Newsletter: Summer 2011 - 08/09/2011

Press Release: Repeat Performance on RBQ - 01/07/2011

Jim Coulson, Director of Ripon-based wood science consultancy Technology For Timber Limited, has once again appeared as half of the two-person Team representing the North of England on the long-running BBC Radio 4 show, Round Britain Quiz. His partner, as before, was Diana Collecott, a retired lecturer from Durham University.

Newsletter: Spring 2011 - 18/03/2011

This month we are outlining some of the services we can offer to you under the heading of training. Principal consultant James Coulson comments...

“…on all the Courses I tutor, whether at a basic, starter level or for delegates with many years' standing in our industry, everyone seems to learn something new about wood that they didn't know before...”

Press Release: Exam success for Ridgeons workers - 15/12/2010

East Anglia'a biggest builder's and timber merchants group Ridgeon's celebrated exam success this week with a presentation and lunch at their Herringwell, Bury-St-Edmunds Forest Products depot.

Newsletter: Winter 2010 - 15/11/2010

This month we are starting by outlining some of the services we can offer to you under the heading of “expert & technical”. Principal consultant James Coulson comments...

“…I never cease to be amazed at all the different uses of wood that I’m called to inspect in my job. I can be anywhere from up in a roof, down in a hole, out on a farm or at the  docks – wood is everywhere, and we understand it and how it works…”

Press Release: Yorkshire Gold Business Club 2009/10 - 01/12/2009

Technology For Timber Ltd decided to join YGBC after going to the inaugural meeting at York Racecourse last March.

The first major event we attended was the visit to the Olympic Park in London in July last year, with the chance to meet some of the Tier 1 Contractors, and, more importantly the members of the Timber Panel.

Press Release: The Trouble with Scaffold boards - 07/11/2009

The trouble with scaffold boards is precisely that – they give trouble: they break unexpectedly and people get hurt, sometimes killed, as a consequence. So an obvious solution would be to specify them correctly, to the British Standard, BS2482: 2009.