Strength grading of UK and Irish grown timber (big info drop)
Machine strength grading of structural timber in Europe is done mostly under a system called “machine control”. The machine settings are fixed based on large […]
Articles by Dan Ridley-Ellis
Lessons from Wordle?
The online game Wordle has got very popular lately, and resulted in several conversations about strategy – particularly the starting word. Some people pick a […]
Timber grading explained with plums
What do plums and wood have in common? Probably more than you thought. In this video Marlene Cramer explains the basic idea of timber grading […]
David Gil-Moreno wins prize
Congratulations to David Gil-Moreno, who has won a Special Award from The Scottish Forestry Trust for his PhD work here at Edinburgh Napier University, in […]
Brexit and standards update
We have pontificated on the direction and implication of Brexit on standards – and in particular on the British Standards Institution’s membership of CEN – […]
(Guest post) Sustainability in the built environment: timber & natural materials
This is a guest post by Dr Morwenna Spear. Dr Spear is a materials scientist at the BioComposites Centre at Bangor University, specialising in timber. […]
A view on sustainability of the built environment
(by Dan Ridley-Ellis 14/05/2021) The Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry into the sustainability of the built environment. It will look at the best […]
Wood science videos
Aalto University in Finland, has produced a series of short wood science videos featuring Callum Hill. The cover an introduction to wood as a material, […]
Intro to wood structure and grading
We have not resolved the issue with embedding Sketchfab models into our WordPress deployment so what you see here will likely appear broken in one […]
Pallet it go
As I write this, the first Covid vaccines are being delivered in the UK. Somewhere along the line you can be sure that this achievement […]