Strength grading of UK and Irish grown timber (big info drop)
Machine strength grading of structural timber in Europe is done mostly under a system called “machine control”. The machine settings are fixed based on large […]
Sitka spruce
What’s known about home grown?
Perhaps you arrived here from the article on pages 38-40 the December issue of Confor’s Forestry and Timber News (currently for members only). If so, […]
What is C16+?
C16+ (pronounced C16 plus) is a strength class developed by us to get the most out of the real properties of home-grown spruce. It is […]
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 not to be twisted
This is a guest post by Mike Jarvis, Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry at Glasgow University and one of the original architects of […]
SIRT seminar
Timber Research Update Seminar Wednesday 6th June 2018 9.30am – 4pm Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) 3 Watt Place, Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre, G72 […]
SIRT seminar
On Friday 17th November we will be holding a seminar to update you on the latest research on timber. The morning session is open to […]
Moisture in Sitka spruce trees and logs (PhD thesis)
Congratulations to Mike Yerbury who graduated with a PhD. The thesis contains commercially valuable information so is embargoed for a period – but you can […]
Citius, Rigidius, Fortius
Today, 20th July, is Gregor Mendel‘s birthday*. And we are excited to see the new research developments in tree breeding and genomics – and the […]
Job – Wood Props for Ireland project
NUIG 086-17 Postdoctoral Researcher 1 (WoodProps Project) College of Engineering & Informatics, National University of Ireland Galway. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for […]