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Blast-Resistant Testing For Massive Timber Exterior Wall: Expanding Timber Opportunities in North America
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/presentations/m... [Fire Performance] [Presentation] 2015 Lisa Podesto, Edwin Nagy, Mark Weaver, Leonardo Torres, Garry D. Myers This presentation will share the research plan with regard to the performance of mass timber walls under blast loading. The project goal is to characterize the response of cross laminated timber (CLT) panels under blast loading and establish the inelastic and ultimate response limits of CLT structural systems in order to gain repeatable approval for CLT construction on United States military bases where there is currently little room for wood structural solutions. As a project that recently rece... |
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Air leakages through cross laminated timber (CLT) constructions
http://www.treteknisk.no/resources/filer/publicati... [Moisture/Durability] [Conference Paper] 2011 Hans Boye Skogsta, Lars Gullbrekken, Kristine Nore The harsh Norwegian climate requires that buildings need to be designed to high standards. Global warming is making the built environment even more vulnerable. Climate change will mean more extreme weather conditions and buildings will have to withstand greater stresses concerned to water penetration and air leakages. Air leakages from the indoor climate through out the construction are undesirable to avoid moisture problems. An airtight building envelope is critical in order to achieve an energ... |
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AHEC Presents the Smile at London Design Festival
https://www.theplan.it/eng/webzine/wood-in-archite... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2016 Alison Brooks Architecture The American Hardwood Export Council has collaborated with Alison Brooks Architects, Arup and the London Design Festival to present a cross-laminated tulipwood structure on the Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground of the Chelsea College of Arts from 17 September until 12 October. Alison Brooks has designed The Smile, an urban installation that showcases the structural and spatial potential of cross–laminated hardwood using American tulipwood. The Smile is one of the Festival’s Landmark Projects; a ti... |
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5 Myths about Cross-Laminated Timber: A CLT Expert Clears up Several Common Miconceptions and Myths Surrounding the USe of Wood as a Building Material
https://www.bdcnetwork.com/5-myths-about-cross-lam... [General Information] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2014 Kris Spickler Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) was initially developed in Europe as an alternative to stone, masonry and concrete construction. Well, there are several common misconceptions and myths surrounding the use of wood as a building material, especially these new mass timber CLT panels. FPInnovations—in collaboration with the American Wood Council (AWC), the United States (U.S.) Forest Products Laboratory, APA, and U.S. WoodWorks—published the comprehensive guide to provide technical information for bui... |
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Aesthetic Qualities of Cross Laminated Timber
http://vbn.aau.dk/files/71275631/Aesthetic_Qualiti... [Environmental Performance] [Thesis/Dissertation] 2012 Anne Kirkegaard Bejder The common thread through this thesis is the aim of bringing the aesthetic, poetic and sensuous qualities of materials into focus. This is done with the belief that materials are more than merely the means of construction, i.e. more than a building system. The thesis takes its point of departure in the great importance wood has had as a building material throughout history as a naturally occurring, strong, light and workable construction material with various multi-sensuous qualities and great a... |
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A London startup wants to bring Adjaye-designed housing to the masses
https://archpaper.com/2018/05/london-startup-bring... [Markets] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2018 Jonathan Hilburg Catalog homes could soon be seeing a resurgence, as London-based startup Cube Haus has enlisted several big-name English architects to design modular, off-the-shelf homes for design lovers on a budget. Adjaye Associates, Skene Catling de la Pena, Carl Turner Architects, and furniture designer Faye Toogood have all signed on to design high-density housing that will infill “awkward” sites throughout London. ... |
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Moisture Response of Wall Assemblies of Cross-Laminated Timber Construction in C
http://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/6569... [Moisture/Durability] [Thesis/Dissertation] 2012 Robert Lepage Wood is a highly versatile renewable material (with carbon sequestering properties), that is light in weight, has good strength properties in both tension and compression while providing good rigidity and toughness, and good insulating properties (relative to typical structural materials). Engineered wood products combine the benefits of wood with engineering knowledge to create optimized structural elements. Cross-laminated timber (CLT), as one such engineered wood product, is an emerging engin... |
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EWPAA lecture a school of thought for young architects
https://ewp.asn.au/ewpaa-lecture-school-thought-yo... [General Information] [Web Page] 2017 Engineered Wood Products Association of Australia More than 40 UQ architectural students turned up for one of many lectures the EWPAA has scheduled for both masters and second-year classes at universities in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this year. ... |
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Wood as a Sustainable Building Material
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/labnotes/?p=3797... [General Information] [Web Page] 2014 James T. Spartz The Wood Handbook is an unparalleled resource and has many practical and technical uses but, literally, it all starts here: Chapter One – Wood as a Sustainable Building Material. As FPL research general engineer Bob Falk writes in the introduction to the chapter’s first section, Wood as a Green Building Material, “over the past decade, the concept of green building has become more mainstream and the public is becoming aware of the potential environmental benefits of this alternative to conventio... |
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CLT Design Resources
https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/clt-desi... [Other] [Web Page] Wood Solutions The next generation of heavy timber building systems is about to transform the design and construction of many buildings in Australia.... |
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Torsional stiffness of small and medium-size samples of Cross Laminated-Timber (CLT) panels
https://www.slideshare.net/julielang/session-29-ic... [Raw Materials] [Presentation] 2011 L. Muszynski, M. Noyel, T, Pisaneschi, V. Sebera, B. Sundberg, R. Gupta ... |
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Investigating the Hysteretic Behavior of Cross-Laminated Timber Wall Systems due
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ST.1... [Connectors] [Journal Article] 2018 Matteo Izzi, Andrea Polastri, Massimo Fragiacomo Cross-laminated timber (CLT) wall systems are composed of massive timber panels that are fastened together and to the horizontal elements (foundations or intermediate floors) with step joints and mechanical connections. Due to the high in-plane stiffness of CLT, the shear response of such systems depends strongly on the connections used. This paper proposes a numerical model capable of predicting the mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of CLT wall systems. The wall and the element to whic... |
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Endless Stair Opens at Tate Modern
https://www.americanhardwood.org/sites/default/fil... [Case Study/Projects] [Others] 2013 American Hardwood Export Council Europe ... |
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The Reduced Cross-Section Method for Evaluation of the Fire Resistance of Timber Members: Discussion and Determination of the Zero-Strength Layer
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs1... [Fire Performance] [Journal Article] 2014 Joachim Schmid, Alar Just, Michael Klippel, Massimo Fragiacomo The reduced cross-section method (RCSM) is included in Eurocode 5 (EN-1995-1-2) for the design of timber members in fire conditions. The method considers the strength and stiffness reduction beneath the charred layer by adding an additional depth (known as the ‘zero-strength’ layer) to the charring depth. The zerostrength layer is one of the key parameters for the fire design of timber members. Recently, some concerns have been raised that the zero-strength layer might be nonconservative in some... |
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The Reduced Cross-Section Method for Evaluation of the Fire Resistance of Timber Members: Discussion and Determination of the Zero-Strength Layer
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-014-0421-6... [Fire Performance] [Journal Article] 2014 Joachim Schmid, Alar Just, Michael Klippel, Massimo Fragiacomo The reduced cross-section method (RCSM) is included in Eurocode 5 (EN-1995-1-2) for the design of timber members in fire conditions. The method considers the strength and stiffness reduction beneath the charred layer by adding an additional depth (known as the ‘zero-strength’ layer) to the charring depth. The zero-strength layer is one of the key parameters for the fire design of timber members. Recently, some concerns have been raised that the zero-strength layer might be non-conservative in so... |
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Lendlease begins construction on second CLT hotel in U.S.
https://csengineermag.com/lendlease-begins-constru... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2018 Civil and Structural Engineer Lendlease, the exclusive developer for the Department of Defense’s only privatized lodging portfolio, began construction on the second hotel in the U.S. using cross-laminated timber (CLT). The hotel, located on Fort Drum in Watertown, N.Y., is part of Lendlease’s more than 12,000-room Privatized Army Lodging (PAL) portfolio. Lendlease completed the first CLT hotel in the country in March of 2016, also part of the company’s PAL portfolio. CLT provides an exceptional exterior wall performance for ... |
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News Archives
https://oregonclt.com/category/news/?paged1=3&page... [General Information] [Web Page] Oregon CLT ... |
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Laurentian University School of Architecture marks grand opening
https://www.canadianarchitect.com/architecture/lau... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2013 Canadian Architect Last week, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne cut a ceremonial ribbon to officially launch the Laurentian University School of Architecture, the first school of architecture to open in Canada in 45 years. The Premier stood alongside Laurentian University President and Vice-Chancellor Dominic Giroux, Minister of State for Regional Economic Development (Northern Ontario) the Honourable Greg Rickford, and Greater Sudbury Mayor Marianne Matichuk, surrounded by members of the School’s Fall 2013 charter c... |
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Brock Commons Tallwood House Construction Overview
https://www.naturallywood.com/sites/default/files/... [Case Study/Projects] [Report] 2017 University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia, one of Canada’s premier universities, is a community of academic, residential, commercial, and agricultural functions and facilities, adjacent to the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia. The University has a strong commitment to sustainability and the integration of research, teaching, and operations in capital projects, which has led to the development of a portfolio of innovative wood buildings. These have primarily been institutional and operational bu... |
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Height and Area Considerations for Commercial Wood Buildings
http://awc.org/pdf/codes-standards/publications/ar... [Tall Buildings] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2013 Paul D. Coats ... |
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