A proposal for an international wood preservation standard

IRG/WP 94-20031

P I Morris

Two factors are driving the need for an international wood preservation standard. First, the global need to use our natural resources more wisely and second, the movement towards free trade exemplified by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The International Research Group on Wood Preservation is the ideal organisation to undertake the task of developing such a standard. This paper is intended to start this process. It attempts to bring together the best points of a number of national and international standards into a uniform format. Preservative penetrations and retentions for each commodity would be based on the hazard class/use category, the climate zone, the biological area, the natural durability of the heartwood of the species used, the service life required and the consequences of failure. The outline standard presented borrows heavily from the new European Standard and is presented as a possible starting point for the development of an international standard.


Keywords: INTERNATIONAL WOOD PRESERVATION STANDARD; HAZARD CLASS; CLIMATE; PENETRATION; RETENTION

Conference: 94-05-29...06-03, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia


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