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What is Mass Timber?
Mass Timber is a engineered wood product formed by gluing or attaching laminated wood panels to provide exceptional strength and stability.
The production is so flexible that it can be used to build panels, columns, beams, load-bearing structures and even interior decoration.
Mass Timber products are dense, compacted layers of wood that form sturdy load-bearing structural elements that can be fabricated into panel-like components. They are usually formed by rolling, screws or adhesives.
Mass Timber can complement lightweight combination options and is an eco-friendly alternative to carbon-intensive building materials and systems.
Mass Timber Construction
Mass timber construction is an energy efficient construction. It is very useful for high rise buildings. Wood can be produce in large quantity without emitting polluted gases. Mass timber construction is a renewable and sustainable construction. Compare to other building materials, it is very eco-friendly building material. Mass timber is also proven to be structurally robust, meeting the same performance and life safety standards as concrete and steel structures.
Mass Timber Buildings
Building consists of mass timber is known as mass timber building. These types of buildings made by engineered wood. Mass timber buildings are very environment friendly building. Mass timber is an artificial wood that is why its cost is low.
Advantages of Mass Timber
1. Fire Resistant
In a fire, the exposed surface of the solid wood will char on the outside, forming an insulating layer that protects the wood inside from damage. Depending on national regulations, solid wood can be protected with gypsum board panels for damage-free operation in the event of a fire.
2. Structurally Strong
Solid wood combines several load-bearing wooden panels connected by glue, dowels or nails, making it very strong and stable. Layers of solid wood panels can be compressed horizontally or vertically based on the required structural integrity.
3. Low Weight
Solid wood is lightweight and stronger than concrete or steel. Solid wood buildings weigh about one-fifth as much as other concrete buildings, which reduces foundation size, seismic inertia, and embodied energy. Due to its high strength-to-weight ratio, it performs well in seismic activity.
4. Highly Sustainable
Sawn timber is the most important raw material for producing large quantities of wood. Not only is it procured for construction practices, but it is sustainably harvested using best practices.
Using solid wood instead of steel reduces carbon emissions by 15-20%.
5. Cost Effective Construction
Solid wood is not cheap, but in terms of overall performance he is the 25th best, and he requires 90% less construction traffic compared to the construction of concrete buildings.
For particularly time-sensitive projects, solid wood components can be prefabricated and assembled on site. This leads to safer construction sites.