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CLT / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Wood and organic materials

Mid-rise construction time-lapse video with CLT & glulam beams

...CLT wood panels for the Arbora mid-rise were constructed quickly with only 7 on-site workers, giving a nearly 600,000 sq. ft. surface area that was finished to create a community of 273 condominiums, 30 townhouses and 130 rental units for a total of over 430 residential units. Over 1700 tons of carbon was sequestered i...

Wood and organic materials

The construction of mid-rise residential buildings in Canada - wood or concrete?

...CLT and glulam wood products? CLT is an abbreviation of cross laminated timber and glulam is a contraction of glue-laminated timber. CLT and glulam are made of the same material - timber lamellas (sometimes called lamstock) that are glued together. These products are also sometimes called mass timber products or engine...

Wood and organic materials

Two new options of mass timber panels

...CLT due to its speed of production and efficiency (10 to 20% more efficient than the CLT) Excellent resistance to fire. Disadvantages: A significant change in humidity may cause greater movement than with CLT panels The fibers are all oriented in the same direction, so the panels do not have the same shear strength a...