Roe Timber Frame in Kent is now able to supply housebuilders and developers with a fully integrated roof truss, stair flight and timber frame design and production service. Thanks to Gang-Nail Systems’ software packages, Roe Timber Frame has seen over the last 18 months that with the added roof truss and stair flight additions to the business, that their customers are delighted with its complete business offering.

By incorporating these services alongside its existing timber frame manufacturing, Roe Timber Frame can offer its customers a full timber engineering construction solution by utilising Gang-Nail Systems’ Consultec StairCon and GN Roof & Truss design software.

Stephen Wilmshurst, Timber Frame Design Manager, has found these additions are greatly increasing Roe Timber Frame’s productivity, despite the recent downturn, “We decided to begin manufacturing these additional timber components to enable us to offer our customers a complete service from a single supplier. As we have used Timber Frame software from Gang-Nail Systems for several years and are familiar with the set-up, it was a natural choice to opt for the StairCon and Roof & Truss packages too.”

He continued, “Since we started offering this full service, we have seen our workload grow as an increasing number of customers take advantage of the fact that we can offer three key timber production services, all integral to housebuilding projects.”

StairCon, which has recently been upgraded to incorporate 15 new features, is specifically developed for the design, manufacture, price estimation and real view 3D visualisation of timber staircases, and is fully compatible with Microsoft® Windows XP and Vista.

GN Roof & Truss works in a similar way, offering all the tools needed to create roof and truss layouts and designs and is controlled through Matrix, the complete management suite for manufacturers.

“The developments to our software, driven by user groups and constant customer feedback, means that our customers are provided with systems that are in line with the industry so there is never the risk that design and manufacturing processes will fall behind trends and become out dated,” explains Paul Baron, Managing Director of Gang-Nail Systems.

He continued, “By using the full range of software available we can provide our customers with a fully integrated approach to timber engineering, improving supply chain efficiency, reducing project management time involved in using more than one supplier, and saving costs.”