{"id":14799,"date":"2024-08-07T18:45:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T08:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=14799"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:17:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:17:29","slug":"why-full-scale-post-and-plate-is-the-next-step-for-mass-timber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/why-full-scale-post-and-plate-is-the-next-step-for-mass-timber\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Full-Scale Post-and-Plate is the Next Step for Mass Timber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Point-and-plate construction systems could be recognised in building standards worldwide, with global engineering firm Fast + Epp investing in full-scale panel testing, which, if successful, will see the point-supported cross-laminated timber flooring systems incorporated into Canada’s Building Code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes amid a growing push by the Trudeau government to embrace mass timber construction systems to address the country’s housing crisis <\/a>– with Canada, a signatory of the coalition of nations that will incentivise wooden construction to meet net-zero targets.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing to use mass timber, panalisation and 3D printing to drive new housing on an industrial scale. (Photo Credit: The Canadian Press \/ Alamy Stock Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fast + Epp is a leader in timber-based engineering and, through its Mass Timber Concept Lab, claims to “create structurally efficient, sustainably sourced, and architecturally striking structures.”<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its past projects include UBC Tallwood House at Brock Commons (once the tallest mass timber building in the world, Limberlost Place and BCIT Tall Timber Student Housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with the Canadian Government and the Prince George’s University of Northern British Columbia, it has already conducted 180 tests across 30 different configurations. “Including different wood species, manufacturers, panel grades, screw reinforcing patterns, panel thicknesses and geometries, column types and locations and baseplate geometries.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal, according to Fast + Epp, is not only for point-supported CLT to be embraced in Canadian building codes but “to help engineers better understand how to design, analyse and detail panels for their projects, maximising the use of timber as a sustainable resource.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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