SEISMIC DESIGN OF CROSS-LAMINATED TIMBER BUILDINGS

Abstract

The increasing interest in cross-laminated timber and mass timber construction has resulted in several publications covering manufacturing, use, and code/standard regulations.This special issue of Wood and Fiber Science highlights the differences and similarities in engineering code specifics between several geographic regions, namely Canada, Europe, New Zealand/Australia, and the United States and to a very limited degree Japan.This issue focuses on critical engineering design factors such as seismic performance, connection details, and fire performance, all critical engineering design elements.To a lesser extent, this issue touches on some of the biodegradation issues that must be examined, and the economic and environmental concerns, particularly of Europe and New Zealand/Australia.When we started this project, we hoped to have a full matrix such that we had articles from every region dealing with seismic, connection, fire, economics, and environmental issues.Unfortunately busy schedules and prior commitments have limited us to this partial matrix.