Species survey open
We have launched a survey to gather together what is known / thought about timber species being considered for wider planting in the UK. There […]
Month: January 2017
Forestry career route map (survey)
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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 […]