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Woodsfield pavilion at BuildTech Asia 2015 Singapore Expo.
The Malaysian Pavilion at Expo Milano 2015.
XLAM Dolomiti office building, Italy.
Crops for the Future Research Centre( CFFRC).
Building with wood- the right solution Woodsfield pioneers in Tropical Hardwood Glulam Timber.
THE USE OF timber in structures represents one of the most promising approaches to meeting the urgent needs for sustainability, environment friendliness and CO2 emission reduction in building technology. It was therefore no surprise for WOODSFIELD Group of Companies, to take its experience from a timber supplier for building, heavy construction and oil and gas industry to the next level, pioneering in engineered timber specifically Glue-laminated timber( glulam).
As the first local company to introduce glulam technology into the country using Malaysian tropical hardwood, Woodsfield Glulam Manufacturing Sdn Bhd is today a leading glulam manufacturer in Malaysia, with a number of projects at home and abroad. These projects include the Malaysian Timber Industry Board( MTIB) Galeri Glulam in Johor Bahru; Crops for the Future Research Centre( CFFRC), University of Nottingham Kuala Lumpur; and the Malaysian Pavilion at Milano Expo 2015 as well as several in-house projects.
GLULAM is manufactured by gluing together individual pieces of off-cut timber under controlled conditions to produce a single large span beam or column as a structural building material. The benefits of glulam technology are numerous such as ability to achieve long span structure, better strength to weight ration compared to other building materials. Glulam timber using Tropical Hardwood has
smaller dimension compared to softwood glulam for same design load. Tropical Hardwood Glulam has good resistance to fire( better charring rate value compared to the softwood Glulam). The issue on durability and longevity of timber structures can be solved with good treatment methods and maintenance.
CLT is an engineered wood panel typically consisting of three, five, or seven layers of dimension timber oriented at right angles to one another and then glued to form structural panels with exceptional strength, dimensional stability and rigidity. It is used for long spans in floors, walls, roofs. CLT offers the structural simplicity needed for cost effective buildings, fast installation, reduced waste, improved thermal performance, structural integrity and design versatility.
Moving forward, in collaboration with their Italian principle XLAM Dolomiti, Woodsfield will be taking on projects using Cross Laminated Timber Wooden Panels or CLT, from design and production through to the final installation. As Glulam and CLT products complement each other in the timber building construction, the collaboration aims to promote wood as the material of the future for buildings by introducing the technology and innovation to this part of the world. �
More information at www. woodsfieldgroup. com.
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