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 […]
Articles by Dan Ridley-Ellis
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 […]
WoodMusICK 2019 call open (conference postponed 11/7/2019)
We are sorry to announce that the conference is postponed, and the call for papers is withdrawn at this time. We would like to thank […]
Introducing InFutURewood
Innovative Design For the Future – Use and Reuse of Wood (Building) Components “InFutUReWood” is a new project funded under the ERA-NET Cofund ForestValue (see below […]
Roots for further growth
“Roots for Further Growth” is a document prepared by the Forest and Timber Technologies Industry Leadership Group (ILG), and sets out a strategy and action […]
Countries, nations and standardised areas
EN14081-2 is the standard that governs machine controlled strength grading of timber in Europe. A new version of this was published in 2018, and in […]