SepTimber seminars
This month Architecture & Design Scotland, Forestry Commission Scotland, Wood for Good and our colleagues at Edinburgh Napier University are jointly presenting a CPD series looking at timber in construction. […]
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Thinking beyond strength classes
This paper summarises the processes and normative requirements involved in grading of structural timber, and outlines a number of areas in which matters may be […]
Structural timber engineering seminar
We are holding a seminar, jointly with the Centre for Offsite Construction + Innovative Structures, for the Scottish Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers. […]
Report: sustainable construction timber
The Forestry Commission have just published the report “Sustainable Construction Timber” by Ivor Davies. Ivor wrote the report to help building designers and contractors source […]
Award winning home work
Congratulations are due to our colleague Robert Hairstans, who heads up the Centre for Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures. His family home has scooped him […]
The innovative timber house (event)
Tuesday 3rd May from 09:30 to 17:00, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh The Innovative Timber House: The New Architecture of Wood By: Wood for Good […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]