Timber Engineering Reference – Research Organizations

Governmental or industrial research organizations specializing in building with wood or forest products research.

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Europe:

Austria:

• Holzforschung – Research and certification for wood products. Wien (G,E)

Finland:

• VTT Building Technology – Industrial technical and technoeconomic research. Wood structural tests. Espoo (Fi,E)
• European Forest Institute – Non-governmental forest research organization. Joensuu (E)
• METLA – Finnish Forest Research Institute. Helsinki (Fi,E)

Germany:

• CIB-W18 – Structural timber research information exchange. Karlsruhe (E)
• DGFH – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung. Wood products Research. (G,E)
• Holzbau der Zukunft – Research cooperation between various universities (G)

Holland:

• CIB – International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction. Research information exchange. (E)

Sweden:

• SkogForsk – Forest research. Uppsala. (Sw,E)
• SP Building Technology – Swedish National Testing and Research Institute. Boras (Sw,E)

UK:

• TRADA – The Timber Research & Development Association. High Wycombe (E)

Americas:

Canada:

• FERIC – Private, non-profit forestry research. Vancouver. (E,F)
• Forintek – Canada’s main wood and wood products research organization. Vancouver, Qu?bec City (E,F)

USA:

• CUREE – Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering. Richmond, CA (E)
• FPL – The Forest Products Laboratory. US main wood products research lab. Madison, WI (E)

Asia:

China:

• Chinese Academy of Forestry – State forestry research. Beijing (E)

Japan:

• FFPRI – Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. (E,J)

Malaysia:

• FRIM – Forest Research Institute.

Australia/Oceania:

Australia:

• CSIRO – Industrial research institute. Forest Products Laboratory. Victoria (E)

New Zealand:

• BRANZ – Building Research Association of New Zealand. Porirua City (E)

Africa:

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Language of linked site:
G – German, E – English, S – Spanish, P – Portuguese, F – French,
I – Italian, H – Hungarian, Nl – Dutch, Fi – Finnish, Sw – Swedish,
R – Russian, C – Chinese, J – Japanese, K – Korean

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