Local resources inform design mid-point results from the Building from England's Woodlands project
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tamagnone, G., Charleson, F., Cramer, M., Seminara, P., Plowas, W., Ridley-Ellis, D., & Hairstans, R. (2024, August)
Local resources inform design mid-point results from the Building from England's Woodlands project. Presented at International SEEDS Conference 2024, Leeds Beckett University, UK
Considering the energy consumption and carbon equivalent emission of the construction industry, a massive shift towards more sustainable and less carbon intensive materials an...
Predicting Compression Strength perpendicular to Grain in Hardwoods
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cramer, M. (2024, June)
Predicting Compression Strength perpendicular to Grain in Hardwoods. Poster presented at 67th SWST International Convention, Portorož, Slovenia
The share of broadleaved forest in European is growing, but most of the harvested hardwood is burned for energy production. Long-lasting uses, such as building construction, c...
Compression strength perpendicular to grain in hardwoods depending on test method
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cramer, M. (2024, May)
Compression strength perpendicular to grain in hardwoods depending on test method. Presented at 11th Hardwood Conference, Sopron, Hungary
Compression strength perpendicular to grain is an important timber property that governs the bearing strength of beams and might influence connection design. According to mode...
Timber
Book Chapter
Cramer, M., & Tamagnone, G. (2024)
Timber. In H. Hartman, & J. Jack Williams (Eds.), Materials: An environmental primer (230-253). RIBA
The Challenge of Strength Grading UK Hardwoods
Journal Article
Cramer, M. (in press)
The Challenge of Strength Grading UK Hardwoods. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series II: Forestry, Wood Industry, Agricultural Food Engineering, 16(65)(3), 39-52. https://doi.org/10.31926/but.fwiafe.2023.16.65.3.3
Recent research in Europe is bringing a wider range of wood species to the construction market as structural timber and glue laminated products. This option would also open ma...
Strength grading options for unusual resources
Presentation / Conference
Cramer, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2023, October)
Strength grading options for unusual resources. Paper presented at WSE: 19th Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering, Oslo, Norway
Transforming Timber
Digital Artefact
Hairstans, R., Plowas, W., Livingstone, A., Connell-Skinner, K., Cramer, M., Ridley-Ellis, D., & Seminara, P. Transforming Timber. [Website content])
Hairstans, R., Plowas, W., Livingstone, A., Connell-Skinner, K., Cramer, M., Ridley-Ellis, D., & Seminara, P. Transforming Timber. [Website content]
The construction materials used since the industrial revolution now dominate the sector. This is one of the leading causes of our current climate crisis. We need alternative s...
How timber buildings can be designed for deconstruction and reuse in accordance with ISO 20887
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sandin, Y., Cramer, M., & Sandberg, K. (2023, June)
How timber buildings can be designed for deconstruction and reuse in accordance with ISO 20887. Presented at World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023), Oslo
There is a need for a shift towards circular economy in the building and construction sector. Design for deconstruction and reuse (DfDR) and design for adaptability (DfA) have...
Can you guess the strength of timber? How (your) wood quality perceptions relate to reality
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cramer, M., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2022, September)
Can you guess the strength of timber? How (your) wood quality perceptions relate to reality. Paper presented at Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE) 2022, Goettingen, Germany
UK-grown timber is often perceived to have “low quality”, and most of the UK’s sawn timber is used for fencing and packaging material. Much of the resource could be used as co...
Design of Timber Buildings for Deconstruction and Reuse — Three methods and five case studies
Report
Sandin, Y., Shotton, E., Cramer, M., Sandberg, K., Walsh, S. J., González-Alegre, V., …Zabala Mejia, A. (2022)
Design of Timber Buildings for Deconstruction and Reuse — Three methods and five case studies. ForestValue
There is a need for a shift towards circular economy in the construction sector and design philosophies as Design for Deconstruction and Reuse (DfDR) and Design for Adaptabili...