Cross-Laminated Timber Handbook

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Cross-Laminated Timber Handbook

Author: Erol Karacabeyli, Brad Douglas - editors | Size: 33.32 MB | Format: PDF | Quality: Original preprint | Publisher: FPInnovations | Year: 2013 | pages: 570 | ISBN: 9780864885531

Expansion into mid-rise, high-rise and non-residential applications presents one of the most promising avenues for the North American wood industry to diversify its end use markets. This may be achieved by:
■ Designing to new building heights with Light Frame Wood Construction
■ Revival of Heavy Timber Frame Construction
■ Adoption of Cross-laminated Timber (CLT)
■ Facilitating Hybrid Construction
There are concerted efforts both in Canada and in the United States towards realizing that goal. In fact, the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Quebec went even further and created specific initiatives to support the use of wood in those applications.
This Handbook is focused on one of these options – adoption of cross-laminated timber (CLT). CLT is an innovative wood product that was introduced in the early 1990s in Austria and Germany and has been gaining popularity in residential and non-residential applications in Europe. The Research and Standards Subcommittee of the industry’s CLT Steering Committee identified CLT as a great addition to the wood product toolbox” and"expects CLT to enhance the re-introduction of wood-based systems in applications such as 5- to 10-story buildings where heavy timber systems were used a century ago. Several manufacturers have started to produce CLT in North America, and their products have already been used in the construction of a number of buildings.
CLT, like other structural wood-based products, lends itself well to prefabrication, resulting in very rapid construction, and dismantling at the end of its service life. The added benefit of being made from a renewable resource makes all wood-based systems desirable from a sustainability point of view.

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