KLH: Focus House
http://www.klhuk.com/portfolio/residential/focus-h... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page]
KLH
Focus House is an ecologically advanced house designed by bere:architects. It is a low maintenance, low energy, low cost home in north London for a young couple and their children. The house was built towards Passivhaus standards and used non-toxic materials, which ensures a supply of healthy air and water. Super-insulation, air tight construction and solar thermal water heating, coupled with water filtration, heat recovery ventilation and solid core KLH cross laminated timber construction, mean...

Examination of the Lateral Resistance of Cross-Laminated Timber in Panel-Panel C
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/56969... [Connectors] [Thesis/Dissertation] 2015
Bejamin Lee Richardson
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the behavior of three small-scale CLT connection configurations using non-proprietary fasteners. Three different connections -LVL surface spline with lag screws, half-lap joint with lag screws, and butt joint with a steel plate fastened with nails - were tested in both monotonic and cyclic tests. In all, 30 connection tests were conducted, with 15 monotonic test and 15 cyclic tests. Connection strength, stiffness, and ductility were recorded for each c...

AWC encourages Perdue to continue support of innovative wood products
http://www.awc.org/news/2017/01/19/awc-encourages-... [Other] [Web Page] 2017
American Wood Council
American Wood Council (AWC) President and CEO Robert Glowinski issued the following statement in response to former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s nomination as Secretary of Agriculture in President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Administration. “AWC welcomes the announcement of former Governor Perdue’s nomination as Secretary of Agriculture. Georgia is no stranger to the wood products industry; almost 20,000 men and women work in wood products manufacturing facilities. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Faster, greener, neater
http://buildingandliving.storaenso.com/news/rethin... [Markets] [Web Page]
Stora Enso
8 storeys in only 12 weeks. Short assembly time on the site was possible due to the Stora Enso ​CLT​. This unique eight-storey building in London is one of the tallest timber residential structures in the world. It marks the first time that CLT has been chosen in the UK for an entire multi-storey structure, including the ground floor, which is traditionally constructed from concrete. ​...

From Vacant to Vibrant: Forest Service Brings Restoration Expertise to the City
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?tag=caws... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017
Rebecca Wallace
The Forest Service has always been a conservation agency, focusing most restoration efforts during the past 100 years on rural environments. Today, however, the agency can use that century of experience and put it to work in urban areas as well....

Strategic Plan: Update and Progress Toward Four Goals
https://www.apawood.org/ar16-goal-1... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page] 2018
APA
Three years ago, the APA Board of Trustees completed a review and update of the Association’s Strategic Plan and re-affirmed four strategic goals. In the 2016 program year, APA staff and members worked together to execute these goals....

Wood Specific Gravity: Variation with Height, Implications for Biomass
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?p=4540... [Raw Materials] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2014
Madelon Wise
The specific gravity (SG) of wood is a measure of the amount of structural material a tree species allocates to support and strength. Wood SG has traditionally been a forester’s index of wood properties. In recent years, however, wood SG has been increasingly measured by ecologists exploring the functional traits of plants and by conservationists estimating global carbon stocks. While these developments have expanded our knowledge and sample of woods, the methodologies employed to measure wood ...

Survey of international tall wood buildings 2015 re think wood presen…
https://pt.slideshare.net/rethinkwood/survey-of-in... [Tall Buildings] [Presentation] 2015
ThinkWood
Over the past several years, a number of tall wood projects have been completed around the world, demonstrating successful applications of new wood and mass timber technologies. This Summary Report of the Survey of International Tall Wood Buildings takes a look at ten international tall wood buildings, and presents some common lessons learned from the experiences of various stakeholders, including the Developer/Owner, Design Team, Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), and Construction Team for...

Modern timber Connections
http://www.structuremag.org/wp-content/uploads/201... [Connectors] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2014
Eric Karsh
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Repair and Strengthening of Traditional Timber Roof and Floor Structures
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F97... [Connectors] [Journal Article] 2018
Jorge M. Branco, Thierry Descamps, Eleftheria Tsakanika
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Swedish Architecture in Wood: The 2004 Timber Prize
https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/swedish-... [Other] [Others] 2004
Wood Solutions
The Scandinavian countries have a strong tradition of building in wood, one that has outlasted the modern age of steel and concrete. One of the ways in which the government of Sweden encourages more building in wood is in Sweden’s Timber Prize, an annual competition open solely to designs that showcase excellence in wood use and that rewards buildings that incorporate wood holistically with other materials if they are used. Swedish Architecture in Wood: The 2004 Timber Prize details ten of the m...

WoodSolutions 2011 Seminars
https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/woodsolu... [General Information] [Web Page] 2011
Wood Solutions
The WoodSolutions 2011 Seminars were held in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne in early September 2011. The presentations below are the speaker notes used during the Melbourne seminar. ...

Behaviour of Cross-Laminated Timber Panels under Cyclic Loads
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-0... [Seismic Performance] [Book/Book Section] 2014
Igor Gavric, Massimo Fragiacomo, Marjan Popovski, Ario Ceccotti
In this paper, the behaviour of cross-lam (CLT) wall systems under cyclic loads is examined. Experimental investigations of single walls and adjacent wall panels (coupled walls) in terms of cyclic behaviour under lateral loading carried out ìn Italy at IVALSA Trees and Timber Institute and in Canada at FPInnovations are presented. Different classifications of the global behaviour of CLT wall systems are introduced. Typical failure mechanisms are discussed and provisions for a proper CLT wall se...

Solid Research on Shaky Science: Building with Wood in Earthquake-Prone Regions
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?cat=9&paged=2... [Seismic Performance] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2015
Tom Owens
In the past decade, these nations, and many others, have been host to some of the most destructive earthquakes in recent memory. Along with the inestimable human and emotional toll these events take on communities around the globe, the costs associated with reconstruction efforts are equally astronomical, often edging into the billions of dollars. Although we can’t effectively predict or stop earthquakes from occurring, we can be ready, and minimize the impacts of these damaging seismic events....

Modern Timber Connections
http://www.structuremag.org/?p=4061... [Connectors] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2014
Eric Karsh
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Suppliers
http://www.nzwood.co.nz/suppliers... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page]
NZ Wood
You can view a list of suppliers on the Members Products web page of the Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association Of New Zealand (WPMA):WPMA represents manufacturers who produce about 80% of the wood products manufactured in this country. The species predominantly manufactured is radiata pine, which has the qualities of being fast to grow, easy to saw, dry and preservative treat and can be made into a wide range of products. The tabs on the Members Products web page will take you to one or...

Investigating CLT’s Ability to Fight Fungus
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?p=26772... [Moisture/Durability] [Web Page] 2016
Rebecca Wallace
The growing reputation of cross-laminated timber (CLT) as a sustainable, cost-effective, and innovative building material has prompted researchers at the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) to build upon past research and investigate the material’s ability to fight against fungus. Praised for its many benefits, including speed of construction, cost, sustainability, excellent thermal and sound insulation, and fire restriction qualities, the pre-fabricated building material has made a name for itself...

Australian Institute of Building Surveyors - QLD/NT Chapter Conference (QLD)
https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/calendar/australi... [Other] [Web Page] 2018
Wood Solutions
The QLD/NT Chapter Conference 2018 will be held on Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 May at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Brisbane. The QLD/NT Chapter Conference is a not to be missed event for anyone in the Building Surveying Industry. With this comprehensive program including both technical and practical content as well as a trade exhibit area during the conference, there will be something for everyone. This conference will allow delegates to not only learn valuable skills that they can put to use in t...

APA Designers Circle
https://www.apawood.org/designerscircle-project-sp... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Web Page] 2018
APA - The Engineered Wood Association
Designers Circle is a quarterly mini-magazine for building design professionals....

Introduction to Engineered Wood Products (EWP)
https://www.apawood.org/ewp-training-module-a... [General Information] [Presentation] 2016
APA
Designed for trainees new to the EWP industry, this video includes an introduction to the types of engineered wood products, a discussion of their typical applications in light-frame construction and presents benefits of engineered wood products over competing products....