OREGON TIMBER FRAME ANNOUNCE NEW FACILITY

Infinity Park Derby LLP has reached practical completion on a new 186,000sq ft state-of- the-art production facility at Infinity Park Derby for Oregon Timber Frame.

Infinity Park Derby comprises a 100-acre development targeting the manufacturing, advanced manufacturing and logistics sectors. The public-private partnership delivering the wider scheme includes: Derby City Council, University of Derby; the D2N2 local enterprise partnership, Rolls-Royce, Harpur Crewe Estates and Developer consortium comprising Wilson Bowden Developments Limited and Peveril Securities. Oregon Timber Frame and Wilson Bowden are both part of Barratt Developments PLC, the UK’s largest housebuilder.

Barratt purchased Oregon, one of the country’s largest timber frame manufacturers, in 2019 to support a planned increase in the number of homes that it can build offsite, as part of its commitment to grow its business and become carbon neutral in its operations by 2030. To expand the number of homes that Barratt can build using timber frame, Oregon will relocate this summer from its existing base in Burton-upon-Trent to a cutting-edge manufacturing facility. Barratt has invested £45million into the factory and will create an additional 200 jobs.

Nick Richardson, Managing Director at Wilson Bowdon Developments, said: “We are proud to have played a pivotal role in the development of Oregon’s new production facility at Infinity Park and ultimately adding to Barratt’s commitment to lead the future of housebuilding. The close proximity of a highly skilled labour force and Infinity Park’s location being at the apex to the Golden Triangle, means it is a premier address for businesses and a perfect location for our sister company, Oregon.”

Peter Wade, Joint Managing Director at Oregon, added: “Infinity Park Derby will ultimately become our new base to support

Barratt’s move to modern methods of construction, and so it was imperative that the building’s sustainable credentials were in line with those of our business. This new state-of-the-art facility will support our long-term goals to increase our use of modern methods of construction off-site and reduce our carbon footprint.”

Councillor Steve Hassall, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Decarbonisation, Strategic Planning & Transport at Derby City Council, said: “We are thrilled to see more companies choosing Derby for their home. Oregon is one of the largest timber frame manufacturers in the country, and their move to Infinity Park Derby is testament to our city’s reputation as a national leader for innovation, manufacturing and logistics. With more design and build opportunities available, and more and more brands based here, we are looking forward to welcoming more businesses to Derby in the future.” www.oregon.co.uk

A well-known face across the timber sector will be retiring later this year.

Ivan Savage, CEO of the Timber Trades Benevolent Society (TTBS), will be leaving on 4 May at the TTBS Annual General Meeting after nearly 63 years of unbroken service in the timber industry.

Ivan started work in the timber industry in October 1960 as a management trainee with A. Olby & Sons Ltd at their main softwood depot in Bognor Regis (now part of the Cover Group) and in 1976 he moved to Staffordshire to join Cox Long Ltd (now part of the Walker Group) until 1983. Following a short period as Senior Training officer at the Timber Research & Development Association in High Wycombe, he returned to the Midlands to join ex Cox Long colleagues at S. Jackson (Walsall) Ltd and was appointed as their Sales Director.

In August 1993, S. Jackson was purchased by the Carver Group in Wolverhampton and in 1994, Ivan was appointed as the Carver Group Sales Director, the first non- family director in nearly 100 years, a position he held until his semi-retirement in November 2008, when he continued as a Director of ETS Ltd until 2011, when, with his appointment by the Trustees he took up the position of General Manager for the TTBS –the timber trades own charity. www.ttbs.org.uk

In May 2021, he was appointed by the Trustees as the Society’s Chief Executive Officer in recognition of his exceptional work for the Society, both in administration and also for his involvement with the timber industry promoting the TTBS work assisting the less fortunate.

After a hugely successful career within the timber industry, he has become a familiar face at many timber industry events over his final 12 years heading up the TTBS. The TTBS aims to serve the retired, sick and less fortunate members and their dependants in the timber sector. Following the AGM, the TTBS will announce the new office address and the contact details for Ivan’s successor.

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