I got back from the Antipodes last week and ever since then, the weather (and air temperature) here has been worse than the Australian and New Zealand winter! Over there it was about 15 degrees C and back in Blightly it's been only about 10-12 degrees since I came home. It's supposed to be almost Summer here: yet as I write this in the office in Ripon, it's hailing!
On the technical wood front: some interesting stuff gleaned last week at the UK Timber Grading Committee in London. The Harmonised European Strength Grading Standard - EN 14081 - continues to loom ever closer: now brought forward to 31st December of this year. So all you Building Inspectors, Clerks of Works and so on - not to mention Architects and Structural Engineers - had better be on the lookout for properly graded and correctly-marked structutral timber, from Jan 1 next year! Ask us at Woodexperts for more info.
Jim Coulson, Director, TFT Ltd
Monday, 23 May 2011
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
It's now 12th May where I am (New Zealand) but still only 11th May in UK. I'm attending the 42nd Conference of the International Research Group on Wood Protection, being held in Queenstown. It's Autumn here; but the views across Lake Wakatipu are really very beautiful, with the Remarkable Range of mountains in the background.
I'm here to update my knowledge on various matters: preservatives, surface coatings and phytosanitary regulations (to prevent the spread of pathogens and insects in packaging materials being shipped around the world). Speaking of the latter - did you know that the Emerald Ash Beetle (native to Asia) is destroying Ash trees across North America? It is estimated that USA and Canada may be devoid of their native Ashes within the next decade or so. So the next time you ship a pallet-load of goods somewhere, make sure the wood has been correctly sterilised!
More when I get back to the UK next week.
Jim Coulson
Director, TFT Ltd
I'm here to update my knowledge on various matters: preservatives, surface coatings and phytosanitary regulations (to prevent the spread of pathogens and insects in packaging materials being shipped around the world). Speaking of the latter - did you know that the Emerald Ash Beetle (native to Asia) is destroying Ash trees across North America? It is estimated that USA and Canada may be devoid of their native Ashes within the next decade or so. So the next time you ship a pallet-load of goods somewhere, make sure the wood has been correctly sterilised!
More when I get back to the UK next week.
Jim Coulson
Director, TFT Ltd
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