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No deal Brexit & timber

25 September 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

This post is just to highlight some key areas of the Brexit preparedness notices issued by the UK Government and the European Commission (EC). You […]

Structural timber awards 2018

19 December 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The Structural Timber Awards is a great showcase for innovation in building with wood – both in architectural design and engineering excellence.  For that reason […]

Free seminar / research update

24 October 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Fri, November 17, 2017 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM General audience 1:30 PM – 16:00 PM SIRT sponsors only Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) 3 […]

CALEDON game

7 May 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 2

You may have seen the article by Max Coleman in Scottish Forestry about CALEDON – a computer game about tree health – and seen that […]

The future of forestry in Scotland?

30 September 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The Scottish government has launched a consultation seeking views on the devolution of forestry (making management of forestry directly accountable to Scottish Ministers). There are proposed new […]

Tree of the year nominations

27 September 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The shortlists are up for tree of the year for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  You can vote on the Woodland Trust website until […]

Tree health – PhD funding

5 May 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

Award winning home work

25 April 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

Wood Technology Society – 60th birthday

2 December 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The Wood Technology Society is the continuation of the Institute for Wood Science – and it reached 60 years old this year. The Society is […]

Scots forestry – £1 billion contribution

30 November 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Forestry Commission Scotland has, today, published a report which reveals that Scotland’s forestry sector contributes nearly £1 billion to the economy through forest management, timber processing […]

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The Centres for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University are “Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)”.

They are part of the Institute for Sustainable Construction at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

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