EN338 – what’s happening with grades?
EN338 is a European Standard that specifies strength classes of structural timber (grades with numbers attached for use in design). It is not the only […]
strength grading
What is TR26?
TR26 is a structural timber grade in common, long standing, use in the UK for trussed rafters. It doesn’t appear in EN338 because it is […]
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 […]
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 […]