Mass Timber: The New Building Material
Wood technology is advancing quickly, and our view of what’s possible with timber in the built world is shifting along with it. Traditional post and beam wood construction is now a dated, limiting construct that no longer represents the maturation of the timber industry. So, if not traditional post and beam wood construction, what are we talking about? Mass timber. The Canadian Wood Council defines “mass timber” in the following way: Mass timber products can be formed by mechanically fastening and/or bonding with adhesive smaller wood components such as dimension lumber or wood veneers, strands or fibres to form large pre-fabricated wood elements used as beams, columns, arches, walls, floors and roofs. Products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), nailed-laminated timber (NLT), glued-laminated timber (GLT), laminated strand lumber (LSL), laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and other large-dimensioned structural composite lumber (SCL) products are part of a bigger classification known as ‘mass timber’.” …
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