Visual grading of Existing Structures
For a much more in-depth view on the topic: Mike Bather’s thesis on The assessment of the mechanical and physical properties of in situ timber. […]
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WSE2024 Travel Tips
Will you be joining us for the 20th Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering. (22nd) 23rd- 24th October 2024? […]
Progress in my PhD (An easier route to strength grading hardwoods)
NOTE: This post should have been published in October, but I was very busy and didn’t finish the writeup until now… I have started my […]
Hardwoods with potential: A little bit about our “target species”
The timber industry in the UK (and this blog) has been focusing mainly on softwoods. Slowly, foresters, wood processors and researchers (including us!) are becoming […]
The quickest of overviews of Engineered Wood Products
The text for this post is written by Wojciech Plowas (I only rearranged it). The beautiful overview image above was created by Ben Shirley from […]
Home-grown hardwoods – Where are we and how did we get here?
When you look at the current UK hardwood situation, you will often encounter some facts that show how little we are using this resource: These […]
Guess the strength of timber ICF CPD scores
Yesterday, a group of visitors from the Institute of Chartered Foresters toured our lab, learned a lot about wood science and how wood properties are […]
Guess the strength of timber “Insights day” scores
We have recently brought our “guess the strength” game to the Insights Day at the Borders College in Galashiels. Check out your score below! Here […]
Guess the strength of timber III scores
We have recently brought our “guess the strength” game to BE-ST Fest and two teaching events at NMITE and ENU. Check out your score below! […]
New Project – Building from England’s Woodlands
Did you know that in 2021/22 we have been planting more broadleaf trees than conifers in the UK (mainly in England)? Yet the timber that […]