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 […]
softwoods
More on growth rings and density
Are growth rings useful for predicting density? Project report and poster by Alexandre Monseau, with additional commentary by Marlene Cramer and Dan Ridley-Ellis “Currently studying […]
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 […]
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 lovely are thy branches?
The modern timber industry is very dependent on a small number of commercial species, yet according to the GlobalTreeSearch there are more than 60,000 different […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The strength of tiling battens (UK)
BS 5534:2014+A2:2018, the UK code of practice for slating and tiling for pitched roofs and vertical cladding, contains rules for visual grading of tiling battens. […]