Search Results: 'Napier University'

Species diversity key for climate resilience
10 June, 2022
We must widen our timber diet to ensure future supply, writes Dan Ridley-Ellis, head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology at Edinburgh Napier University

Sourcing central to grading standards
25 February, 2020
Source of timber origin is a key consideration in grading and machine and visual grading standards are being revised to take this more precisely into account. Dan Ridley-Ellis head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology at Edinburgh Napier University reports

Getting training on track
22 April, 2019
Progress is being made, but improving training and education continues to be an imperative for the future of the timber sector, writes Geoff Rhodes of forest products and international trade consultancy GRA, recipient of TTJ’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award

Going circular to close the materials loop
19 March, 2019
To ensure timber supply can meet growing consumption without depleting the forest resource, the sector needs to develop new approaches on reuse and recovery says Dan Ridley-Ellis, head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology at Edinburgh Napier University

Added assurance for timber building
12 February, 2019
Developing industry skills and giving customers assurance on quality and performance must be the focus for the timber building sector, says Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter

AHEC’S multiply – the sum of its parts
16 October, 2018
The London Design Festival’s timber pavilion, MultiPly, is an example of a truly successful and innovative collaboration between leading industry and academic partners, writes Mark Milne, technical manager, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)

Wood - but not as we know it
26 February, 2018
Species, specification and application – all need to be rethought to ensure timber fulfill its promise as the material of the future, writes Dan Ridley-Ellis, head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology

Addressing the knowledge gap
20 March, 2015
Geoff Rhodes, industry consultant and chair of the advisory board of the Forest Products Research Institute, says Napier University is addressing the timber knowledge gap in architectural and engineering students

Knowledge key to unlock sales
05 April, 2014
Three new initiatives will help timber’s profile but the industry must use them, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

A gateway to innovation
22 March, 2014
At least 20 products made from Scottish-grown timber have resulted from a three-year research project. Peter Wilson from Edinburgh Napier University explains

Education is vital
22 February, 2014
Wood education should be an industry norm, says Andrew True, chairman of the Wood Technology Society

An across the board performer
08 February, 2014
First year of the EU Timber Regulation has run smoothly in the UK, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree.

Constructing a comfort zone
06 May, 2013
Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber Opinion; editorial opinion; blogs