Machine grading? Pay attention
Apologies for the dramatic post title – but this really does require immediate attention if you are producing machine graded timber. The key standard, which […]
Articles by Dan Ridley-Ellis
2016 hardwood conference
The University of West Hungary and BOKU University have announced a call for papers for the conference “Eco-efficient Resource Wood with special focus on hardwoods”, to be held […]
BS EN 14081-1:2016 published
The new version of EN 14018-1 “Timber structures – Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section. Part 1: General requirements” has now been published by the British […]
RFS species for climate change
The Royal Forestry Society has published information for foresters about alternative tree species that might be used in Britain to improve resilience of the forest resource to climate […]
Tree health – PhD funding
The Scottish Forestry Trust, in partnership with Forestry Commission Scotland, have established a scheme for part funding PhD research in the area of tree health (relevant […]
Making the grade
This post is a ‘director’s cut’ version of Dan Ridley-Ellis’s (@flyingquercus) presentation at the Institute of Chartered Foresters 2016 National Conference “The Timber Supply Chain – Dynamics and […]
Award winning home work
Congratulations are due to our colleague Robert Hairstans, who heads up the Centre for Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures. His family home has scooped him […]
Rate of growth
In a previous post “Grade in Britain” we said that “rate of growth”, as a concept in timber grading, isn’t so closely linked to the […]
Innovation in construction materials
On the 12th April, David Gil-Moreno presented his research at the Young Researchers’ Forum III “Innovation in Construction Materials”. The event was organised and hosted by […]
Build with carbon
Wood for Good have information on their website about carbon sequestration in timber. In a nutshell, trees make wood from CO2 and water. Wood consists […]