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  2. Glued laminated timber - Wikipedia

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    Glulam brace with plates used for connections Glulam frame of a roof structure. Glued laminated timber, commonly referred to as glulam, is a type of structural engineered wood product constituted by layers of dimensional lumber bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant structural adhesives so that all of the grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis.

  3. Portal frame - Wikipedia

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    The result is wide spans and open floors. Portal frame structures can be constructed using a variety of materials and methods. These include steel, reinforced concrete and laminated timber such as glulam. First developed in the 1960s, they have become the most common form of enclosure for spans of 20 to 60 meters. [2]

  4. Parallel-strand lumber - Wikipedia

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    A PSL block. Parallel-strand lumber (PSL) is a form of engineered wood made from parallel wood strands bonded together with adhesive.It is used for beams, headers, columns, and posts, among other uses.

  5. Cross-laminated timber - Wikipedia

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    Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a subcategory of engineered wood [1] panel product made from gluing together at least three layers [2] of solid-sawn lumber (i.e. lumber cut from a single log). [3] Each layer of boards is usually oriented perpendicular to adjacent layers and glued on the wide faces of each board, usually in a symmetric way so ...

  6. Glulam Gallery - Wikipedia

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    As written on its name, the building is made of glued laminated timber, or glulam in short. [1] The gallery is built on 4.9 hectares of land owned by MTIB and showcases the use of adhesives and wood laminates as a loadbearing architectural structure and building cladding. [4] It uses 39 sets of glulam load-bearing structures made from timbers. [5]

  7. Flitch beam - Wikipedia

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    An 1883 article from The American Architect and Building News compares three alternatives in a hypothetical railway station "in which the second story is devoted to offices, and where we must use girders to support the second floor of 25-foot span, and not less than 12 feet on centres if we can avoid it.

  8. Laminated veneer lumber - Wikipedia

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    The invention of laminated veneer lumber as known today can be attributed to Arthur Troutner. While glue laminated wood veneers were in use since the middle of the 19th century on a small scale for furniture and pianos, Troutner was the first to develop a laminated veneer lumber of a scale large enough to be used in construction.

  9. Gothic-arch barn - Wikipedia

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    The clear span within the loft was important to minimize operating labor costs in filling the loft with stover (feed stock) for animals by using compressed air to blow the fodder into the loft. Storing loose hay was common before compact bales became an easier way to handle, transport, and store hay. As barns were prominent structures, the ...