______________________________________________________________________________________ Deeside
Timberframe
Combining tradition, technology and bespoke touches, Deeside Timberframe( Deeside) is one of Scotland’ s leading timber frame companies, with a commitment to quality, sustainability and strong customer relationships. Founded in 1985 as a small manufacturing operation, the business has grown steadily over the past four decades into a major offsite manufacturer, employing more than 100 people and delivering projects across the length and breadth of the UK.
With an established footprint and a growing portfolio, Deeside continues to build on success with further investments in capacity, technology and people to support growth. Managing Director David Crawford reveals more about the company’ s evolution and what comes next.“ The past couple of years have been extremely challenging for the industry,” he explains.“ Presently, market conditions are suppressed and our overall volumes are down about 25 per cent compared with figures in 2022- 2023, however I am confident that with the investments we’ ve made in people, processes and equipment, we’ ve positioned ourselves to be a business that can deliver in excess of 4000 units per year, and we have the capability and proven track record to get there quickly and effectively.”
Deeside is a key part of Scottish housebuilding and construction company, The Bancon Group, which makes up around a quarter of its current turnover. The remainder of Deeside’ s work sits with
The next big milestone for the business is investment and expansion of our North Scotland premises which will see increased capacity and additional product offering coming on stream in quarter two of this year
external clients that span from private SMEs to National PLCs, housing associations and local contractors.“ We operate in four key sectors,” David highlights.“ Private house building, affordable social housing, the commercial sector- consisting of hotels, schools, nurseries and healthcare projects- and lastly, the single site sector, which is your typical bespoke family home. Private house building has been our focus for the past two years, as the funding stream for affordable housing has been lacking, but the demand for more affordable housing across the UK continues to rise. However, with government funding and policy changes, there are signs of more opportunities in this sector returning. Our business model is to balance the private house building and the social house building 50 / 50.”
Even though its focus has been primarily on private house building, Deeside was recently successful in winning the Social Housing Project of the Year, at the 2025 Structural Timber Awards for its Cloverhill development in Aberdeen.“ Cloverhill is a real showcase for what can be done with timber frame, especially if the right people are sitting at the table early enough to engage and drive a project,” elaborates David.“ In addition to Cloverhill, we’ re currently delivering several projects for Adderstone Living in the Northeast of England. These are also affordable housing contracts and the relationship that we have built with Adderstone over the last 15 months is further testament to upfront engagement and collaborative working.”
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