An update to EN1912
Visual strength grading of timber is carried out according to grading rules that are usually (but do not have to be) national standards (like BS4978 […]
Articles by Dan Ridley-Ellis
Properties of UK grown beech
We have a paper about the indicative structural visual grading potential of UK-grown beech in the 12th International Conference “Wood Science & Engineering in the […]
Strength classes you won’t find in EN338
Not all strength classes are listed in EN338. Here are the main characteristic properties of some strength classes that appear in machine settings tables for […]
Strength classes C and T
The 2016 version of EN338 brought a few changes. One of these changes was the addition of a table of tension strength classes (T classes). […]
Growth ring width and density of British spruce cladding battens
The UK has a British Standard for external timber cladding, BS8605-1, in which support battens are defined as timber components of a section, grade, and […]
Updates to EN14081-3,-2 and EN384
There is a proposed new version of EN14081-3 out for Enquiry, mostly to provide proper integration of the updated output control rules (compared to the […]
Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in a day
You may have seen it reported that Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day as part of their “green legacy” initiative. You might […]
Research Assistant vacancy – InFutURewood project
We are seeking applications for the position of Research Assistant, Full Time – Fixed Term (2 years) Closing Date: 12 August 2019 | Interviews date: […]
Visiting researcher Fiona O’Donnell
Fiona O’Donnell, a PhD researcher from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is spending the summer with us as a visiting researcher. The topic is the […]
Timber2019
The 3rd in my treelogy of talks entirely based on pun titles – the most egregious one of all.“Grading and abetting – does timber strength […]