EN14081-1 reference chains
(If you want a deep dive into the general legal issues relating to harmonized standards skip to the links at the bottom) We blogged back […]
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Grading Data – Help needed
For the InFutUReWood project we are working on developing new grading rules for recovered timber, underused species and timber from unmanaged forests. Since the development […]
Strength classes C and T
The 2016 version of EN338 brought a few changes. One of these changes was the addition of a table of tension strength classes (T classes). […]
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 […]
WoodMusiCK
Announcement of the next conference WoodMusICK2019 at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh (UK), 17th-18th October 2019 The next WoodMusICK conference will take place on the 17th – […]
Forestry, wood processing & “green Brexit”
Confor has launched a writing competition designed to stimulate debate on the potential for forestry and wood processing to deliver the a more sustainable society. […]
No deal Brexit & timber
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
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
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
You may have seen the article by Max Coleman in Scottish Forestry about CALEDON – a computer game about tree health – and seen that […]