Guide to assessing CLT surface quality

Guide to assessing clT surface quality

Jan Brundin, Gert Eriksson and Patrice

Godonou

Swedish Wood (Eng) 978-91-985213-3-7

Over the past decade, cross laminated timber (CLT) has become a popular choice in construction. More and more people of all projects are specifying CLT, as an attractive, sustainable, high quality and competitive construction material. CLT is now used for the structural frame in all kinds of buildings, including apartment blocks, schools, administrative buildings, commercial buildings, halls and car parks.

This growing use of CLT is also increasingly prompting questions about what surface quality the client can expect, not least in buildings designed to have visible CLT surfaces. The end user might contact the CLT manufacturer once the building has been in use for a while, to ask questions about changes in appearance that

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The Guide to assessing CLT surface quality is intended to provide support for developers, project managers, architects, purchasers and gothenburg, sweden

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Expected changes in CLT 12–24 months after delivery

others at the start of a project and for inspectors and contractors at the end.

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