> Engineered wood indeed creates elements from imperfect timber that are free from defects and exhibit the same engineering properties, if not better. Tangent

> Engineered wood indeed creates elements from imperfect timber that are free from defects and exhibit the same engineering properties, if not better. Tangent - some research from the '60s that shows the impact of the computer age on the timber industry: CROMAX - A Crosscut First Computer Simulation Program to Determine Cutting Yield (1963) https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA134223.pdf https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA134223.pdf Development of a Computer Method for Predicting Lumber Cutting Yields (1967) https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/rp/rp_nc015.pdf https://www.nrs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/rp/rp_nc015.pdf Veneer Recovery Prediction and Analysis Through Computer Simulation (1969) https://wfs.swst.org/index.php/wfs/article/view/398/398 https://wfs.swst.org/index.php/wfs/article/view/398/398 Note that these are not frequently referenced PDFs and I occasionally had difficulty with the first click for them. --- > There's a story on how the renovation of Oxford's dining halls ... https://longnow.org/ideas/humans-and-trees-in-long-term-partnership/ https://longnow.org/ideas/humans-and-trees-in-long-term-part... > In all likelihood, the story is a blend of myth and reality. While the College, in keeping with standard woodland practices in Britain, has always kept groves of oaks intended for construction purposes, it isn’t clear that any particular set of trees was officially designated to replace the beams of the College dining hall Another example (more grounded in modern times and less myth)... https://www.military.com/history/why-us-navy-manages-its-own-private-forest.html https://www.military.com/history/why-us-navy-manages-its-own... https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2020/11/constitution-grove-the-navys-white-oak-forest-on-a-high-tech-base/ https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2020/11/constitution-grove-the-n... https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2015/05/11/the-wooden-walls/ https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/2015/05/11/the-wooden-wall...