Nordkisa, 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: Nordkisa (approximately 200 MAMSL), 40 km northeast from NTI in Oslo, Norway
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: N.A.  
Termite species: N.A.
Marine Organisms: N.A.

Geophysical information

Precipitation: 860 mm (1961-1990)/863 mm (1991-2019) based on meteoroligical records from station SN4780.
Temperature mean 3.8°C (1961-1990)/ 5.3°C (1991-2019) based on meteoroligical records from station SN4780.
Climate Index: Warm Summer Continental Climate (DfB) acoording to Köppen-Geiger climate classification
Soil-type (if ground contact testing): N.A.

Images

References:

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