Publications

Markets for Scots Pine

The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute has published a booklet 'Markets for Scots Pine Roundwood' which provides an overview of the market situation for Scots pine in Scotland, Sweden, Finland and Norway.

Properties of Scots Pine

The project is publishing a technical review of Scots pine, describing its properties and suitability to different uses. The key findings of the review have been published as web pages.

Collaboration

A key objective of the project is encouraging greater collaboration between businesses in the forestry sector. In the Scottish forestry sector instances of collaboration are limited particularly compared to Northern European countries. We have published a collaboration report that looks at: Good practice; Relevance of collaboration in the future; Common issues and solutions; Opportunities in the forestry sector, and Key features of successful collaboration

Glulam Timber

The project has been working in partnership with Napier University’s Centre for Timber Engineering (CTE) and Nor-Build (a bespoke manufacturer based in Forres) on a project to investigate the feasibility of producing glulam to EU standards.

The results of the study show glulam, that conforms to EU standards, can be produced from Scottish Scots pine timber provided careful accoustic and visual grading of timber is carried out.

Cladding

The project commissioned Edinburgh Napier University to produce Scots pine cladding using different treatment types. An exposure trial was then carried out at 2 sites in northern Scotland to assess performance - 72 samples were tested at each location.