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17.08.2010 ‑ James Jones & Sons Ltd. Timber Systems Division at BEST 2010
James Jones & Sons Ltd. Timber Systems Division is pleased to announce that they will be supporting the UK SIP Association at the BEST (Built Environment Solutions and Technologies ) show 18th ‑ 20th October at the NEC Birmingham. As well as providing JJI‑Joists for the construction of the first floor exhibition SIP house, JJI‑Joist Technical Sales will be there for all 3 days to provide further information and answer any questions. The new Cullen THI (Top Hung I‑Beam) hanger and SHP (Service Hole Plate) will also be on show within the JJI‑Joist floor.
The UK SIP Association stand A66 is well positioned, adjacent to the Residential hub across from Barratt Homes.
Download BEST show floorplan (750KB PDF)
Visit best show website
20.05.2010 ‑ James Jones & Sons Ltd. Timber Systems Division at ITWT 2010
James Jones & Sons Ltd. were proud sponsors of the 2010 TRADA ITWT (In Touch With Timber) seminar held on Tuesday 18th May at the Queen Elisabeth II Conference Centre Westminster London. This year's theme was 'Innovations in Timber' and focused on the sustainable and innovative uses of timber. Over 180 delegates enjoyed the full days CPD accredited programme of seminars including case studies and workshops.
The JJI-Joist System was a major interest at the show due to its excellent environmental credentials and high performance solution for floor, roof and wall systems.
01.04.2010 ‑ Aw keep your fleece on ‑ they've used WOOD fibre insulation
This year's Ecobuild exhibition saw Peter Wilson from Edinburgh Napier University's Centre for Timber Engineering, win a bottle of Single Highland Malt whisky for his comical caption, submitted for James Jones' poster competition.
Each visitor to the James Jones & Sons Ltd Timber Systems Division stand at Ecobuild in March this year was invited to submit a caption for an image which shows one of 30 closed panel engineered timber 'pods' being transported by sea for a 12 hour journey to Fair Isle for the building of a bird observatory.
08.03.2010 ‑ James Jones & Sons Ltd. Timber Systems Division at EcoBuild 2010
EcoBuild 2010 once again provided the Timber Systems Division with an excellent opportunity to showcase the JJI‑Joist system along with their JJ‑Intelliroof, JJI‑Loft and JJI‑Stud systems. Over the 3 days the Technical Sales team spoke with all tiers of the construction industry from Technical Directors to college tutors and their students, conversation topics ranging from complete building systems to the profile and structural performance of the JJI‑Joist.
Business Development Manager Mr. Mark Tilston said: "Following our successful debut at the exhibition in 2009, we decided to roll out the entire Technical Support team over the three days, lucky we did for at times you could not move on our stand for interest. It is amazing that even though I‑Beams have been available in the UK for over 15 years, and the JJI‑Joist itself counting for well in excess of 30M lm of sales in the UK, there are still Architects and Engineers who have not specified I‑Beams".
He continues,
"2009 was a very busy year for the Timber Systems Division. Improvements to our JJI‑Joist strength & stiffness properties and the introduction of two new JJI‑Joist beam widths now provide the Designer with an even more cost competitive I‑Beam solution for floors, roofs and walls. 2010 will be another busy year with the implementation of the Eurocodes and more interest in the environmental profile of materials. As such we will be publishing the carbon footprint of our JJI‑Joist by the end of Q2- this will be a first for any I‑Beam available within the UK."The new fourth edition of the highly acclaimed JJI‑Joist Technical Manual, and interest in the increased thermal performance of JJI‑Joists when used in roof and wall systems, were recorded as the major interest from the show. The most commonly asked question was "Can you really drill a hole that big in a JJI‑Joist?", and the answer "Yes"!
Following another successful exhibition, the Timber Systems Division have already signed to support EcoBuild 2011 at its new venue at ExCel, Docklands, London.
26.02.2010 ‑ Fourth Edition Technical Manual
James Jones & Sons Ltd. ‑ Timber Systems Division, are delighted to announce the latest release of our highly acclaimed Technical Manual. This Fourth Edition, released for EcoBuild 2010, is our most comprehensive manual to date, containing all the information a Building Professional needs to specify, design and detail JJI‑Joists in floor, roof and wall applications. Updates for the Fourth Edition include:
- New TRADA EWP‑0001 JJI‑Joist Strength & Stiffness Properties:
- New A+ & B+ JJI‑Joist widths
- Updated JJI‑Joist permissible design properties for BS5268‑2
- Updated JJI‑Joist characteristic capacities for Eurocode 5
- Updated maximum JJI‑Joist spans for domestic floor and flat and pitched roof applications
- Updated JJI‑Joist Environmental Information:
- Chain of custody
- Environmental management
- Life cycle
- Updated JJI‑Joist Hole Charts:
- Permissible round, square and rectangular holes
- Additional Acoustic Solutions for JJI‑Joist Compartment Floors:
- E‑FT‑1
- E‑FT‑5
- Screedflo system
- New Information Regarding JJI‑Joist Thermal Performance:
- Indicative U‑Values for various insulations and JJI‑Stud widths
Business Development Manager Mr. Mark Tilston explained: "This new edition of the Technical Manual is our most important manual to date as it contains our new JJI‑Joist TRADA Q‑mark strength properties to both BS5268‑2 and Eurocode 5, and updated joist span tables showing improved spans by as much as 355mm. Also as thermal performance becomes more and more important to the Designer, our wall section now includes easy to read indicative U‑Values for different insulations and JJI‑Stud thicknesses up to 300mm".
The fourth edition of the Technical Manual can be downloaded direct from the Timber Systems website (12mb):
http://www.jji-joists.co.uk/index.php?id=registerAlternatively a hard copy can be obtained from any Authorised Distributor, or posted directly by emailing the Timber Systems through the 'contact us' section on the website:
http://www.jji-joists.co.uk/mailer.php?rcpt=jji
