Insights in Timber Recycling and Demolition
Dan Ridley-Ellis and I visited and interviewed a number of companies in the last few months. We wanted to find out what happens to timber […]
Research
5 Questions for InFutUReWood – the use of timber in the UK
This is a longer version of a post you can find on the InFutUReWood project website. If you want just a summary – head over […]
More on growth rings and density
Are growth rings useful for predicting density? Project report and poster by Alexandre Monseau, with additional commentary by Marlene Cramer and Dan Ridley-Ellis “Currently studying […]
Properties of UK grown beech
This paper can be read in PRO LIGNO 2019 Volume 15, Number 4 pp. 32-39 along with other papers at the conference. We have a […]
Introducing a new colleague in the InFutUReWood project
Exactly one month ago today, a new team member joined the Centre for Wood Science and Technology at Edinburgh Napier University. Welcome our new Research […]
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 […]
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 […]
Introducing InFutURewood
The InFutUReWood project website is http://infuturewood.info/ Innovative Design For the Future – Use and Reuse of Wood (Building) Components “InFutUReWood” is a new project funded under […]