This is Benfield ATT
Our Mission is... Benfield Building The Past Unique Capabilities
Our 'Partnering' Approach Distance No Object The Present
Comprehensive, Design & Build Service Clients Large & Small The Future Self Builders Value Engineering Training & Development Organisation Environmental Policy Professional & Trade Memberships
Our Mission is ...:
"To promote structural timber engineering as the first choice method of system building for sustainable domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural buildings. We will do this by developing and equipping our people to satisfy the needs of customers worldwide."
By harnessing modern engineering skills to advanced timber technologies, we manufacture precision framed components in a controlled, dry, factory environment, to deliver energy efficient, comfort rich, environmentally-friendly structures for homes, offices, factories, schools, health centres, hotels, nursing homes, community centres, pavilions, club houses...and much more.
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Benfield Building
The name 'Benfield' has been associated with high quality construction and value-for-money new-homes for over 70 years, since Kenneth Benfield, helped by his father Bertram Benfield, established the firm of carpenters, joiners and building contractors in Coventry in the early 1930's. After WWII the firms timber mills and joinery works flourished, using both home grown and imported timbers for post war construction.
In the early 1960's Dr Michael Benfield established 'Benfield Homes' as the brand name for housing developments throughout the Midlands and East Anglia, for which he won various national housing and Civic Trust awards. Having built some of the first Timber Frame Houses for private sale in the mid 1960's, Dr Benfield became firmly committed to the superiority of engineered timber structures.
Today, Benfield ATT believes that timber frame construction adds the greatest value, at the lowest overall cost, to all forms of building.
As a private independently owned company (the family Benfield Group is now run by Dr Benfield's younger brother, Clive Benfield), collectively Benfield ATT Limited has hundreds of years professional knowledge and practical experience within the construction, timber, and timber engineering industries. As such it is well equipped to achieve it's stated mission
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The Past
Some 30 years ago a Swedish
manufacturer began to import, sell and build its advanced timber system houses in the UK. In 1995, responding to UK market and Building Regulation demands for even higher specifications,
Abachus Ltd. was founded as their tied manufacturing and service arm, subsequently changing the name to Advanced Timber Technology Ltd (ATT). ATT implemented a programme of continuous research and development (which is still a prominent feature in the business today) to ensure that its reputation for the highest quality and enhanced energy efficient products was maintained.
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Unique Capabilities
As well as employing advanced timber technology to manufacture its own panel systems, ATT developed a unique capability to design, deliver and erect buildings on difficult to access and minimal size sites. This stems from the limitations increasingly forced on individual 'self builder' clients by competition from commercial builders and developers to acquire more easily developable sites. With most projects being 'one off' buildings, ATT's assessment starts with a site's potential as well as limitations.
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Our 'Partnering' Approach
Progressively this extensive experience of collaborating with owner developers, solving design and logistical problems, and providing individual, corporate and government clients with practical, cost effective solutions to achieve their objectives, has grown into a much sought after capability. In 1999 this lead to ATT taking the 'Best of Show' award at the Alexandra Palace 'Self Build Show', then, in partnership with international architects Austin Smith Lord, to it winning the national competition for system build Schools led by Essex, for whom it delivered several turn key projects, and the City Learning Centres project, the first of which has been built at Waltham Forest.
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Distance No Object
Besides designing, manufacturing and erecting a range of residential, community, educational and health buildings for the UK mainland, ATT also manufactured and supplied structures to the Channel Islands, the Falkland Islands, the Isle of Man, and the Scottish Isles. Negotiations for further export contracts to Spain, Ireland, and South Africa are currently in hand.
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The Present
In October 2002 Benfield Constructions Ltd acquired Advanced Timber Technology and changed its name to Benfield ATT. Situated in South Wales, our factory is staffed with an experienced, passionate and dedicated work force where traditional skills are complimented by the highest levels of quality control and the latest technology. State-of-the-art CAD technology and our experience and expertise ensure production line accuracy and result in a perfect fit of all components on site.
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Comprehensive, Design & Build Service
Our approach is based on the provision of a service tailored to individual requirements. We are completely flexible and can cover everything from design appraisal right through to site supervision. Prior to manufacture timber is stored undercover in a purpose made facility to ensure that it has the correct moisture content at the assembly stage. Our Project Managers are experienced in providing innovative solutions for complex structures where a high degree of 'Advanced Timber Technology' is required. Working with these, our in-house Technical and Architectural departments can transform even a basic idea into a true work of art. With all structural timber stress-graded and double vacuum treated against vermin and fungal attack, the choice is yours.
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Clients Large & Small
Today, building on years of research and development, Benfield ATT is pleased to provide even higher levels of quality, energy efficiency, and attention to detail for our growing market of discerning, environmentally concerned, cost conscious home builders, developers, contractors, architects, surveyors, quango's and governmental authorities.
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The Future
Nationally recognised for our creative approach to problem solving, as well as the highest quality design and manufacturing skills, Benfield ATT is increasingly working with award winning architects. For example, we recently worked with David Sheppard on our (literally) ground breaking balanced cantilever design for the Smile Dental Clinic in Exeter. In consequence, our ability to turn advanced architectural innovations into practical, functional buildings is becoming a hallmark of our competence as structural timber engineers.
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Self Builders
Besides manufacturing directly for the leisure, commercial, overseas and builder' markets, Benfield ATT now cater directly for Self-Builders, as well as providing even higher levels of quality, energy efficiency, ecological concern, and attention to detail for the growing system build markets that, like the UK Government, recognise the important role of timber in addressing the vitally important global concern for long-term sustainable development.
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Value Engineering
We are currently developing a 'partnership' approach to delivering best value total solutions to any building problem. This includes helping architects and building owners squeeze even greater value out of their project by devising fully detailed, essential education and training services to help both main and sub-contractors adapt their skills to the effective and efficient use of timber structures.
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A Training & Development Organisation
Indeed training, as well as research and development, is beginning to feature prominently in our business mix as we move forward to the next generation of specialist timber-engineered building systems. Directly addressing central government's call for greater efforts to be placed on the benefits of time, cost, waste reduction and long-term sustainability that this affords, Benfield ATT is well placed to deliver standard and innovative structures to suit all your needs.
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Environmental Policy
At Benfield ATT, we're passionate about promoting environmental sustainability throughout the construction industry. For example, did you know that 30% of all
road freight is linked to construction? We do and, as with this consideration, our internal consultants can be sure that every decision we make is best for the environment. For instance, our forests are specially grown for us and for every tree cut down three are planted in its place. If you would like to learn more, please look at Benfield ATT's Environmental Innovations or Green Dream Homes. If you wish you can read our detailed Environmental Policy, or contact us for more information.
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Professional & Trade Memberships
To give our clients and customers greater comfort and peace-of-mind, we believe professional affiliations to enhance quality and set the highest benchmarks. Our unique position in the market
allowed us to be prominent members of the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA), the Timber Research & Development Association (TRADA0, the Truss Rafter Association ( TRA), the Forestry Contractors Association (FCA), The House builder's Federation (HBF), ,the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and to be Chartered Building Consultants.
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Our Mission is... Benfield Building The Past Unique Capabilities
Our 'Partnering' Approach Distance No Object The Present
Comprehensive, Design & Build Service Clients Large & Small The Future Self Builders Value Engineering Training & Development Organisation Environmental Policy Professional & Trade Memberships
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