PD CEN/TR 14723:2003

1 Scope
2 Acronyms
3 Description of the project, background and objectives
4 Project contributors and roles
5 Core task 1 part A: weathering cycles (EUC 1, 2 and 3),
  superficial treatments
  5.1 Introduction
  5.2 Aims and objectives
  5.3 Deliverables
  5.4 Material and methods
  5.5 Results and discussion
  5.6 Conclusions
6 Core task 1 Part B: Weathering cycles (EUC 3), impregnation
  treatments
7 Core task 2: a field study of preservative treated wood in
  EUC 3 (lap-joint test)
  7.1 Introduction
  7.2 Aims and objectives
  7.3 Deliverables
  7.4 Materials and methods
  7.5 Results and discussion
  7.6 Conclusions
  7.7 Sub-task 2.1: Chemical analysis of lap-joints
  7.8 Sub-task 2.2: Microbial ecology
  7.9 Sub-task 2.3: Suitability of lap-joints for composites
  7.10 Sub-task 2.4: Natural durability
  7.11 Sub-task 2.5: COST climate index: effect of local
       climate on decay (P2)
  7.12 Sub-task 2.6: Moisture measurements in lap-joints
       (partner 15)
  7.13 Sub-task 2.7: Leaching of solubles in EUC 2 temporarily
       exposed to EUC 3
8 Core task 3: microbiological preconditioning for EUC 3
  8.1 Objectives
  8.2 Description of task
  8.3 Outputs
  8.4 Introduction
  8.5 Sub-task 3.1: Superficially treated specimens
  8.6 Sub-task 3.2: Impregnated test blocks
9 Core task 4: preconditioning in relation to EUC 4 and
  related field ecology studies (combined report of
  sub-tasks 4.1 and 4.2)
  9.1 Objectives
  9.2 Description of the task
  9.3 Outputs
  9.4 Sub-tasks 4.1 and 4.2
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Covers the study of the fate of chosen wood preservatives in field and laboratory tests and the affect on biological performance. The work consisted of four core tasks and associated sub-tasks designed to provide the scientific background to the proposals made.