Austevoll, Norway test site

Site Information

Organization: NTI (Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology)
Contact persons:  Dr. Ulrich Hundhausen
Who uses it or can use it? Research project partners, contract testing customers
Is this a contract testing site? Yes
Location: Austevoll (approximately 20 MAMSL), approximately 40 km south from the city of Bergen at the Norwegian west coast
Coordinates: N.A. 

Type of testing

Decay: Contract testing of 80 full diameter utility poles of 4 m length (20 creosote poles and 20 poles with potential substitutes for creosote) between 2018 – 2038. Spin-off from WoodWisdom-net project CreoSub (The Research Council of Norway, project no. 237140).
Logging of soil temperature and soil moisture in 10, 50, 100 and 150 cm depth.
Termites or other insects: No
Ground Contact (stakes, posts): Utility poles, see above
Above Ground: Utility poles, see above
Weathering: No
Marine: No

Biodeteriogens

Type of decay: NA  
Termite species: NA
Marine Organisms: NA

Geophysical information

Precipitation: 1327 mm (1961-1990)/1368 mm (1991-2019) based on meteoroligical records from station SN48330.
Temperature mean: 7.6°C (1961-1990)/ 8.4°C (1991-2019) based on meteoroligical records from station SN48330.
Climate Index: Warm Summer Continental Climate (DfB) acoording to Köppen-Geiger climate classification
Soil-type (if ground contact testing): Drained peat over mineral soil

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References:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329217090_CreoSub_New_protection_technology_to_substitute_creosote_in_Railway_sleepers_timber_bridges_and_utility_poles