Floor Cassette Systemsįloor cassette systems are made up of a number of parts. This composite can include service penetrations throughout, and be used to create ‘cassette systems’. Offering new construction advantages, hybrid timber-steel and timber-concrete systems have already been used to build many projects around the world.Ī recent Australian innovation is the hybrid LVL-steel I-Beam product, which is essentially a steel web with LVL flanges. These types of systems are being developed into ‘sandwich panels’, where insulating materials are incorporated into the panels for external walls, roof sections and the like.Īnother ‘evolution’ is the rise of hybrid structures, which have entered into the mainstream building industry consciousness as an alternative to steel and concrete. Here, a hollow core takes the weight out of the panels whilst still allowing large spans. Hollow-core CLT floor and wall systems are yet another example of new developments. CLT panels with LVL outer layers, which give the product greater structural capacity with the same slab depth, are also available. Cross-banded LVL (LVL-C), whereby some LVL members are made with a few laminations laid up at right angles to enhance the strength of the member, is one such innovation.
Read more about: Why and how Australia’s poised to build tall timber LVL CLT GlulamĮngineered timber products like glued laminated timber (Glulam), laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and cross laminated timber (CLT) are gaining traction in many countries for multi-residential and commercial buildings.Īt the same time, further advances are being made with a variety of other timber innovations.
#Lvl flooring series#
This article is part of a series of engineered timber articles looking at the advantages and possibilities of mass timber construction, as well as its growing uptake in the Australian building and construction industry. Exhibitions, Associations & Information.Ceilings, Internal Wall Materials & Partitioning.
0 kommentar(er)
