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August 2024 #16301 Page #120
Mass Timber for the Masses — How Simpson Strong-Tie Innovation Is Enabling More Efficient Construction By Simpson Strong-Tie Staff
ass timber construction is taking the construction industry by storm, and there are no signs of it slowing down. Leading forecasts from Polaris Market Research project the global CLT market to triple from USD 1.1B to 3.7B by 2030. Innovations promoting cost reduction and efficiency are helping widen the mass timber market. In the following article, we discuss a few examples of how Simpson Strong-Tie is helping in this effort.
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The onsite installation of heavy, large-scale mass timber components can represent 30%–50% of a mass timber structure’s cost. Installation delays on a mass timber site can expose unprotected wood elements to water, causing unnecessary remediation costs. Simpson’s mass timber product development team factors the total cost of ownership in creating our latest mass timber products, putting equal consideration into the needs of the engineer and the installer. This has pushed our team to innovate and design solutions that ensure reliable, fast, efficient installation onsite — all while making zero compromises on the strength or performance of the structural connection.
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