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Month: January 2017

Species survey open

20 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

We have launched a survey to gather together what is known / thought about timber species being considered for wider planting in the UK.  There […]

Forestry career route map (survey)

19 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The Forest and Timber Technologies ILG Skills Group are currently undertaking a review of the Forestry Career Route Map website in order to update the […]

Re-grading of timber

18 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Can you visually grade timber rejected by a grading machine? We know that it happens – is it allowed? More importantly – does it correctly […]

Brexit and standards update

17 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

It looks like we have more of an idea where we are heading, than the last time we looked at Brexit and Standardisation (here) and […]

Call open for European Conference on Wood Modification

12 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The 9th European Conference on Wood Modification (ECWM9) will be held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, on September 18th-20th 2017. “The European Conference on Wood Modification […]

Research note – minor conifer species

11 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

Forestry Commission has published a research note with a summary of the basic wood properties information that David Gil-Moreno obtained in his PhD project.  You […]

Grading machines and their speeds

10 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

The strength grading of timber by machine has seen many technological developments in the last few years.  The first type of machine, developed back in […]

What is the density of wood?

3 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 2

This is one of those simple sounding questions that has a lot of possible answers. For now, let’s keep it simple and ask something more […]

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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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