Mass timber is a category of framing styles typically characterized by the use of large solid wood panels
used in wall, floor, and roof construction. Products in the mass timber family included Cross-Laminated
Timber (CLT), Glued-Laminated Timbers (glulam), Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT), and Structural
Composite Lumber (SCL) such as Laminated-Veneer Lumber (LVL), Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL), and
Mass Plywood Panels (MPP). Source: reThink Wood – Mass Timber in North America.
Mass Timber in North America
reThink Wood
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)
Maureen Puettmann, Arijit Sinha, Indroneil Ganguly
Glue Laminated Timbers in the Pacific Northwest
Tait Bowers, Maureen Puettmann, Indroneil Ganguly, Ivan Eastin
Glue Laminated Timbers in the Southeast
Tait Bowers, Maureen Puettmann, Indroneil Ganguly, Ivan Eastin
Laminated Veneer Lumber in the Pacific Northwest
Richard Bergman, Sevda Alanya-Rosenbaum
Laminated Veneer Lumber in the Southeast
Richard Bergman, Sevda Alanya-Rosenbaum
Cradle-To-Gate Life-Cycle Assessment of North American Laminated Strand Lumber Production
CORRIM and WoodLife Environmental Consultants