UKTFA Regional MeetingWednesday 14th March 2012

Andrew Carpenter

Chief Executive Report

Agenda

• Fire Committee• Technical Committee• Health & Safety/ Education & Training

Committee• PR, Marketing & Membership Committee inc

Future Events & Activities• Self Build Committee• TFITT• General

Fire Committee

• Series 2 tests nearing completion with updated guidance expected April/May 2012

• Digi Security & Temporary Sprinkler trials completed

• Case Studies available:– Farnborough – sprinklers– Ellesmere Port – Separation Guidance

• Cavity Barriers project underway with BRE/NHBC – will need £10k funding & replacement for Stuart Scott

• Fire Safety Presentation and Speaker Notes available to members

Fire Committee

• Six regional tutorials carried out by Martin Milner with 100 delegates

• HBF & HFS Health & Safety Forum presentations made• APA presentation made• 10 X NHBC Building for Tomorrow presentations

underway• CFOA Online Site Safe going well

– 95 sites– 245 buildings– 17 manufacturers

• MGO Boards need a UKTFA specification and QMS system approved

Technical Committee

• RIBA CPD Accreditation being sought for:– Fire Safety Presentation– Factory Tour– Online Learning Module

• Responded to Part L and SAP consultations• Launching today a document in association with Zero

Carbon Hub and Saint Gobain as seen earlier• Appointment of a Technical Consultant imminent• Future priorities:

– Worked example for EC5– Technical aspects of CE Marking to pnEN14732

Healthy & Safety/Education & Training Committee

• Health & Safety Code of Practice under review• Propping & Bracing document is being updated• Site Safe auditing is being increased and non

conformities will be acted upon more severely• Bronze, Silver & Gold Work Books have been

updated and will come into force in quarter three• Erector ‘Skills Gap Analysis’ currently being

undertaken• First UKTFA Academy delegates will have received

their certificates earlier today

PR & Marketing Committee

• Emma to provide please

Membership Update

Membership numbers as at 10th March 2012• Manufacturers 63• Suppliers 76• Designers 18• Erectors 37• Associates 3• Others 3Total income for 2011 from Membership• target figure £351,900 • actual figure £366,182• Gain of £14,282

Total income for 2012 so far !£98,000 from 56 members

Member’s Feedback

• We need to sell ‘the benefits’ better• Work we’ve done on fire issue well respected• Site Safe highly regarded• Current prices unsustainable• Generally in favour of including upstream supply chain

as associate members• Architects require educating• We may like to consider spreading payments monthly

or quarterly• Monthly Newsletter for wider distribution, including

customers, would be useful• There is a shortage of skills

Events and Activities

• 20th – 22nd March 2012 EcoBuild, Excel, London (no stand but two industry luncheons for stakeholders, clients and regulators)

• 29th March – 1st April 2012 National Homebuilding & Renovation Show, NEC, Birmingham (pavilion including ourselves and five member companies)

• 17th April 2012 Fabric First Event in Association with UKSIPS• 24th May 2012 UKTFA AGM, Annual Conference & 10th Anniversary

Dinner, Norton House Hotel, Edinburgh• 12th – 14th June 2012 CIH Conference, Manchester 9no stand but

two industry luncheons for private developers & housing associations)

• 11th July 2012 Regional Client/Member’s Conference, Cardiff• 25th & 26th September 2012 Timber Expo 2012 including UKTFA

Regional Client/Member’s Conference, Ricoh Arena, Coventry• 10th October 2012 UKTFA Innovation Day, Buildstore, Swindon• 14th November 2012 Regional Client/Member’s Conference, London

Self Build Committee

• Five member companies attending National Homebuilding & Renovating Show later this month

• Web site being upgraded to highlight those involved in the self build market

• ‘How to’ guide being compiled by Jay Hubbard, Chris Davenport & Gareth Lloyd

• Case Studies being prepared by those same three gentlemen

• We are supporting the NaSBA portal• We are sponsoring the Daily Telegraph Awards in the

Timber Frame category• Self build up 6% and is now the UK’s largest builder

TFITT

• Commented on recent Fire Safety Documentation• Working on a BIM compatibility project• Suggesting a PassivHous visit• Design Register proposed (similar to our Risk

Register)• Giving me leads into major house builders to

discuss:– Design Flexibility– Standardisation– Cost Effectiveness

General

• Looking at possible trading links with China• Membership fees due by 31st March 2012 please.

Those not received by 30th April will be removed from the web site and our stakeholders informed accordingly (e.g. CFOA)

• Closer collaboration with other timber related trade associations continues:– TTF group set up to investigate this including Kevin Riley,

Luke Whale, John White & myself– Meeting held with B & K Structures to discuss links with

CLT– Ongoing discussions with UKSIPS

Quality update

• Historically for Manufacturer members the UKTFA internal Q Mark was tailor-made but didn’t win business!

• Transition to ISO 9001 was made knowing full well in time we would need product certification also

• TRADA link was retained and their Q Mark accepted• CE mark required by 30th June 2013 – date may drift but our

resolve will not• By 30th June 2012 ALL members will have to prove their

intention to achieve our requirements by 30th June 2013• We will be using TRADA to come up with a generic UKTFA

product that we will sell on to UKTFA members at a significant saving

• CFOA/ABI are looking to offer financial incentives to clients who use UKTFA members

Quality update

• Suppliers historically have had to achieve ISO 9001 & ISO 14001

• Proposed to have three types of supplier member going forward:– Associate: ISO 9001– Full: ISO 9001 & ISO 14001– Accredited: ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & appropriate product

accreditation e.g. BBA• Purchase Handbook is proposed following the recent

set of fire test results• CE Mark will force manufacturers to use UKTFA

members with the necessary quality levels

Quality update

• It is proposed to offer erector membership at minimal cost as we need to significantly increase the number of erector members to up skill our industry

• It is proposed to have three levels of erector member:– Associate: simply registered as ‘an erector’– Full: Undertakes the Bronze, Silver and Gold Training with

Construction Skills– Accredited: Undergoes the future Leadership &

Management Training proposed with Construction Skills• It is suggested they wear UKTFA logos

Quality update

• A Quality requirement is currently under review for our designer members and will be discussed at our forthcoming Board Meeting on 20th March

• By 30th June ALL members will have to prove their intent to achieve our required quality standards by 30th June 2013