TRADA Technology, in consultation with sister company CCB Evolution, has now published four guidance documents on cross-laminated timber (CL), including a worked example of a 12-storey building constructed to Eurocode 5.
The complete series includes two Wood Information Sheets, Cross-laminated timber: introduction for specifiers and Cross-laminated timber: structural principles. More detailed guidance on the design of CL structures is given in Guidance Document GD10: Cross-laminated timber - design guide for project feasibility, along with Guidance Document Worked Example 12-storey building of cross-laminated timber (Eurocode 5). Great savings can be made when ordering all four as part of a new pack added to the TRADA Bookshop.
Cross-laminated timber offers opportunities to use timber in situations where designers would normally use traditional materials such as steel, concrete and masonry. As with any new structural material, TRADA stresses, it is essential that designers understand how to achieve its potential while respecting its limitations. The CL series considers the product from manufacture to end use, including general erection principles.
Buy the complete package as a single download for just £40.00 (TRADA members) or £84.00 (non-members).
Alternatively, each of the documents are available as separate PDFs:
TRADA members can also access the full case study just added to the TRADA webstie featuring the Stadthaus, Murray Grove. This is the tallest habitable timber building in the world and covers eight storeys of appartments featuring cross-laminated timber panels.
Click here to visit the Bookshop or email . A limited number of printed copies are available to members only on application.
