Forestry Commission v2019
The Forestry Commission was established as part of the Forestry Act 1919 – and is therefore celebrating its centenary this year. A lot has changed […]
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 – […]
Something different – tree art
Following an exchange of ideas on Twitter involving the artist Richard G Evans – who specialises in wonderful tree portraiture linked to GPS locations encouraging […]
Who looks like a forester? (#IWD2019)
For international women’s day, foresters, arboriculturists and the other diverse professionals working with trees took to social media with the hashtag #ILookLikeAForester. Not only was […]
CE marking and UKCA marking – no deal preparations
Since our last post on Brexit, in which we mentioned the new UK conformity mark to replace the CE mark, The UK Government has updated […]
A quick summary of timber strength grading
The physical and mechanical properties of wood vary hugely – not just between species, but also within species, from forest to forest, between trees in […]
Grade in Britain revisited
This blog post follows on from our first Grade in Britain blog post, back in April 2016. Much of that is still relevant, but we […]
How lovely are thy branches?
The modern timber industry is very dependent on a small number of commercial species, yet according to the GlobalTreeSearch there are more than 60,000 different […]
What became of EN14081-4
EN 14081-4 “Timber structures. Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section. Machine grading. Grading machine settings for machine controlled systems” is the standard that […]
Grade stamps – who done it
The grade stamp on structural timber from Europe must say who the manufacturer is – by means of the name, logo or both. In the […]