UKTGC website
The UK Timber Grading Committee now has a website: http://uktgc.org.uk Being brand new, it is still very much a work in progress and we welcome […]
timber grading
SIRT seminar
Timber Research Update Seminar Wednesday 6th June 2018 9.30am – 4pm Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) 3 Watt Place, Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre, G72 […]
The strength of tiling battens (UK)
BS 5534:2014+A2:2018, the UK code of practice for slating and tiling for pitched roofs and vertical cladding, contains rules for visual grading of tiling battens. […]
EN 14081-2 update (machine grading)
The much needed revision of the standard for machine grading settings, EN 14081-2, progresses. Much needed, because the current version is literally unusable – except […]
ISO standards for timber grading
It’s worth keeping an eye on what is happening with ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards for timber grading. This is covered by ISO TC 165 “timber […]
SIRT seminar
On Friday 17th November we will be holding a seminar to update you on the latest research on timber. The morning session is open to […]
Job – Wood Props for Ireland project
NUIG 086-17 Postdoctoral Researcher 1 (WoodProps Project) College of Engineering & Informatics, National University of Ireland Galway. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for […]
Re-grading of timber
Can you visually grade timber rejected by a grading machine? We know that it happens – is it allowed? More importantly – does it correctly […]
Grading machines and their speeds
Edit 23.07.2023: a citable list of these machine details, correct to date can be found in https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2022.2050549. The strength grading of timber by machine has […]
When is a standard not a standard?
…or why you should not buy EN 14081-1:2016. As we have discussed before (here and here), Harmonized Standards have a special status in that they […]