Build with Strength Video: The Concern with Cross-Laminated Timber Construction in Seattle: VIDEO

Build with Strength Video: The Concern with Cross-Laminated Timber Construction in Seattle

SEATTLE, July 18, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Build with Strength, a coalition of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), today released a new video expressing concern with the use of a wood product known as cross-laminated timber (CLT) in construction.  The video joins an ongoing effort to inform the design / build and construction communities about the importance of utilizing strong and resilient building materials in the Seattle, Washington market.  

"Within the United States, cross-laminated timber is really a new material, a new process," said Jon Narva, Director of External Relations for the National Association of State Fire Marshals.  "We still don't know a lot about it, we're trying to understand better how to protect the public with those buildings frankly coming into being.  It's certainly a fair statement to say we understand concrete and what it's going to do under fire conditions better than we do cross-laminated timber."

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