{"id":1541,"date":"2018-04-08T19:16:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T19:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/?page_id=1541"},"modified":"2018-11-09T17:58:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T17:58:01","slug":"uktgc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/cwst\/uktgc\/","title":{"rendered":"UKTGC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK timber grading committee (UKTGC)<\/a> was established in 1989 with the purpose of supporting and regulating the use of strength graded timber in the UK, and to ensure the maintenance of common safety standards in grading.\u00a0 Much of what it used to do in terms of regulation and standards is now done through the Construction Product Regulations and European Standards, but it still has a very important role in linking industry with the committee work at British Standards (mostly B\/518) and CEN (mostly TC124) level.\u00a0 That link is two way – working to ensure that standards and regulations are understood and applied correctly, but also helping to shape the development and maintenance of those standards.\u00a0 Standards committee work needs to have industry input to make sure the standards are relevant (and usable) and the UKTGC is an important way of helping to achieve this for the UK’s perspective.<\/p>\n

The UK has a long history of timber grading standards, regulation, and innovation and it remains at the centre of this work – being one of the most active countries at European level.\u00a0 This is thanks, in no small part, to the UKTGC.<\/p>\n

The UKTGC has also previously coordinated work in support of the UK industry in general, from relatively small tasks such as drawing up model Factory Production Control documentation, to larger technical development work for machine grading settings.<\/p>\n

The agenda of a meeting typically covers:<\/p>\n