Project Update – Minor Species
Work is progressing in our project looking at the properties of several different “minor” species grown in Scotland. During the early part of 2015 Forest […]
Timber Grading Seminar – SIRT Event
Notice (22/1/2016): Due to the high level of interest we have had to activate the “waiting list”. We are currently looking at how we might be […]
EN338 – what’s happening with grades?
EN338 is a European Standard that specifies strength classes of structural timber (grades with numbers attached for use in design). It is not the only […]
What’s wrong with BS 373:1957?
Sadly, British Standard 373:1957 “Methods of testing small clear specimens of timber” probably won’t get to see it’s 60th birthday due to a rather critical […]
Wood Technology Society – 60th birthday
The Wood Technology Society is the continuation of the Institute for Wood Science – and it reached 60 years old this year. The Society is […]
What is TR26?
TR26 is a structural timber grade in common, long standing, use in the UK for trussed rafters. It doesn’t appear in EN338 because it is […]
Scots forestry – £1 billion contribution
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 […]
Royal recognition for timber research
The timber research team at Edinburgh Napier University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its internationally acclaimed work in “Innovations in UK timber construction reducing […]
Report on extractive content of Scottish roundwood
Steven Adams conducted a review of what has been published so far on extractive content of the main commercial softwood species in Scotland (namely Sitka […]
David Gil-Moreno presents his research in Brazil
PhD student, David Gil-Moreno presented some of his research at the 19th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, in Rio de Janeiro. The paper […]