Timber iQ December 2018 - January 2019 // Issue: 41 | Page 23

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reducing construction times by around 30%. Adding to its
strength, tulipwood is an inexpensive and easy to
machine hardwood that is incredibly strong for its weight.
The use of tulipwood CLT means that large-scale timber
buildings can be constructed without the use of concrete
or steel. These properties, together with its dramatic
marble-like appearance, make tulipwood a perfect
pioneer hardwood for innovative timber construction.
Tulipwood planks are imported from the US, but the
panels for MultiPly have been manufactured in the
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC), the UK’s
first CLT factory.
MultiPly would not have been possible without the
contribution of timber from AHEC members Allegheny
Wood Products, Ballie Lumber, Bingaman Lumber Inc, Boss
Lumber Corporation, Classic American Hardwoods, Collins
Hardwoods, Latham Timber, Northland Forest Products,
Parton Lumber and Thompson Hardwoods Inc.
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MultiPly showcases how modular cross-laminated construction
in hardwood is a viable solution to the current housing crisis.
Tulipwood accounts for 7.7% of the total
standing volume in America’s hardwood forests. Each
year, even after harvest, the volume of tulipwood in the
US forest grows by 19 million m³, the equivalent to
more than 19 Olympic-sized swimming pools a day.
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