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 […]
CLT production in the UK
A Scottish construction firm is investing £4.2m in a ‘massive’ timber production plant following university research by The Institute for Sustainable Construction. Lanarkshire-based firm CCG […]
PhD opportunity at Linnaeus University
The project deals with advanced numerical modelling to study different types of wooden structures that are exposed to variations in both mechanical load and cyclic […]
Scholarships for MSc in Timber Engineering
There are industry-funded places available for Napier University’s MSc course in timber engineering. Timber is, in many respects, the ideal construction material, particularly in terms […]
Call open for WCTE 2016
The next World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2016) will be held in Vienna, Austria from 22 to 25 August 2016. Important dates and instructions […]
PhD opportunity at HW University
Craig Kennedy of Heriot Watt University is looking for a PhD candidate to research the selection and integration of new timber in traditional buildings. For more […]
New rules for machine grading?
The Gradewood Transition project has submitted its proposed redraft of the standard governing machine grading (EN14081-2) to the European Standards Committee responsible for updating it […]
Alternative conifer research update
PhD researcher David Gil-Moreno has begun destructive testing of his structural size timber specimens.