A new study finds that adopting cross-laminated timber as a primary construction material could have significant ...

“No live tests had ever been done on cross-laminated timber,” says Bill Parsons, chief operating officer for WoodWorks Wood Products Council, which organized the seven tests.

In 2018, the NFPA released a study on the fire risk of CLT in tall buildings. The testing process included building six rooms out of 175-millimeter-thick CLT wall panels and lighting them on fire.

With the implementation of the CLT manufacturing in the Southeast Wood Basket, all the components of a mass timber infrastructure are now regionally located, reinforcing a localized construction ...

The Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal totals 62,688 sf and can house 492 occupants. The structure used 1,200 CLT wall panels and 200,000 CLT fasteners. It is the first PAL structure to use ...

expand Joel Andersen, President, Andersen Construction By Erik Siemers – Managing Editor, Portland Business Journal May 25, 2017 Updated May 26, 2017 6:46am PDT ...

In this Nov. 15, 2016, photo, cross-laminated timber, or CLT, beams show a gap during a strength test. CLT is made up of 2-by-4 beams laid out in perpendicular layers that are then glued together ...

The use of CLT allowed the architects to take advantage of time-saving and avoid on-site hardware joinery. The heavy CLT panels used for the roof have also been used as partition walls for bearing ...