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Month: January 2016

CTI timber supply chain skills survey

26 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

Tree breeding & forest products event

25 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

22 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

13 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

12 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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

12 January 2016 Steven Adams 0

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

11 January 2016 Steven Adams 0

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?

5 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 3

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?

4 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

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The Centres for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University are “Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)”.

They are part of the Institute for Sustainable Construction at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

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