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 […]
BS EN 14081-1:2016 published
The new version of EN 14018-1 “Timber structures – Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section. Part 1: General requirements” has now been published by the British […]
Growth rate and wood density
In this post I am building upon Dan’s earlier discussion of the misconceptions surrounding growth rate and wood density. This post extends the discussion to include virtually […]
RFS species for climate change
The Royal Forestry Society has published information for foresters about alternative tree species that might be used in Britain to improve resilience of the forest resource to climate […]
Tree health – PhD funding
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 […]
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 […]
Report: sustainable construction timber
The Forestry Commission have just published the report “Sustainable Construction Timber” by Ivor Davies. Ivor wrote the report to help building designers and contractors source […]
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 […]
Award winning home work
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 […]
Rate of growth
In a previous post “Grade in Britain” we said that “rate of growth”, as a concept in timber grading, isn’t so closely linked to the […]