SGH has broad experience with the design, evaluation, testing, and investigation of wood products in structural and architectural applications. Using the knowledge and experience of our wood experts, we help our clients with challenges such as:

• Timber design
• In-situ visual stress grading of wood and heavy-timber framing
• Condition assessment and repair of wood pile foundations 
• Evaluation, repair and rehabilitation of wood and timber-frame structures
• Condition surveys and repair design of wood windows 
• Curling, buckling and splitting of wood flooring and architectural finishes
• Repair and strengthening of engineered wood materials 
• Dimensional stability associated with moisture content and distribution 
• Addressing low strength and embrittlement of fire-retardant treated wood products
• Assessment and repair of fire damage
• Identification of wood species 
• Identification, condition assessment of degradation by wood-destroying insects or biological attack (e.g. fungal rot, bacterial decay)
• Evaluation of adhesives and coating treatments

Our staff includes engineers, material scientists and wood technologists with years of practical experience specifying, analyzing, and investigating wood and engineered-wood products. Using our field and laboratory capabilities including in-situ non-destructive evaluation, light and scanning electron microscopy, and mechanical test equipment, we seek the root causes of problems and ultimately find corrective options and appropriate solutions for enhancing a structure’s performance and durability.