University of Arkansas Uses Mass Timber for Dorm “Cabin”

By Daedalus Howell
School Construction News
December 4, 2017
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: United States, US East

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — When one thinks about the American south and “a cabin in the woods,” the notion of a large-scale, mass timber interactive learning project probably comes to mind long after the film “Deliverance” let alone the University of Arkansas. …The 708-bed Stadium Drive Residence Halls feature exposed, locally harvested wood structural elements made from mass timber. And what is this “mass timber?” According to the website reThink WOOD (produced by the The Softwood Lumber Board, a Washington, D.C.-based industry funded group that promotes uses of softwood lumber products in outdoor, residential and non-residential construction), mass timber is a category of framing styles often using large panelized solid wood construction. These include cross-laminated timber (CLT), nail-laminated timber, glue-laminated timber, dowel-laminated timber or glulam panels for floor and wall framing.

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