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 […]
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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 […]
Grade in Britain
For a more up-to-date post on properties see Grade in Britain revisited. Introduction We looked at British spruce in a previous post. It is, for […]
What’s new about grade stamps?
The UK has a long history of marking graded timber with a stamp – so that there is no risk of graded timber being misidentified […]
What is “British spruce”?
It is quite common for species with similar timber properties to be lumped into a commercial “species combination” for trade (the species are not differentiated – […]
Strength grading of timber explained
The paper “Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers” by Dan Ridley-Ellis, Peter Stapel and Vanesa Baño is now published (online […]
EN 336 and UK customary sizes
The UK National Annex to EN336 is to be reinstated. Is the list of commonly available sizes (see below) still current? Send any comments to […]
The mysterious “TG1”
This week, the committee known as “TG1” met to evaluate some new settings for machine grading and visual grading assignments for EN1912. TG1 stands, simply, […]
Grading standards update (!!)
For the following, it may be helpful to refer to the CEN webpages that explain the various stages of drafting standards. The formal vote on […]
Voting on the revised EN14081-1
The European Standard EN14081-1 “Timber structures – Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section – Part 1 General requirements” is entering the final stages of revision, […]