The possibilities for engineered wood construction are redefined by glue laminated
timber (Glulam). Composed of individual pieces of dimension lumber, glulam
is an engineered wood product that optimizes the structural values of a renewable
resource – wood. Individual pieces of dimension lumber compose the glulams
with pieces end-joined together to produce long lengths. This allows smaller
trees of a variety of species to be harvested from second and third-growth
forests and plantations instead of old growth-dependent solid-sawn timbers.
Pound for pound, glulam is stronger than steel. When set against comparable
dimensional lumber, glulam has greater strength and stiffness. This allows
for long distances to be spanned with minimal need for intermediate supports.
Designers and engineers have virtually unlimited design flexibility with
this advantage, no matter if the application is home construction, a commercial
warehouse roof, or a highway bridge.
Glulam meets a current need to optimize products from a carefully managed timber
resource, but that does not mean that they are a new product. A 153-foot
arch span was built in an auditorium in 1893 in Basel, Switzerland. The USDA
Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin erected a glulam structure
in 1934 and is still in service today. With a manufacturing standard set
in 1963, glulam has a history of quality.
Contact us today to see how Timber Systems can provide you a glulam structure
that will meet your needs for the next 100 years.
Timber Systems
162 S. Saginaw
Lapeer, Michigan 48446
Phone: 810.245.6212
Fax: 810.245.6214
E-mail: info@timbersystems.com
Web site: www.timbersystems.com
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