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Heavy Timber Buckling Restrained Braced Frame System as a Solution for Commercial Construction in Regions of High Seismicity
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/sp... [Seismic Performance] [Presentation] 2015 Hans-Erik Blomgren, Jan-Peter Koppitz, Abel Diaz Valdes Wood construction has been traditionally utilized to reduce inertial demands in high seismic regions. Applications however are often limited to low-rise buildings of light-wood construction. Recent advancements in timber technologies are pushing mass timber systems into larger commercial scale markets where steel and concrete systems currently dominate the landscape. In high seismic regions, however, timber buildings currently lack code-defined lateral force resisting systems. This paper present... |
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Influence of Wooden Board Strength Class on the Performance of Cross‐laminated Timber Plates Investigated by Means of Full‐field Deformation Measurements
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/s... [Mechanical Performance] [Journal Article] 2014 G. Hochreiner, J. Füssl, Erik Serrano, J. Eberhardsteiner Although cross‐laminated timber (CLT) plates are increasingly used in high‐performance building structures, a tailored composition of them or, at least, a performance‐based classification scheme is not available. Especially, the influence of the quality of the ‘raw’ material (wooden boards) on the load carrying capacity of CLT elements is hardly investigated yet. For this reason, within this work, bending tests on 24 CLT plates consisting of wooden boards from three different strength classes ha... |
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Maine Wood and Sustainability Conference
https://www.thinkwood.com/news/maine-wood-and-sust... [Environmental Performance] [Web Page] 2018 Think Wood Locally-sourced Maine wood products. Innovative building strategies. ... |
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Emerging Trends
https://www.naturallywood.com/emerging-trends... [General Information] [Web Page] 2018 naturally: wood The 21st Century has ushered in a new era of advanced wood building practices, forest products and innovative systems and techniques. New developments in wood science and building technologies, coupled with evolving building codes, have opened a vast array of new uses and applications for wood in construction. As a renewable resource which stores carbon, wood can play a significant role in terms of providing a solution to reduce the environmental impact of urban densification. ... |
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Fire risk with different adhesives in cross-laminated timber (CLT)
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/sp... [Fire Performance] [Report] 2017 Shilling Pei, Samuel L. Zelinka Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a mass-timber composite that is being used to construct tall timber buildings (Jakes et al. 2016). CLT is a panel product made from layers of dimensional lumber where the long axis of each layer is rotated 90° from the previous layer. CLT panels can be manufactured up to 500 mm thick and 18 m long and can be delivered to the jobsite with fenestrations already precut (Mohammad et al. 2012). CLT is the major structural component of many tall wood buildings that have... |
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University House Arena District
http://www.woodworks.org/project/university-house-... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page] WoodWorks Q: How is MEP accommodated in exposed mass timber buildings-e.g., CLT and NLT wall and floor/roof panels? A: Mass timber panel products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), nail-laminated timber (NLT) and dowel-laminated timber (DLT) are used in many applications in multi-family and commercial construction—e.g., floors, roofs, shaft walls, bearing walls and partition walls... |
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Origine Tower: When wood withstands a trial by fire
http://cwc.ca/article-lesoleil-origine-tower-wood-... [Fire Performance] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Natalie Tarini After being attacked by flames for two hours, steel girders soften and stretch like gum. When subjected to the same test, the solid wood panels used to build the structure of the Origine tower in the eco-district of Pointe-aux-Lièvres (Québec) withstood the blaze for four hours.... |
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KLH: MK40 Tower
http://www.klhuk.com/portfolio/arts--exhibition/mk... [Markets] [Others] To mark the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the city of Milton Keynes, the Milton Keynes Gallery invited dRMM to design a temporary sculpture. dRMM proposed a tower to conceptually contrast with the predominant horizontality of the city, offering an opportunity for visitors to the site to climb the tower and discover views across the city. MK Forty Tower was manufactured as a freestanding structure pre-fabricated in sections made of KLH cross-laminated timber. Erected in 7 days, the tower o... |
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Mass Timber Connections: Building Structural Design Skills
http://www.woodworks.org/education-event/2018-q2-m... [Connectors] [Others] 2018 WoodWorks For engineers new to mass timber design, connections can pose a particular challenge. This course focuses on connection design principles and analysis techniques unique to mass timber products such as cross-laminated timber, glued-laminated timber and nail-laminated timber. Discussion will also include a review of timber mechanics and load transfer, as well as considerations such as tolerances, fabrication, durability, fire and shrinkage that are relevant to structural design. Bernhard has a dec... |
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It’s finally here: first Australian CLT plant to open in 2017
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/it-s-... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2016 Nathan Johnson Australia’s first cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing plant will be built in the Albury Wodonga region by mid-2017. The facility will produce 60,000m3 of CLT each year and will be owned and operated by Xlam, a CLT company who’ve been manufacturing the building material at the their New Zealand-based plant for the past five years.... |
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Welcome to the 2018 Premier Sponsor: KATERRA
http://www.masstimberconference.com/event-news/wel... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page] 2018 International Mass Timber Conference The International Mass Timber Conference is extremely proud to welcome Katerra as the Premier Sponsor for 2018. Katerra will also support the 2018 educational presentation videos. This is Katerra’s first year as a sponsor and exhibitor. Katerra is ushering in a new era of disruption to the traditional construction industry. Buildings that cost less and erect faster, greater efficiencies across the board, higher quality, and increased sustainability. Founded in 2015, Katerra has more than 850 em... |
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Building for a Sustainable Future
https://forterra.org/editorial/building-sustainabl... [Environmental Performance] [Web Page] Forterra About four years ago, Forterra took a keen interest in cross laminated timber (CLT) for its potential to provide innovative and intersectional solutions to environmental, economic, and social needs across Washington State. In 2015, Forterra spearheaded a conversation with about eighty stakeholders to discuss leveraging CLT and mass timber products to improve forest health, stimulate employment in rural communities, and house a growing urban population. Just over three years and an established CL... |
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GBCA gives $2.9b Brisbane Showgrounds redevelopment six stars
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/gbca-... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Architecture & Design The $2.9-billion redevelopment of the Brisbane Showgrounds — includes a cross laminated timber (CLT) tower designed by architects Bates Smart — has received the highest rating for a master planned precinct in Australia, with a 6-Star Green Star – Communities v1 certified rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).... |
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2015 Timber Vision Awards winners reflects resurgent and reinvented material
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/2015-... [General Information] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2015 Nathan Johnson ... |
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Athena Publishes an EBD for the Wood Innovation and Design Centre
https://www.naturallywood.com/resources/news/athen... [Environmental Performance] [Report] 2015 naturally: wood Forestry Innovation Investment engaged the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute to develop an environmental building declaration (EBD)for the new Wood Innovation and Design Centre (WIDC),a mid-rise building in Prince George, B.C. The EBDreports cradle-to-grave environmental performance for the entire building over a 50-year life, based on life cycle assessment (LCA). ... |
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New videos on Brock Commons available
https://www.naturallywood.com/resources/news/new-v... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 naturally: wood Students are now living in Brock Commons Tallwood House, the world’s tallest mass timber hybrid building at the University of British Columbia. Located in Vancouver, B.C., the student residence has proven the case for tall wood buildings. Watch our latest videos on Brock Commons to learn about the benefits of building with wood, and to see how the wood structure went up just over nine weeks. ... |
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Wood Performs
https://www.naturallywood.com/wood-design/performa... [Standards/Building code] [Web Page] naturally:wood British Columbia building codes recognize wood’s safety and structural performance capabilities and allow its use in a wide range of building types. Many public buildings in B.C., including schools, libraries, hospitals and government buildings, are using wood for its versatility, durability and environmental benefits. Building codes and regulations across North America have recognized the advances in wood science and building technology, which have expanded options for wood construction in res... |
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MOTO
http://www.woodworks.org/project/moto... [Markets] [Web Page] WoodWorks Q: How is MEP accommodated in exposed mass timber buildings-e.g., CLT and NLT wall and floor/roof panels? A: Mass timber panel products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), nail-laminated timber (NLT) and dowel-laminated timber (DLT) are used in many applications in multi-family and commercial construction—e.g., floors, roofs, shaft walls, bearing walls and partition walls... |
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mass timber Fires Test Performance of Tall Wood Buildings
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?tag=mass-timbe... [Fire Performance] [Web Page] 2017 Rebecca Wallace Wood buildings provide an array of economic and environmental benefits. Interest in capitalizing on those benefits by constructing mid- to high-rise buildings using cross-laminated timber (CLT) is growing. CLT is made from layers of dried lumber boards stacked in alternating direction at 90-degree angles, glued and pressed to form solid panels. These panels have exceptional strength and stability and can be used as walls, roofs, and floors. Additionally, calculations have shown that a seven-inch... |
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