TY - GEN
T1 - Status of cross-laminated timber in North America
AU - Espinoza, Omar
AU - Buehlmann, Urs
AU - Laguarda-Mallo, Maria Fernanda
AU - Trujillo, Vladimir Rodríguez
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This study surveyed experts on Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) on their perspectives about research with the most positive impact on the advancement of CLT as building material in North America. Results from this study show that CLT experts in North America believe that architects are relatively well informed about CLT compared with other construction professionals, where awareness of CLT is low. The most important barriers to the adoption of CLT in North America are: the existing misperceptions held by building industry professionals about wood, and thus about CLT; the missing technical information about CLT as a building system; and the compatibility of CLT with the building codes. Research is most urgently needed to further evaluate CLT's seismic and fire properties, and the performance of connectors and fasteners employed in CLT buildings.
AB - This study surveyed experts on Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) on their perspectives about research with the most positive impact on the advancement of CLT as building material in North America. Results from this study show that CLT experts in North America believe that architects are relatively well informed about CLT compared with other construction professionals, where awareness of CLT is low. The most important barriers to the adoption of CLT in North America are: the existing misperceptions held by building industry professionals about wood, and thus about CLT; the missing technical information about CLT as a building system; and the compatibility of CLT with the building codes. Research is most urgently needed to further evaluate CLT's seismic and fire properties, and the performance of connectors and fasteners employed in CLT buildings.
KW - Awareness
KW - CLT
KW - Cross-Laminated Timber
KW - Engineered wood products
KW - Research needs
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85010976705
T3 - WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering
BT - WCTE 2016 - World Conference on Timber Engineering
PB - Vienna University of Technology
T2 - 2016 World Conference on Timber Engineering, WCTE 2016
Y2 - 22 August 2016 through 25 August 2016
ER -