Wood construction and the International Building Code
https://www.constructionspecifier.com/wood-constru... [Standards/Building code] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2013
Kenneth Bland, Paul Coats
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Lignor: Beyond Cross-Laminated Timber
http://www.panelsfurnitureasia.com/ebook/PFA_JulAu... [Raw Materials] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2015
Panels & Furniture Asia
Melbourne-based Lignor has innovated stranding technology designed for softwoods to develop a strong patented portfolio of Engineered Wood Products (EWP) from Eucalyptus timber. Unlike CLT, the Lignor process strands the round logs into thin 180mm long strands that has a much higher conversion ratio of 70-80% from log to finished product (vs CLT or LVL which are typically within the 50%-60% range). ...

World’s largest CLT plant planned in Montana
https://www.timber-online.net/schnittholz/2015/01/... [General Information] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2015
Hannes Plackner
Smartlam could well produce more than 110,000 m3/year...

Timber challenges steel as the new apartment building block
http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/timber-cha... [General Information] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2012
Philip Hopkins
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Visionaries 2017: Mark Adams, managing director of Vitsoe
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/visionari... [Raw Materials] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017
Henrietta Thompson
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Seismic Performance of CLT Structures
http://www.woodusematrix.com/database/rte/files/CL... [Seismic Performance] [Presentation] 2011
Marjan Popovski, Erol Karacbeyli
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Fire Safety of Tall Wood Buildings-Property Underwriting
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/presentations/m... [Fire Performance] [Presentation] 2015
Kuma Sumathipala
The U.S. is fortunate to have a vast supply of forest biomass suitable for manufacturing into products that can be used to build wood buildings greater than 8 stories in height. To capture this opportunity, stakeholders in the building construction industry must be assured these buildings are safe for their occupants as well as emergency responders, and do not present an unreasonable risk for loss of property. Current prescriptive building codes limit combustible construction to 85 feet in heigh...

Alfred Horie Construction - CLT
http://ahc1893.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Alfr... [Case Study/Projects] [Presentation] 2011
Tristan Wallwork
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Introducing Cross-laminated Timber. New Opportunities for Timber Construction.
http://www.woodworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013-1... [General Information] [Presentation] 2013
WoodWorks
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Life cycle assessment of Endless stair
https://www.americanhardwood.org/sites/default/fil... [Raw Materials] [Report] 2013
AHEC
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Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings
http://www.nfpa.org/research/fire-protection-resea... [Fire Performance] [Report] 2013
Robert Gerard,David Barber,Armin Wolski
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An investigation of the new opportunities of wood in mid-rise construction in British Columbia
https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/und... [Markets] [Thesis/Dissertation] 2013
Jonathan Kwan
With the preference to use reinforced concrete and steel structures in modern time, it is easy to forget that wood was once the material of choice for mid-rise construction. In January 2009, new BC Building Code requirements were modified to increase the maximum height of wood-frame residential construction from maximum height from four to six storeys [32]. This brings a new opportunity to re-consider wood as a popular building material. A list of factors have contributed to this decision, inclu...

General conditions for construction of multi-storey wooden buildings in Western Europe
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260388820... [Standards/Building code] [Report] 2009
Krushna Mahapatra, Leif Gustavsson
The market penetration of multi-storey wooden buildings, and regulations, perceptions and promotion of such construction varies among Germany, the;Netherlands, Ireland, United Kingdom (UK) and Sweden. It seems that the wood construction system in Sweden is passing from a formative phase to growth phase, while in all other countries they are still in the formative phase. Conditions for market growth of multi-storey construction seem to be most favourable in Sweden followed by Ireland, UK, Germany...

Long-term outlook for engineered wood products in Europe
https://www.efi.int/publications-bank/long-term-ou... [Markets] [Report] 2014
Heikki Manninen
Several emerging factors along with the lack of research increase the need and motivation for future oriented market research of engineered wood products (EWP) in Europe. For example, the need for CO2 emission mitigation in the construction sector, political willingness to promote wood construction, the pressure to develop new innovative wood products in Western countries due to increasing competition from emerging economies in wood products markets, and new technological and construction busine...

Timber Tower Research Project
http://www.som.com/FILE/27750/2017_timber_tower_so... [Tall Buildings] [Report] 2017
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
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AISC Steel & Timber Research for High-Rise Residential Buildings
http://www.som.com/FILE/27751/2017_timber_tower_so... [Tall Buildings] [Report] 2013
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
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Fire Tests on Loaded Cross-laminated Timber Wall and Floor Elements
http://iafss.org/publications/fss/11/626/view/fss_... [Fire Performance] [Journal Article] 2014
M. Kippel, C. Leyder, A. Frangi, M. Fontana
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels are relatively new engineered wood products that can be used as load bearing walls, floors and roof elements in innovative and high quality modern timber structures. The fire behavior of cross-laminated timber panels requires careful evaluation to allow the expansion of CLT elements usage in buildings. A University of British Columbia study has been conducted at the Trees and Timber Institute CNR-IVALSA in San Michele all’Adige, Italy to experimentally evaluat...

Cross-laminated timber made of Hungarian raw materials
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899... [Raw Materials] [Conference Paper] 2016
G. Marko, L. Bejo, P. Takats
Cross-laminated timber (CLT), generally made out of softwood, enjoys increasing popularity throughout Europe. This material offers a versatile, eco-friendly technology to create strong, lightweight and energy-efficient buildings. Unfortunately, the sites and climatic conditions in Hungary are not suitable for growing high-quality coniferous trees. Transporting raw materials from other countries (sometimes thousands of kilometres away) negates the environmental advantages of wood-based constructi...

Vienna plans worlds tallest wooden skyscraper
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/mar/01/vien... [Tall Buildings] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2015
M. French
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CLT Demand Study for the Pacific Northwest
http://forterra.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pac... [Markets] [Report] 2016
Todd Beyreuther, Indroniel Ganguly, Matt Hoffman, Skip Swenson
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