Cross Laminated Timber: A Sustainable Option in the World of Construction
Open Access
- Author:
- Searles, Laura Kathryn Winifred
- Area of Honors:
- Civil Engineering
- Degree:
- Bachelor of Science
- Document Type:
- Thesis
- Thesis Supervisors:
- Ali M Memari, Thesis Supervisor
Eric Todd Donnell, Honors Advisor - Keywords:
- wood
sustainable
American Wood Council
environmental impacts of wood
cross laminated timber
clt
nlt
glulam
glued laminated timber
wood vs concrete
wood vs steel
Laura Searles
Stadthaus
Crossroads
Earth Sciences Building
forte
renewable
wood in construction
high-rise
high-rise timber
seismic performance of CLT
fire codes
seismic loads
economics of clt
mass timber
timber
engineered timber
carbon sequestration
FEMA P695
ASCE - Abstract:
- The construction industry uses many energy-intensive, non-sustainable products like concrete and steel to construct high-rise buildings. While there are three main types of timber that can be used in modern construction, there is only one type that can be used to build high-rise buildings comparably to steel and concrete because of its high axial load and high dimensional stability. That type is cross laminated timber (CLT). There are many advantages to CLT because it is a sustainable material that requires less manual labor and time. However, it is not well known yet in the construction world and has some design drawbacks as well. Recent developments with seismic analyses by the American Wood Council, Jeena Jayamon, and Dr. Finley Charney led to a study done over the summer of 2016 in which CLT was compared to other wood-based designs. With more testing and reliably designed buildings, this sustainable, efficient material could be one of the forerunners in construction in years to come.