Comparing Lavers’ data for UK grown
There is a very large amount of data in Gwendoline M. Lavers, “The strength properties of timber” (Building Research Establishment, BR241, 3rd ed. / revised […]
hardwoods
Hardwoods with potential: A little bit about our “target species”
The timber industry in the UK (and this blog) has been focusing mainly on softwoods. Slowly, foresters, wood processors and researchers (including us!) are becoming […]
New Project – Building from England’s Woodlands
Did you know that in 2021/22 we have been planting more broadleaf trees than conifers in the UK (mainly in England)? Yet the timber that […]
Properties of UK grown beech
This paper can be read in PRO LIGNO 2019 Volume 15, Number 4 pp. 32-39 along with other papers at the conference. We have a […]
Grading of home grown timber (summary)
Yesterday I spoke at the “Green Drinks” organised by SEDA and AECB. (The other main speaker was Nick Marshall, coordinator of the Association of Scottish […]
RFS Conference 2019 – Evolving the forest
“A three-day forum drawing together a wide variety of voices to explore a heritage of woodland and forest and look to their future. In celebration […]
Wood is not what you think it is
This is the transcript of what I said in the initial statements, prior to audience discussion, at the Confor organised seminar “Forestry and The Bioeconomy”, […]
ICF national conference
The National Conference of the Institute of Chartered Foresters “Behind us we have three industrial revolutions, with legacies of steam, electricity and computing; all ground-breaking […]
C and D – what do they stand for?
The European Standard EN 338 contains a list of strength classes for structural timber. There is a set primarily for softwoods which begin with the […]
For wood measure
How big is a piece of timber? If you are using a grading standard – such as the new European visual grading standard for tropical […]