CTI timber supply chain skills survey
The Confederation of Timber Industry (CTI) has published an employer skills questionnaire for the UK’s Timber Industry Supply Chain. The views of businesses on skills […]
Month: January 2016
Tree breeding & forest products event
This free event is being organised by Forest Research in conjunction with Partners and the Forestry Commission and will take place at Newbattle Abbey College (Dalkeith) […]
SIRT grading seminar – update
We have had a lot of interest in the timber grading seminar we are holding in Glasgow on 3rd February. We’ve now reached the number of […]
Confor conference – forestry in Scotland
Professor Sean Smith, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Construction, in which our Centre sits, will be speaking at the Confederation of Forest Industries’ conference […]
Voting on the revised EN14081-1
The European Standard EN14081-1 “Timber structures – Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section – Part 1 General requirements” is entering the final stages of revision, […]
Project Update – Minor Species
Work is progressing in our project looking at the properties of several different “minor” species grown in Scotland. During the early part of 2015 Forest […]
Timber Grading Seminar – SIRT Event
Notice (22/1/2016): Due to the high level of interest we have had to activate the “waiting list”. We are currently looking at how we might be […]
EN338 – what’s happening with grades?
EN338 is a European Standard that specifies strength classes of structural timber (grades with numbers attached for use in design). It is not the only […]
What’s wrong with BS 373:1957?
Sadly, British Standard 373:1957 “Methods of testing small clear specimens of timber” probably won’t get to see it’s 60th birthday due to a rather critical […]