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Robert Lopez, Heap-Yih Chong and Conrad Pereira
Limited empirical and qualitative studies focus on the detailed processes and obstacles for coordinating off-site prefabrication between builders and suppliers. This research aims to identify and address the obstacles that currently prevent the further e...
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Eva Binder, Wit Derkowski and Thomas K. Bader
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) slabs in residential buildings need additional weight, e.g., in the form of screeds or gravel layers, to fulfill the criterion for the highest impact-sound class. The additional mass is, however, not exploited for the load be...
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Arianna Brambilla and Eugenia Gasparri
Timber envelopes provide multiple benefits in reducing both operational and embodied energy environmental impacts in construction. However, when poorly designed, they may incur in high risk of mould growth, affecting both building performance and occupan...
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Andrea Roncari, Filippo Gobbi and Cristiano Loss
Simplified seismic design procedures mostly recommend the adoption of rigid floor diaphragms when forming a building?s lateral force-resisting structural system. While rigid behavior is compatible with many reinforced concrete or composite steel-concrete...
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Marcus Strang, Paola Leardini, Arianna Brambilla and Eugenia Gasparri
The uptake of buildings employing cross-laminated timber (CLT) assemblies and designed to Passivhaus standard has accelerated internationally over the past two decades due to several factors including responses to the climate crisis by decarbonising the ...
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There are currently no standards regulating water management for mass timber elements during construction, little knowledge of impacts of moisture exposure (wetting and drying performance, dimensional stability, checking), and few precedents serving as g...
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Thomas Connolly, Cristiano Loss, Asif Iqbal and Thomas Tannert
The UBC Brock Commons building in Vancouver, which comprises of 18 stories and stands 53 m in height, was at the time of completion in 2016 the world?s tallest hybrid wood-based building. The building?s 17 stories of mass-timber superstructure, carrying ...
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