Stackable timber modular system debuts in Netherlands

A new five-storey development in Almere, Netherlands built with laminated veneer lumber (LVL) from Finnish company Metsä Group has been touted as a prototype for meeting the high demand for… The post Stackable timber modular system debuts in Netherlands appeared first on Global Construction Review.

European firms unveil concrete-timber hybrid walls

Swedish concrete-element maker Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Finnish company Metsä Wood have developed a wall panel made from layers of concrete, insulation, and load-bearing laminated veneer lumber. They say… The post European firms unveil concrete-timber hybrid walls appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Belinda Carr - Introduction to Mass Timber Construction, everything you need to know! 16052023

Mass timber or Massive Timber is a term for different forms of engineered wood products that perform as structural elements. They can be made of douglas-fir, spruce-pine fir and western hemlock. In this video, Belinda Carr covers the six most popular types of mass timber products.

The Office Group - Structural Changes - Constructing The Black & White Building, 04042022

TOG and Waugh Thistleton Architects talk through the design and construction of the "Black and White building" which was constructed with cross laminate timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL). By building with timber the structure 'trapped' 945 tonnes of embodied carbon

Ryan Smith - Mass Timber Modular, 17052022

This session welcomes Mila Duncheva (UK & Ireland) and Steve Lieberman (North/South America) Business Development Managers for Stora Enso. The discussion includes an overview of mass timber manufacturing and volumetric modular construction with partner fabricators and developers in Europe. As the industry moves from mass timber commodity products to mass timber value add systems, there is an opportunity to realize greater uses for mass timber in housing development

nla - 21st century timber, 10102022

Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects, leaders in designing with engineered timber and tall timber buildings, talks to Peter Murray about the new Black and White office building in Shoreditch, almost completely assembled using mass timber components, and the safety issues related to timber in residential construction.

BE-ST- Low Carbon Learning, Fabric and Structure - Module 3, Mass Timber Solutions Module, 11052022

Focusing on new homegrown products this module considers the whole life cycle analysis from forest floor to built environment .. supporting designers, specifiers, procurement, etc, to consider the full process (growing/felling/milling/optimising/drying/hauling/manufacturing) to ensure that the lowest embodied carbon options are chosen for the built environment and begin the transitional culture change from focusing on operational carbon, to the embodied carbon of specified construction materials