A timber school for Vienna - with CLT from Stora Enso
http://www.clt.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/201... [Case Study/Projects] [Others] 2014
Stora Enso
: A total of 44 new primary school classrooms are to be built in Vienna by the end of 2015. The CLT modules for the first school annex, on Karl-Toldt-Weg in Vienna Penzing, were delivered to Vienna on 7th July. There, the modules were assembled within a very short construction time. CLT stands for quick and clean construction. The high degree of prefabrication reduces construction time. Dust and noise exposure are reduced and it saves costs, explains Herbert Jöbstl, SVP of Stora Enso Building an...

A feel-good factory: Stora Enso delivers CLT
http://www.clt.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/201... [Case Study/Projects] [Others] 2014
Stora Enso
On 9th May, SimonsVoss Technologies inaugurated a new production site in Central Germany. The building complex is characterised by a sustainable overall concept – in addition to ecological earthwork and the use of renewable energy sources, the use of CLT solid wood elements stands at the centre of this idea. In addition to the environmental benefits, the use of solid wood also brings a noticeable feel-good factor the workforce. Stora Enso Building and Living supplied the CLT solid wood elements ...

Non-profit housing uses timber construction
http://www.clt.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/201... [Case Study/Projects] [Others] 2014
Stora Enso
The Frieden housing cooperative is among the top ten nonprofit property developers in Austria. With the CLT solid timber constructions in the Traismauer municipality, they are now a pioneer in relation to quality of life and ecology. For Stora Enso, the Gemeinlebarn project is a strong indication that timber structures are increasingly on the rise says Herbert Jöbstl, SVP of Stora Enso Building and Living in Central Europe. ...

First multi-storey timber construction by Stora Enso in Hamburg – CLT comes from Austria
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Stora Enso
Construction of a multi-storey residential complex, made of solid wood, has completed in Hamburg and the residents have now moved in. The demands of private company, BaugemeinschaftPlan_A, were high from the outset. A total of eleven families have created a shared living space that meets the highest ecological requirements and facilitates flexible space solutions. The architecture is attractive yet functional. Due to the high degree of prefabrication of CLT elements, the construction period can ...

Largest timber construction project in Europe made in Austria completed
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Stora Enso
The new residential complex in Via Cenni in Milan is the European figurehead for social housing in multi-storey timber construction - a true symbol of sustainability. It was completed in October 2013 and in November the first tenants moved in. On a total area of 17,000 square metres, 124 apartments were built and 6,100 cubic metres of CLT was installed. The reasons for using CLT include earthquake safety, rapid construction time, the sustainability aspect and its good insulation properties....

Screwed Joints in Cross Laminated Timber Structures
http://schd.ws/hosted_files/wcte2014/28/ABS473_Fla... [Connectors] [Conference Paper] 2014
Georg Flatscher, Katarina Bratulic, Gerhard Schickhofer
Approximately 60% of all joints in solid timber structures assembled with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) are realised with screws. Although, the behaviour of axially loaded self-tapping single screws is already well known, only minor experiences are available regarding the behaviour of screwed wall joints. Furthermore, since seismic resistance of CLT structures depends to a great amount on the connections ability to dissipate energy, it is important to extend the knowledge on their behaviour more...

Fire Safety Program - ME 720 Structural Fire Resistance
https://uwaterloo.ca/fire-research-and-safety/site... [Fire Performance] [Report]
University of Waterloo
This course is a basic course on the design and analysis of structures exposed to fire. It aims to enhance student understanding of the behavior of materials and structural systems under fire load and introduce them to the principles and rational design method-ologies for fire resistance design. Through class discussions, practical examples and case studies, students will obtain the background required to design buildings for fire resistance, gain experience with applications of fire resistance ...

Recreation Centers
http://atlanticwoodworks.ca/wp-content/uploads/201... [Case Study/Projects] [Report] 2014
WoodWorks
Recreation is synonymous with healthy living. While people are quick to promote the latest trends in physical activity, there’s something to be said for things that are tried and true. Things like throwing a baseball around after dinner, walking to the store instead of driving, and participating in the plethora of activities offered by your local recreation center. Long deemed the go-to gathering place for people looking to be active and social within their communities, recreation centers are th...

2018 Wood Design Awards - Winner
http://files.newswire.ca/1081/WW2018Winners.pdf... [Other] [Report] 2018
WoodWorks
This low-slung and modest house belies an inner complexity and spatial variety in plan. It is a comprehensive tribute to wood with an efficient and ambitious engineered wood structure, delicate yet robust courtyard screening, and hard-wearing traditional board and batten cladding that will last hundreds of years. A minimum number of 2x6 light wood-frame shear walls were sculpted and carved to allow for large windows and doors in all spaces. Soaring engineered LVL (laminated veneer lumber) beams ...

3D Modeling and Virtual Mockup Building as Teaching Tools in AEC Materials and Methods Curricula
http://ascpro0.ascweb.org/archives/2014/CEUE215002... [Other] [Conference Paper] 2014
Alexander C. Schreyer
A set of virtual mockup 3D modeling exercises is being presented in this paper for the curriculum of a typical construction materials and methods class. The goal of these exercises is to enhance students spatial awareness of construction assemblies and therefore lay a better foundation for their success in higher-level courses and their professional practice. Furthermore, these exercises allow instructors to scale hands-on components of their classes and facilitate virtual/online learning in th...

Point support of CLT: Analysis sample and theoretical background
http://www.clt.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CLT... [Commercial/Company Information] [Report] 2015
Stora Enso
This document shall explain point support situations on CLT in a practical way, by means of an analysis sample. CLT is a load bearing shell element (or slab) that is capable of spanning in 2 directions. This capability makes point supports very attractive. A typical situation would be a CLT slab that is directly supported by a column, without a beam as load distributing element in between. Such structures can create very efficient and elegant solutions. There are not many research documents rela...

Environmental Impacts of Structural Systems what Life Cycle Assessment Reveals
http://www.woodworks.org/wp-content/uploads/mn_wsf... [Environmental Performance] [Presentation] 2013
Jim Bowyer
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Product Information
http://www.derix.de/data/Product_Information_Germa... [Commercial/Company Information] [Report] 2015
AkzoNobel
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Diagonal Compression Test on Cross-Laminated Timber
http://schd.ws/hosted_files/wcte2014/ef/ABS153_Tom... [Mechanical Performance] [Conference Paper] 2014
Mauro Andreolli, Roberto Tomasi
The use of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) as structural element for shear walls and floors in multi-storey buildings has become very popular in the recent years in Europe. In many situations it is necessary to characterize the mechanical properties for CLT-elements subjected to in-plane loads, such as in the case of walls elements under lateral loads, deep beams or lintel beams realized in CLT. Many recent research works have been devoted to the definition of a proper test arrangement in order to ...

Overview of the NEES-Soft Experimental Program for Seismic Risk Reduction of Soft-Story Woodframe Buildings
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2014/fpl_201... [Seismic Performance] [Report] 2014
John W Van De Lindt, Pouria Bahmani, Steven E Pryor, Gary Mochizuki, Mikhail Gershfeld, Weichiang Pang, Ershad Ziaei, Elaina N Jennings, Michael D Symans, Xiaoyun Shao, Jingjing Tian, Doug Rammer
The existence of thousands of soft-story woodframe buildings in California has been recognized as a disaster preparedness problem resulting in mitigation efforts throughout the state. The considerable presence of these large multi-family buildings in San Francisco prompted the city to mandate their retrofitting over the next seven years. The NEES-Soft project, whose full title is “Seismic Risk Reduction for SoftStory Woodframe Buildings,” is a five-university multi-industry three-year project wh...

Height and Area Considerations for Commercial Wood Buildings
http://www.awc.org/pdf/codes-standards/publication... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2013
Paul D. Coats, Dennis Richardson
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Changes to the 2015 National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction
http://www.awc.org/pdf/codes-standards/publication... [Standards/Building code] [Standard] 2015
John Showalter, Bradford K. Douglas, Michelle Kam-Biron
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Office Buildings
http://atlanticwoodworks.ca/wp-content/uploads/201... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Report] 2015
WoodWorks
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Glulam Beam Repair/Reinforcement
http://www.structuremag.org/wp-content/uploads/201... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2014
Gary W. Gray, Paul C. Gilham
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Michigan Forest Bioeconomy Conference: Keynote Speaker Biographies
http://mifbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Speake... [General Information] [Others] 2017
mifbi
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