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timber grading

What’s new about grade stamps?

2 April 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 2

The UK has a long history of marking graded timber with a stamp – so that there is no risk of graded timber being misidentified […]

Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers

Strength grading of timber explained

25 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 6

The paper “Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers” by Dan Ridley-Ellis, Peter Stapel and Vanesa Baño is now published (online […]

Grading standards update (!!)

29 February 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

For the following, it may be helpful to refer to the CEN webpages that explain the various stages of drafting standards. The formal vote on […]

Voting on the revised EN14081-1

12 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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, […]

Timber Grading Seminar – SIRT Event

11 January 2016 Steven Adams 0

Notice (22/1/2016): Due to the high level of interest we have had to activate the “waiting list”. We are currently looking at how we might be […]

EN338 – what’s happening with grades?

5 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 3

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 […]

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