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Month: March 2016

Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers

Strength grading of timber explained

25 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 6

The paper “Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers” by Dan Ridley-Ellis, Peter Stapel and Vanesa Baño is now published (online […]

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Forestry careers in 60 seconds

24 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

This new video, produced by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) and sponsored by Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS), aims to  show young people the diversity […]

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Our forests, our people

22 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Yesterday (March 21st) was International Day of Forests so this is a slightly belated post. Forests cover one third of the Earth’s land mass, performing […]

Timber in the lab

EN 336 and UK customary sizes

21 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 2

The UK National Annex to EN336 is to be reinstated.  Is the list of commonly available sizes (see below) still current?  Send any comments to […]

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World wood day

21 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

World Wood Day is a cultural event celebrated annually on March 21st to highlight wood as an eco-friendly and renewable biomaterial and to raise awareness […]

Timber on the portable sawmill

Alternative species – project update

18 March 2016 Steven Adams 1

Work is continuing on the alternative “minor” species project which is looking at properties of different species grown in Scotland. 12 logs of Grand fir (Abies […]

Jim and Spencer explain #2

10 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The second video in the Jim and Spencer explain series is now online.  Jim Coulson, a board member of the Wood Technology Society (IOM3), is […]

The mysterious “TG1”

10 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 4

This week, the committee known as “TG1” met to evaluate some new settings for machine grading and visual grading assignments for EN1912. TG1 stands, simply, […]

Wood MusICK training school – reminder

6 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The COST Action Wood MusICK, has a Training School on Organology which will take place at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam on 12-15 April 2016. The aim of […]

Jim and Spencer explain

1 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Jim Coulson, a board member of the Wood Technology Society (IOM3), has started to make some short videos about wood with his grandson Spencer.  In […]

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Edinburgh Napier University now has a number of research groups that grew out of the former Centre for Timber Engineering. For a time the “Centre for Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Centre for Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)” were part of “the Institute for Sustainable Construction” in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. This research continues, but now within the “School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment“.

We are also connected to the Centre for Conservation and Restoration Science, which is (mostly) under the School of Applied Sciences.

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