Tall Mass Timber
http://awc.org/tallwood... [Tall Buildings] [Web Page]
American Wood Council
Tall mass timber is an industry term to identify mass timber buildings, constructed of mass timber elements, that exceed current height limits for wood buildings set by the International Building Code. Mass timber includes any product currently permitted for use in Type IV construction, such as Cross Laminated Timber, Structural Composite Lumber, glued-laminated timber, and large section sawn lumber. Because of the unique structural and fire resistance characteristics of solid timber walls and ...

KLH: Chichester Festival Theatre
http://www.klhuk.com/portfolio/civic--public/chich... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
KLH
LCE Andrzej Blonski Architects were commissioned to design the new Education and Rehearsal Building for the Chichester Festival Theatre. The new building, constructed from KLH cross-laminated timber, provides a generous and contemporary space, sensitive to its Conservation setting and responding to the initial vision of the Festival Theatre as a Pavilion in the Park . The building is comprised of a Rehearsal Room and an Education Space, set on either side of a central service core and main entr...

KLH: Lumen Reform Church
http://www.klhuk.com/portfolio/civic--public/lumen... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
KLH
The 1960 s church, located on the corner of Tavistock Place and Wakefield Street in Bloomsbury, sits on larger 1820 s foundations. Theis and Khan s designs retains the original building s volume and coherence, but adds new amenities - an entrance, a lift, toilets, offices, multi-use spaces and a courtyard garden-wrap around it - to enable the church to be more multi-functional and accessible for a modern community church. The design opens up diagonally from the entrance, across the existing chur...

KLH: The Yard Modern Art Oxford
http://www.klhuk.com/portfolio/civic--public/moder... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
KLH
dRMM redefined the existing ground floor facilities of Modern Art Oxford by designing The Yard , a new multi-use space for a flexible programme of films, performance events, installations and cafe bar. Modern Art Oxford s brief to promote access to and use of the gallery, was met by dRMM with the transformation of an existing delivery yard into a new type of gallery space for the UK, a storefront gallery venue. The new 5x15x5m ramped lobby is positioned as an installation work; not permanent,...

KLH: Transforming the RSC Theatres
http://www.klhuk.com/portfolio/civic--public/trans... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
KLH
KLH UK supplied and installed cross-laminated timber panels for phase 3 of the £112.8m Transforming the RSC s Theatres project at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford. Phase 3 of the project included the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre 1,000 seat auditorium, restoration of the heritage elements of the original building, riverside walkway, Theatre Tower to mark the new entrance, rooftop restaurant, colonnade, public square and improved backstage areas. KLH cross-laminated timber was used fo...

KLH: The Hive Worcester Library and History Centre
http://www.klhuk.com/portfolio/civic--public/worce... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
KLH
The new library and history centre on the banks of the River Severn in Worcester, will provide an integrated academic and public library, a county archive, local history centre and a local authority Hub providing front line services for local residents. The building will be highly sustainable and the first joint-use library in the UK, serving both the University of Worcester and the general public. The project team developed an innovative way of utilising parametric modelling to explore design...

Hotel de Redstone
https://www.nordic.ca/fr/projets/realisations/hote... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
Nordic Structures
Le premier hôtel en Amérique du Nord construit à partir de bois lamellé-croisé (CLT), un bâtiment de 4 étages totalisant 92 chambres, sert les besoins d hébergement des militaires du Redstone Arsenal. Les murs, les planchers/plafonds, et les cages d escaliers et d ascenseur sont composés de 1606 m3 de CLT et de 34 m3 de bois lamellé-collé....

AGF Headquarters
https://www.cecobois.com/en/projects/agf-headquart... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
Cecobois
The plans for this Longueuil-based headquarters called for renovating two existing buildings and designing one new building, making for a total area of over 8,230 m2 capable of housing upwards of 100 employees. In what amounts to a first for Quebec, the cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure serves as a link between the existing buildings. The selected structural system integrates an innovative technology that has been successfully implemented in Europe for more than a decade now. The project sh...

Excellence in structural and architectural wood design recognized at 2018 Wood D
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/excellence-i... [Other] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2018
Canadian Wood Council for WoodWorks! BC
This evening presented a stunning showcase of innovation and ingenuity in wood building and design, with the use of mass timber and engineered wood products featured in rising heights and larger project sizes in BC as a commonality amongst the winners, she explained. Tremendous advances in wood product research and manufacturing are revolutionizing how we design and construct buildings, and wood is emerging as a primary material in building types that we wouldn t have seen 20 years ago, includi...

Joeleena Corbin, Author at Oregon CLT
https://oregonclt.com/author/jcorbinorclt... [Other] [Web Page]
Oregon CLT
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Shear Walls
http://www.woodworks.org/design-and-tools/design-t... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Web Page]
WoodWorks
Shear walls are wall systems that transfer lateral wind and seismic loads from a roof or floor down to lower levels, and then into the foundation. Under prescriptive design codes for conventional construction, shear walls are referred to as braced wall panels. Braced wall panels serve the same function and have very similar detailing as some shear wall assemblies; however, the term “shear wall” is most frequently associated with an engineered structural system. Wood structural panel (WSP) shea...

Mass Timber/CLT
http://www.woodworks.org/design-and-tools/building... [General Information] [Web Page]
WoodWorks
The reThink Wood website includes an evolving, searchable library of mass timber research, from stress test results and material comparisons to product advancements and the latest innovations. For more mass timber and CLT-related resources, visit...

What are the Requirements for Finger-Jointed Lumber used in Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies?
http://www.awc.org/faqs/fire/fire/what-are-the-req... [Fire Performance] [Web Page]
American Wood Council
The 2012 IBC Section 2303.1.1.2 states: Approved end-jointed lumber is permitted to be used interchangeably with solid-sawn members of the same species and grade. End-jointed lumber used in an assembly required to have a fire-resistance-rating shall have the designation Heat Resistant Adhesive or HRA included in its grade mark. In 2009 the American Lumber Standards Committee (ALSC) modified the ALSC Glued Lumber Policy to add elevated-temperature performance requirements for end-jointed lumber a...

How does fire retardant treatment (FRT) affect fire resistance?
http://www.awc.org/faqs/fire/fire/how-does-fire-re... [Fire Performance] [Web Page]
American Wood Council
Fire retardant treatments (FRT) on wood products retard the ability of flames to spread across the surface of wood products. However, fire retardants do not reduce the rate at which wood degrades when subjected to an external heat source. Accordingly, fire retardant treatments do not improve fire resistance ratings to any significant extent. The user is reminded that NDS 2.3.4 requires the effects of fire retardant chemical treatment on strength to be addressed in design. FRT wood does not meet...

D.R. Johnson Wood Innovations & CLT
http://oregonclt.com/about... [General Information] [Web Page]
Oregon CLT
Founded in 1951, D.R. Johnson is a second-generation, family-owned wood products manufacturer located in Riddle, Oregon – the heart of Oregon’s timber country. An affiliated company, Riddle Laminators, was built at the same location in 1967 to manufacture glue-laminated beams. Going forward, both the glu-lam beams and the cross-laminated timber panels will be manufactured and sold under the business name D.R. Johnson. D.R. Johnson is the first company in the U.S. to receive APA/ANSI certificati...

Cross-laminated Timber School and Mass Timber Research & Development TOURS
http://www.masstimberconference.com/event-agenda/t... [General Information] [Web Page]
International Mass Timber Conference
The highly anticipated mass timber building tours promise outstanding buildings, innovative materials, and plenty of networking with global professionals on this consistently sold out event...

KLH: Benefits
http://www.klhuk.com/product-/benefits.aspx... [General Information] [Web Page]
KLH UK
Building with KLH cross-laminated timber is a truly sustainable alternative to traditional materials, but this is not the only benefit CLT brings to modern construction methods: Cost savings - speed of construction reduces overall programme length which reduces contractors prelims and reduction in overall cost of construction. Time savings - speed of construction provides time savings on programme, and with no wet trades, following trades are on-site quicker. Precision - panels are manufactured...

KLH: Production
http://www.klhuk.com/product-/production.aspx... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page]
KLH UK
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KLH: Panel Surface Quality
http://www.klhuk.com/product-/panel-surface-qualit... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page]
KLH UK
Wood as a natural material is highly varied in its structure and has many natural characteristics. Often such characteristics can impair its visual appearance. Common visual characteristics are knots, annual rings and fissures. The surface appearance of KLH cross-laminated timber panels is dependent on the surface type specified: Domestic Visual Quality (DVQ) - the surface lamellae are planed and sanded. At a moisture content of 12% +/- 2% a maximum gap width of 2mm between the lamellae is ...

KLH: Technical
http://www.klhuk.com/product-/technical.aspx... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page]
KLH UK
The following describes an overview of the technical characteristics of KLH cross-laminated timber panels: The maximum dimensions of panels we produce are: 16.50m long and 2.95m wide, for transport reasons the typical length shipped to the UK will be 13.50m. Standard panel thicknesses range between 60 - 320mm, but panels can be created up to 500mm thick if required. The number of lamellae layers ranges between 3 - 9 layers. The dimensional stability ( moisture) of panels in plane : negligibl...