, the WWF, the Tropical Forest Trust, Greenpeace and the Environmental Investigation Agency as well as a range of UK timber companies, the conference covered all aspects of Indonesia's forestry sector.
John Tong the Chairman of the TTF's Indonesia Group said, " Through our support for the UK/Indonesia Memorandum of Understanding and our Code of Conduct we are already committed to playing our part in promoting legal and sustainable exports from Indonesia.
With only 4% of the total Indonesian yield coming into the UK compared to 75% going to Japan and China, we are relatively small players in the Indonesian marketplace. However we are determined to exercise whatever influence we can on our suppliers and we have decided to investigate a number of options on how to take this forward."
In separate development the TTF condemned the Greenpeace call to boycott timber from Indonesia. TTF spokesman Mark O'Brien said, " Whatever problems Indonesia's forestry sector is facing it would be wholly irresponsible and counter-productive to boycott a particular marketplace. Only by encouraging responsible trading through market pressure can Indonesia's forestry future be guaranteed."
For further information call Andy Roby or Ita Rugge on 020 7839 1891
Indonesia Workshop Hosted by TTF
2 June 2003
The Timber Trade Federation is a hosting workshop to promote the sourcing of legal timber from Indonesia on Wednesday 4 June 2003. The workshop will contain presentations from the International Development Department, the Indonesian Forestry Ministry, the World Wildlife Fund, the Environmental Investigation Agency and the Tropical Forest Trust as well as input from Timber Trade Federation member companies.
Mark O’Brien, TTF Public Affairs Manager said, “ This is another important step for the trade in helping to reduce the problem of illegal logging in Indonesia. This problem can only be solved with greater forest law enforcement on the ground and from increased co-operation from other markets trading with Indonesia. The UK has a relatively small role to play in solving this problem given that only 4% of the total Indonesian cut is imported into the UK market but the trade is determined to continue play a positive role in tackling these issues.”
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