Discover insights and updates from the Kirkwood Timber Frame team
One year in at Kirkwood Timber Frame and it has been full of exciting projects, from working with our customers on case studies, to digitising our systems, extending our premises, installing new machinery, welcoming new team members, and getting stuck into the job in hand.
Last year was all about getting our name out there, letting other businesses, suppliers and potential customers know about our plans to grow Kirkwood Timber Frame. I’m sure you’ve all been following our progress on social media platforms.
2022 has been an incredible, although challenging year so far…
The many projects that were brand new enquiries this time last year are now coming to fruition, and it is fantastic to see timber frames manufactured in our new facility now being delivered to site. Feedback from those who are working together with us has been very positive, which is important as our ethos is to provide the best customer service, and it’s always great to hear that the team are doing a fantastic job.
There’s no escaping the events of today with the price of most things increasing, the construction industry has not been immune to this and managing raw material, labour and transport cost increases has been tough. That being said, it doesn’t seem to have caused any detrimental effects yet as we remain successful across a variety of sectors, from one-off homes to private housing, social housing, and commercial projects. Some of these projects are feature in this edition, enjoy!
It's been another busy quarter as the business continues to grow at pace. Here are a few of team's highlights...
Continued to recruit key roles into the business and welcomed two placement students to the team
Moved into larger office premises on site
Completed final edits to soon-to-be-launched digital hub for our self-build customers, to support them on their journey through building their own home
Further Investment in machinery – Splice Press and Hundegger saw to enable production of large panels and enhanced sawing capabilities along with a second automated wall line to produce pre-insulated panels
Three of our self-build projects have now progressed to building warrant submission stage
Industry update – Scottish Government announce Building Regulations timeline, with changes that effect standards for energy performance, ventilation, overheating and sustainability coming into force for new building work on the 1 December, 2022
Development of Kirkwood Timber Frame’s self-build house range to begin soon with a launch planned later in the year
Updates: all the messages, photos and videos you’ve been sent from our team, in chronological order
Documents: access to all of the important documentation related to your project, as well as helpful documents we share with each of our customers at various stages of your project
Contacts: contact information for all of the key contacts associated with your project. You also have the ability to add your own contacts too, to keep all contact information in one easy-to-access place.
We designed this hub to enhance your experience with us. The 5 key benefits you will gain include:
Paul and Laura Mowatt turned to Kirkwood Timber Frame to get started on their self build journey after finding the ideal plot in beautiful Aberdeenshire.
Read the case study in full here.
Whether you're a builder, developer or self build customer looking to get started, our timber frame kits have been designed with you in mind.
From timber frame designers, architectural technicians, and estimators, to project managers, fabricators and structural engineers, our team is composed of specialists that can collaborate on each stage of your timber kit journey - from design through to supply.
Martin entered into the timber frame sector after gaining his degree in Quantity Surveying at Robert Gordon University. He joined the Kirkwood Timber Frame team in July 2021 to head up the estimating team, bringing over 7 years' experience across a number of roles in the timber frame sector.
He is focussed on attention to detail and being flexible to meet the differing needs of customers in order to provide the best service possible. He's also invested in the training and development of younger members of the team to give them the best possible start in the industry.
Away from the office, Martin likes to explore the beautiful corner of the world, close to our Aberdeenshire base and devotes (possibly unhealthy amount of) time following his beloved Aberdeen FC.
This quarter we welcomed James and Matthew to the team - our new Trainee Architectural Technologists who've joined us as part of their third year university placement.
Over the next few months they'll work across Kirkwood Homes and Kirkwood Timber Frame, supporting a range of projects by aiding our drawing offices in preparing technical approvals, marketing and site information for our latest developments.
We're proud to continue to support RGU students as part of their Architectural Technology degree.
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A visual round-up of recent projects which are starting to take shape, including a site visit to Dingwall for an update on our WGC (Scotland) Project and to Huntly as work commenced on our Morrison site...
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