What research on hardwoods is needed in Europe?
The European Hardwoods Innovation Alliance (EHIA) is seeking views in what innovation and research is needed for hardwoods in Europe. The scope is broad, covering cover both […]
Research
Thinking beyond strength classes
This paper summarises the processes and normative requirements involved in grading of structural timber, and outlines a number of areas in which matters may be […]
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 […]
Species survey
We have launched a survey to gather the timber industry’s knowledge and experience of working with different species – to inform our research and to feed back to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Grade in Britain
For a more up-to-date post on properties see Grade in Britain revisited. Introduction We looked at British spruce in a previous post. It is, for […]
What is “British spruce”?
It is quite common for species with similar timber properties to be lumped into a commercial “species combination” for trade (the species are not differentiated – […]
Alternative species – project update
Work is continuing on the alternative “minor” species project which is looking at properties of different species grown in Scotland. 12 logs of Grand fir (Abies […]
Conference – wood science & woodworking
The University of Zagreb has issued an announcement calling for papers for The 27th International Conference on Wood Science and Technology “implementation of wood science […]