FCS LCA of home grown timber

Prof Robert Hairstans R.Hairstans@napier.ac.uk
Professor

Makar - Dowel-Laminated Timber (DLT) Research Proposal Feb 20, 2014 - Nov 30, 2015
The project will result in the use and application of an innovative low carbon timber construction technology. The project will demonstrate the products carbon benefits, overcome the technical barriers to market penetration and collate information t... Read More about Makar - Dowel-Laminated Timber (DLT) Research Proposal.

Value adding to Scottish larch Aug 15, 2014 - Aug 31, 2015
Following on from the work carried out by the centre into potential value added uses of Phytophthora ramorum infected larch, three technologies have been identified for further investigation. The technologies are glulam, dowel-lam and truss systems.

Offsite HUB (Scotland) Sep 1, 2014 - Jan 15, 2016
To develop and pilot learning material with lead industry partners with the view to setting up a skills HUB for Offsite Construction.

Offsite Construction Hub (Hub & Spoke) Oct 1, 2015 - Sep 30, 2016
Given the knowledge, infrastructure and resource that resides within Scotland, there is a real opportunity here to be a key player in the global offsite construction market. The emphasis now is to scale and internationalise this capacity by capitalis... Read More about Offsite Construction Hub (Hub & Spoke).

ALVA Volumetric Construction May 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2018
Novel offsite construction process for manufacture of housing