Work to increase the use of timber in construction in Ireland has entered the “next phase” with the first meeting of a group tasked with delivering on this government ambition taking place. …The group is responsible for delivering the seven priority recommendations from a report by the Timber in Construction Steering Group. 

The report’s recommendations were:

• Develop national specification for the use of mass engineered timber (MET);
• Establish an interim national centralised procurement … to support compliance with building regulations;
• Lead by example at government-level, designing and building in timber;
• Set embodied carbon targets and require whole life cycle assessments at design stage and within procurement processes;
• Support the establishment of a Timber Knowledge Development and Innovation Facility;
• Support the integration of timber as a fundamental component in the curriculum in architecture and engineering;
• Incentivise an increase in MET construction.