About the author  ⁄ Kelsey West, P.E.

Kelsey West is a Mass Timber Sales Specialist at RedBuilt.

The building community has rediscovered the oldest building material – wood! Over the past decade, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) has gained momentum in the U.S., with over 500 projects currently in design or constructed to date. It is rare for a new building material like CLT to come along so quickly and become an integral part of the structural engineer’s toolbox. CLT has many advantages, including sustainability, speed of construction, strength, and beauty – all of which are the driving forces behind the doubling quantity of projects each year (www.woodworks.org, https://bit.ly/3wQCt8D). In addition, the desire to design sustainable and economic structures has many investors, designers, and builders captivated with CLT and wondering how they can find creative ways to integrate this material into their next project.

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