Lets celebrate this fantastic example of Greenheart Timber naturally doing its thing for 120 years in exposed sea water.
Kilcreggan Pier on the River Clyde. Greenheart timber piles specified in the rebuild in 1897. The original 1850 pitch pine structure (image 3) required to be replaced due to structural wear.
– The pier is mostly still original 1897 timbers (26 new piles put in in 1990’s)
– 120 years in exposed salt water environment.
– Greenhearts natural rough finish making biodiversity attachment easier than other smooth materials that require to apply grooves at extra cost to assist attachment (image 2).
– Dr Alice Hall has noted Greenheart groyne piles best mirror the natural shore
– EPD gives a carbon store of 1.24tons of carbon per m3 all sawn and finished from our yard.
– No treatment, no chemicals, just a simple cut of a very sharp saw.
– Reduced impact logging in Guyana is proven to have little to no impact on biodiversity in the rainforest
– Proven not to impact the natural forest regeneration pattern
– Creates employment in rural fragile areas
– Provides value add processing in tropical developing nations.
– Works according to and with respect to the robust indigenous laws which exist in Guyana.
– Supports trade with our commonwealth nation
– FSC Certified supply base
– Guyana now has their code of practice endorsed PEFC
– We can trace each timber pile back to the stump (better be quick though as the forest grows back really quickly!).
– Increasingly given a value for reuse timber for marine application,
landscaping, railways, farm bog matts, bridges or whatever the creative end use may be.
What is not to love!
With 2050 carbon targets driving innovation and marketing of new products we are at risk of forgetting what a natural giant these sustainable timbers are.
They have been protecting and supporting our UK coastlines for decades. Part of the community fabric of a busy beach and a busy harbour.
The reduced impact type of tropical forestry which is central to tropical hardwood timbers including Ekki and Opepe, which by definition is never clearfell keeps the lungs of the planet intact while providing timber and non timbers values.
Carlsberg Group: I challenge you to find a more sustainable construction product!
