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News Raising the roof for Children in Need December 2009 The work of Roof Truss was featured on this year’s BBC’s Children in Need. As part of the annual fundraising event, the team from the popular programme DIY SOS were challenged to build an extension to a house in Anglesey and the trussed rafters came all the way from the Roof Truss factory in Washington, Tyne & Wear. DIY SOS: The Big Build was shown on BBC One on Thursday 10 December 2009 and is currently available to watch online at www.bbc.com/iplayer. The programme followed a single dad of four, who has spent the past four years living in a small caravan in the garden of the family’s one-bedroom house. The mission was to build an extension to make the house suitable for the whole family and in just two weeks, the DIY SOS team and its contractors succeeded in building a three bed extension as well as renovating the whole house. “We didn’t realise when we got the order that it was going to end up on Children in Need but we are delighted.” said Roof Truss Managing Director, Kevin Gray. “It was just another order from a fairly new customer.” The customer was Maple Timber Systems, based in Preston and specialists in timber frame construction for commercial and residential buildings. Earlier this year Roof Truss supplied them with trussed rafters for two sports centres in Preston and Rochdale. Another Northern Bear company, Jennings Roofing, has also done work for Maple Timber Systems.
New designer appointed June 2009 Roof Truss has expanded its design capability and its regional market penetration with the David Jackson, 33, has joined Roof Truss from Palgrave Brown where he worked for nine years, most recently as the Darlington branch manager. At the end of last year Palgrave Brown went into receivership, so Roof Truss is now benefiting from a reduction in competition as well as from David’s expertise and useful contacts. David has a degree in design and marketing from the University of Teesside. He will also be using his expertise working for Floor Joist, a sister company to Roof Truss. Kevin Gray, managing director of Roof Truss and Floor Joist, said: “I’m delighted that David Jackson has joined us. We are lucky to be able to recruit someone with his expertise and range of contacts.” PEFC accreditation achieved
Roof Truss has had its commitment to environmentally responsible sourcing of materials independently verified by the Timber Research and Development Association (TRADA). Roof Truss is now part of the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) scheme which operates in 13 European countries. This scheme provides a verifiable chain of custody for timber and wood fibre from sustainable forest to end user. "This accreditation demonstrates our commitment to quality of materials and responsibility to the environment ," said managing director Kevin Gray. For more information follow the link to the BM TRADA website. Supplying the new name in Sunderland
Roof Truss is supplying trussed rafters to Gentoo, the newest name in housing in Sunderland Gento is the new umbrella brand for the Sunderland Housing Group which incorporates five subsidiaries including the housing association Gentoo Sunderland which looks after 70,000 residents and a design and build division, Gentoo Construction. Roof Truss has supplied trussed rafters for 56 private dwellings for phase 2 of Gentoo Construction's development at Doxford Park. "We are delighted to be building good relations with this important regional housing group," said managing director Kevin Gray. Also this month, Roof Truss secured another major order from Charles Church Ltd (the bespoke building arm of Persimmon Homes) for a private housing development in Backworth, North Tyneside. New contract to supply major house builder Roof Truss has completed successful negotiations with the Gladedale Group to supply trussed rafters to the house builder's developments in North East England. Gladedale is a dynamic, growing holding company with a range of subsidiaries specialising in high quality residential developments. These include Gladedale Homes, Bett Homes, Furlong Homes and Furlong City. Gladedale has new developments in Newcastle, Consett, Bedlington, Boldon and West Cornforth. |
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