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British Grown Hardwoods - The Designers' Handbook

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 1996
Format: HTML Document

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Covers structural applications, landscape design, external and internal joinery and floors, with information on environmental aspects, characteristics and implications for design.


Care of timber and wood-based products on building sites

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2008
Format: HTML Document

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Timber is one of the commonest materials on a building site but is often one of the least respected. Bad handling and poorly organised storage are major causes of damage and wastage. This Wood Information sheet suggests best practices for caring for wood based products 'on-site'.


From sawmill to customer: Wax treatments for timber protection

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 1999
Format: HTML Document

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Treating timber at the sawmill with wax emulsions can reduce water uptake whilst still allowing it to dry. The wax protects timber from stain and mould, slows down dimensional changes and could remove the need for plastic wrapping. Reports on research, including shipping and storage trials on wax-treated timber.


Grading: Strength and Appearance

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2002
Format: HTML Document


Strength grading allows efficient use to be made of structural timber. Both visual grading and machine grading are used and both are equally valid.


In Touch With Timber: The magazine for TRADA members Winter 2011/12

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2011
Format: PDF Document


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Magazine aimed at TRADA members. In this issue: TRADA Vision revealed at AGM Timber Expo fills much needed gap in construction calendar TTJ Market Development Award: winner revealed TRADA Technology joins BRE-led partnership researching home grown timber for Forestry Commission Turning the heat up on party walls Case study: Kings Place Making waves with LUS FAQs on Decking


Introducing wood

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2003
Format: HTML Document


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Provides information on the properties of timbers and experts te terminology used. TRADA WIS 2/3-38.


Life cycle assessment

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 2012
Format: PDF Document

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Many industries, rather than simply responding to increasingly stringent regulation, are now actively seeking to develop more environmentally benign products and processes. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of the best known tools for assessing the environmental impact of activities.


Macroscopic structure of hardwoods with terms definitions and drawings

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 1971
Format: HTML Document

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This teaching aid is focussed on the macroscopic structure of hardwoods and includes biological terms, definitions and detailed cross-sectional diagrams.
Teaching Aid 5, TRADA Technology Publication, 1971.


Making the grade - A guide to appearance grading UK hardwood timber

Publisher: Arcamedia
Publication date: 2005
Format: PDF Document

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Note: the PDF file size is 6951 KB.

This guide details appearance grades applicable to hardwood planks and boards from trees grown in the UK. It broadly follows the grading criteria set out in EN 975 - 1 but with modifications to take account of the timber availability, species, characteristics and production methods found in the UK.

Three appearance grades are defined for all species. However, some mills or users may wish to make fine distinctions within these grades so each...


Market development of Lesser Used Species (LUS) for marine and fluvial engineering

Publisher: TRADA Technology Ltd
Publication date: 0
Format: PDF Document


This project investigates the strength properties of five LUS - cupuiba, angelim, okan, tali and eveuss. In addition, it identifies marine borer and abrasion resistance of a range of candidate species. Lead project partners: Environment Agency, H R Wallingford, TRADA.


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