Elgan Pugh crowned STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® British Champion 2017
The picturesque surroundings of BBC Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace played host to an action-packed STIHL TIMBERSPORTS ® British Championship on Saturday 5th August, where Welsh local Elgan Pugh came, sawed and conquered to take home the top prize in a nail biting event. Now in it’s fifth year, the STIHL TIMBERSPORTS ® British Championship […]
Second-generation strand woven bamboo technology allows any type of timber to be used
The Flinders Centre for NanoScale Science & Technology in South Australia is working with the Australian company 3RT to advance the concept of strand woven bamboo (itself an Australian invention), which is now a common flooring material around the world. 3RT was formed to commercialise the research and the South Australian Government has provided $1 […]
Five years on and a vital route for Scottish timber is still going strong
The Eskdalemuir Timber Haul road has now been officially open for five years. During this time, it has relieved the community of Eskdalemuir from the sight of 60,000 lorries passing through their village and has borne the weight of around 750,000t of timber. However, it is 10 years since the initial idea of a strategic […]
Report reveals how much timber there is in Britain’s forests
Coniferous timber is timber produced by conifer trees such as pine, spruce, larch and fir species, and is also known as ‘softwood’. The ‘Great Britain 2011 Standing Coniferous Timber Volume’ report, which contains important information for planning a range of forest-related developments, reveals that: publicly owned forests managed by the Forestry Commission contain just more […]
