Project: Grading of timber for engineering wood products
The objective of this research is to improve the competitiveness of timber as a structural material and to increase its market share in construction. This will be achieved by improving the cost effectiveness of the wood processing industry and the credibility of timber as a professional structural material. Our method is to apply modern technologies and better practises in strength grading, and integrate it to sawmilling process. Naturally, the project cannot reach these goals alone, but it pursues to produce the means and help for the industry to improve its processes and technology including standardisation to reach the goals.
| Acronym | GRADEWOOD |
| Duration | 01/12/2007 - 31/08/2011 |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | WOODWISDOM-NET |
| Call | JC1 |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building Research Establishment Ltd | United Kingdom | ||
| Holzforschung AT, ATn Forest Products Research Society | Austria | ||
| SP Technical Research Institute of SE | Sweden | ||
| Technical Research Centre of FI | Coordinator | Finland | |
| Technical University of Munich - Chair for Timber Structures and Building Construction | Germany | ||
| Technological Institute for Forest Cellulose, Construction-wood and Furniture | France | ||
| University of Ljubljana | Slovenia | ||
| Vienna University of Technology | Austria |