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Multi-Scale Characterisation of the Fire Hazards of Timber Cladding

Fire
Timber-clad facades, traditionally prevalent in North America and Scandinavia, are gaining popularity in central Europe and the UK for applications beyond low-rise buildings. Timber differs from typical cladding materials, such as masonry, due to its non-
Danny Hopkin, Michael Spearpoint, Yorgos Kanellopoulos, Carmen Gorska, Chris Mayfield   +4 more
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ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS OF INNOVATIVE CONNECTIONS FOR POSTAND-BEAM MASS TIMBER BUILDINGS

World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025
The design of structural robustness and the prevention of disproportionate collapses in mass timber buildings are becoming relevant considerations due to the increasing height of these buildings. Despite the number of multistory timber buildings has rapidly increased during the last decade, current codes lack specific guidance on mitigating ...
Rucci M., Di Paolo A., Callegari E., Sestigiani L., Benatti M., Pozza L.   +5 more
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Enhancing the fire performance of engineered mass timber and its implications to the fire safety strategy

, 2018
Engineered mass timber elements made of cross-laminated timber (CLT), glue laminated timber (glulam) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) are an alternative to steel and concrete beams and panels.
Osorio, Andres F., Evans, Philip D., Hidalgo, Juan P.   +2 more
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Decay and extinction of mass timber enclosure fires

The invention of engineered timber products such as cross laminated timber and glue laminated timber has enabled buildings to be entirely or partly made of timber, where the timber makes up the structural elements such as slabs, walls, columns and beams.
Ahmed Ali Awadallah, Ali
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Using Mass Timber in Multi-Storey and Non-Residential Construction Projects: Motivations and Barriers for Professionals in Quebec

BioResources
Despite their environmental benefits and technical viability, mass timber structures adoption remains limited. As an alternative to steel and concrete in non-residential and multi-storey construction, they represent only 10.2% of buildings four or fewer ...
Baptiste Giorgio, Aline Barlet, Pierre Blanchet, Matheus R. Cabral, Cédric Perez, Adrien Gaudelas   +5 more
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Carbon intensity of mass timber materials: impacts of sourcing and transportation

Frontiers in Built Environment
Mass timber construction is widely considered a promising alternative construction method to reduce buildings’ total life-cycle carbon emissions because wood is a carbon sink. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, manufactured by gluing lumber layers with
Swaroop Atnoorkar, Omkar A. Ghatpande, Selam L. Haile, Heather E. Goetsch, Chioke B. Harris   +4 more
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Environmental benefits of using an all-wood floor system in midrise office construction: an LCA based comparative case study in the Southeastern United States

Environmental Research Communications
This study presents a cradle-to-grave whole-building life cycle assessment (WBLCA) of two functionally equivalent mid-rise commercial office buildings in Atlanta, Georgia: one constructed using mass timber with an all-wood composite floor system (CLT and
Muzan Williams Ijeoma, Sovanroth Ou, Amin Nabati, Hao Chen, Michael Stoner, Patricia Layton, Dustin Albright, Brandon Ross, Weichiang Pang, Michael Carbajales-Dale   +9 more
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Evaluating the impact of thermal bridges on the thermal performance of concrete and mass timber buildings: Case study in Chile

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
In building energy performance, the complexity of building envelopes in some areas determines a multidirectional heat transfer phenomenon, which, if not considered, would underestimate the actual thermal losses in a building. These phenomena are known as
José Alberto Paz-Pérez, Rafael E. López-Guerrero, Manuel Carpio   +2 more
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Automation opportunities for fabrication of mass timber building components [PDF]

As demand for mass timber building structures rapidly increases, project production systems must increase their delivery efficiency in order to keep pace. This study, focused on the fabrication of glulam columns and beams, therefore proposes that production systems integrate automation into a number of fabrication steps, such as machining, sealing or ...
Coelho, Rafael V., Kemmsies, Martin O., Dagostin, Andre, Marshall, Eric, Tommelein, Iris D.   +4 more
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Design Analysis of Mass Timber and Volumetric Modular Strategies as Counterproposals for an Existing Reinforced Concrete Hotel

Buildings
Construction professionals work in silos and use traditional design and construction methods. The growing demand for rapidly built and high-quality construction is making off-site manufacturing mainstream.
Marie-Laure Filion, Sylvain Ménard, Carlo Carbone, Mohamad Bader Eddin   +3 more
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