Cross Laminated Timber

From concept to completion, B & K Structures has all the essential knowledge and data to create solid wood structures from design through to installation. B & K Structures is part of a partnership that is at the European forefront of research and development in the CLT sector. Having carried out fire, seismic, strength and lifting studies, we offer unrivalled information and technical data for all professions at every stage of the planning, design and construction process.

Cross laminated Timber, also known as X-LAM, is a structural two-way spanning timber panel that can be used to form Walls, roof and floor panels as well as shear walls. It is produced in a similar way to glulam by stacking a number of layers of timber, known as lamellas, at 90 to the layer below and subsequently glued to create panels of up to 24m in length and 2,950mm in width, which can encompass between 3 and 7 layers.

CLT is generally manufactured from Spruce but can also be manufactured from Larch, White Fir, Douglas Fir and can be manufactured for exposed, internal areas or in non-visible quality and can be clad in any number of materials.