Glulam Timber Construction in the Sport structures
Main sporting events, including the Olympics, entail major improvements to the local infrastructure. It is important these developments are sustainable, with lasting benefits for the whole community. Today’s engineered timber solutions have immense architectural potential, achieving the large, clear spaces crucial to major sports events with a variety of spans and forms, straight or curved, simple or compound. Wood is light and strong. A structural steel beam is typically 20% heavier, and a concrete beam 600% heavier than an equivalent glulam beam. Glulam’s lower weight allows savings to be made on foundations, transport and erection. Engineered wood products combine structural and decorative finishes achieving lightness of structural mass and providing stunning visual solutions that can be complemented by the natural beauty and warmth of wood claddings and linings. That’s why there are a lot of wonderful glulam timber constructions and projects in the world.
