Willmott Dixon has delivered the first major construction project in the world to achieve PEFC Project Certification.

The seven-storey Kingsgate House on the King's Road in West London provides 43 affordable residential units and it is the use of cross laminated timber (CLT) that has made it a world first

The CLT at Kingsgate House is the first to be PEFC-certified to acknowledge it came from sustainable sources, with the solid wood also acting as a natural, low carbon and renewable alternative to steel and concrete.

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Project Chain of Custody certification recognises that not all parties involved in specific projects are certified and has been developed in recognition that the standard Chain of Custody model does not work with one-off activities such as construction projects.

"The Project Certification of Kingsgate House is a global first for PEFC," said Alun Watkins, who heads up PEFC in the UK. "We are very excited about it and feel the lessons learned and the promotion of the project will be valuable in moving Project Certification forward everywhere. The majority of solid wood solutions such as CLT and glulam are from PEFC-certified origin and schemes using these materials find PEFC Project Certification readily achievable."

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