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The Eden project - a waste neutral strategy in construction and operation
https://www.trada.co.uk/publications/other-technic... [Markets] [Report] TRADA Life-cycle costing is a decision-making technique which takes into account both initial and future costs. For buildings and structures this usually means considering not just capital costs but relevant costs in use (operational costs) such as maintenance, component replacement, utilities, managing the asset for a given period, and end-of-life costs.... |
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The timber industry...... A time for change
https://www.trada.co.uk/publications/other-technic... [Markets] [Report] TRADA The results of Phase two of a government-sponsored Competitiveness Study, 1995-98. This report concentrates on the industry s customers -builders and construction industry clients. Survey results pinpoint areas where the timber industry can improve performance. Case studies highlight five challenges to existing practices and beliefs to demonstrate the benefits and advantages that can be achieved through change.... |
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New growth, new competitiveness. The timber industry: A strategic study for incr
https://www.trada.co.uk/publications/other-technic... [Markets] [Report] TRADA This first report of an industry-wide competitiveness study presents the results of two major market research surveys. End use studies quantify the volumes of timber passing along the wood chain from sawmills, importers, merchants, product manufacturers, distributors to end-use markets. The results of a qualitative study into the needs of product manufacturers can be used to drive process improvements and improve efficiency.... |
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Eurocode 5 and CE Marking
https://www.trada.co.uk/publications/magazine-arti... [Standards/Building code] [Report] TRADA ... |
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Surveys of timber frame houses
https://www.trada.co.uk/publications/wood-informat... [General Information] [Web Page] TRADA Professionals undertaking surveys of timber frame buildings should have an understanding of the overall design and typical detailing employed in this form of construction. The approach to surveying a timber framed house is no different from that used for other methods of construction. There are many similarities with brick and block construction that can make timber framed houses hard to spot, but there are also tell-tale differences. This Wood Information Sheet (WIS) concentrates on details wh... |
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Lauren Garetto, Author
https://oregonclt.com/author/laurengaretto... [Other] [Others] Oregon CLT ... |
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Mass Timber Assemblies Earn New Fire Rating
https://oregonclt.com/tag/cross-laminated-timber... [Fire Performance] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Lauren Garetto As the first U.S. certified manufacturer of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), D.R. Johnson (DRJ) is dedicated to showing the benefits of using this innovative building material. To accomplish this, DRJ has partnered with many academic institutions and industry leaders to showcase CLT and glulam’s ability to withstand everything from seismic events to fire blasts. Most recently, DRJ joined the Softwood Lumber Board, Arup and MyTiCon to participate in fire testing of glulam beam-to-column connectors i... |
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Mass Timber Assemblies Earn New Fire Rating
https://oregonclt.com/tag/fire-testing... [Fire Performance] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Lauren Garetto As the first U.S. certified manufacturer of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), D.R. Johnson (DRJ) is dedicated to showing the benefits of using this innovative building material. To accomplish this, DRJ has partnered with many academic institutions and industry leaders to showcase CLT and glulam’s ability to withstand everything from seismic events to fire blasts. Most recently, DRJ joined the Softwood Lumber Board, Arup and MyTiCon to participate in fire testing of glulam beam-to-column connectors i... |
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Wood Innovation Archives - Mass Timber Assemblies Earn New Fire Rating
https://oregonclt.com/tag/wood-innovation... [Fire Performance] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Lauren Garetto As the first U.S. certified manufacturer of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), D.R. Johnson (DRJ) is dedicated to showing the benefits of using this innovative building material. To accomplish this, DRJ has partnered with many academic institutions and industry leaders to showcase CLT and glulam’s ability to withstand everything from seismic events to fire blasts. Most recently, DRJ joined the Softwood Lumber Board, Arup and MyTiCon to participate in fire testing of glulam beam-to-column connectors ... |
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Herrington Recovery Center
https://www.thinkwood.com/our-projects/herrington-... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page] ThinkWood New Recovery ExperienceOwned and operated by Rogers Memorial Hospital, the Herrington Recovery Center is located on a picturesque lake in central Wisconsin. When it was completed in October 2009, the Center provided its patients with a completely new recovery experience. Designed to blend harmoniously with the lakefront setting, the three-story structure combines natural materials with scenic views to create a tranquil recovery environment. In fact, one patient described his stay by saying, “Th... |
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LVL investment receiving European Regional Development Fund
http://buildingandliving.storaenso.com/ProductsSer... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page] Stora Enso Stora Enso s LVL mill investment has received a public fund from Sustainable growth and jobs 2014-2020 - Finland s structural funds programme in the area of Competiveness of SMEs European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) from European Commission. The aim of the ERDF is to increase employment and strengthen the competitiveness and vitality of regions. In the efforts to increase employment, the focus is on regions with the lowest employment rates. Stora Enso announced in February 2015 that it is... |
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Utbindning: Pågående arbeten
http://www.byggmek.lth.se/utbildning/examensarbete... [Raw Materials] [Others] Byggnadsmekanik ... |
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Redstone Hotel
https://www.nordic.ca/en/projects/structures/redst... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page] Nordic Structures The first cross-laminated timber (CLT) hotel constructed in North America, this 4 story, 92 unit hotel serves the lodging needs of the Redstone Arsenal Base. The walls, floors/ceilings, and stair and elevator shafts feature 1606 m3 of CLT and 34 m3 of glulam.... |
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Maicasagi Bridge
https://www.nordic.ca/en/projects/structures/maica... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page] Nordic Structures An innovative approach was required to provide a structure capable of traversing such a wide river. Creating a box-beam structure using cross-laminated timber webs screwed to structural glued-laminated timber beams enables this 68 m long span to handle very heavy loads.... |
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Computational Design with Timber
https://structurecraft.com/blog/computational-desi... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2018 Lucas Epp Over the last 10 years, the field of computational design has taken the building industry by storm. The meteoric rise of this new paradigm amongst designers can largely be attributed to the emergence of new user-friendly software tools. These tools enable the creation of parametric scripts by designers, without requiring computer programming skills. Use of computational design has now become de rigueur in leading architectural and engineering practices worldwide, particularly in geometrically co... |
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A celebration for Canada s 150th Anniversary - the National Arts Centre Rejuvenation
https://structurecraft.com/blog/a-celebration-for-... [Commercial/Company Information] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Pietro Vinco da Sesso Early 2016, StructureCraft began to work with Diamond Schmitt, Fast + Epp, and PCL to design and build the new feature roof portion of the project (shown above). Successfully completing this project in proper time for July 1st of 2017 required a significant amount of ingenuity and teamwork. The façade has columns ranging from 30 to 50 ft. long, all supporting hybrid panels of varied sizes. These triangular roof panels are comprised of trapezoidal glulam segments of continually varying depths fa... |
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The new StructureCraft Abbotsford Shop
https://structurecraft.com/blog/update-on-new-sc-a... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Justin Brown A major milestone in the construction of the shop will be the installation and commissioning of the overhead cranes. The crane brackets were mounted to the columns prior to erection, and part of the crane connection at the wall locations was preinstalled such that a few bolts would be the nominal on-site installation work to install the wall brackets. We have also recently completed the construction of the shop office. This two storey structure consists of typical stud wall framing, glulam beam... |
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Cordova Bay Elementary School-project overview
https://structurecraft.com/blog/cordova-bay-elemen... [Case Study/Projects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017 Pietro Vinco da Sesso StructureCraft was involved in a number of areas for this seismic upgrade and renovation for the Cordova Bay Elementary School including Design-Assist services, European CLT (cross-laminated timber) procurement and installation, glulam procurement, manufacturing, and installation, as well as NLT (nail-laminated timber) manufacturing and installation. Through consultation with the owner, our team applied a mixture of different mass timber products to the various components of the structure with ... |
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2011 Seminars
https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/2011-sem... [General Information] [Web Page] WoodSolutions An informative and inspirational one day seminar series featuring international and Australasian speakers - WoodSolutions 2011 is programmed for architects, engineers and building design professionals. • Monday 5 September - Adelaide• Tuesday 6 September - Sydney• Thursday 8 September - MelbourneRenowned in Europe for his inspirational design of technically advanced low energy buildings, Hermann s work meets Europe s most stringent energy saving standard, Passivhaus. Hermann has won awards incl... |
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AccuRate ECO2 Module carbon calculator & life cycle analyser software
https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/accurate... [Environmental Performance] [Web Page] WoodSolutions Now you can do even more to evaluate the environmental aspects of building design with AccuRate. The new ECO2 module, enables Accurate to calculate the embodied CO2 in a proposed design. An ECO2 module has been developed for integration into AccuRate by CSIRO s National Climate Adaptation Flagship with co-investment from Forest and Wood Products Australia Ltd (FWPA). AccuRate is fully featured software developed by CSIRO for rating the energy efficiency of residential building designs. The term ... |
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