The Wood Protection Association (WPA) has just commissioned Britain’s largest ever durability trial of home grown timber, having contracted Building Research Establishment (BRE) to conduct a long term controlled field trial of sawn and pressure treated British Softwood posts at two sites with differing soil conditions. This large scale Field Trial is the last of an innovative and substantial three part response by the WPA to emerging concerns over the quality of treated wood being placed into the UK fencing market. This paper presents a summary of the technical, regulatory and market developments in the UK wood protection sector which led to the WPA’s decision to implement this programme of change.

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