CLT Structure Survives Largest Compartment Fire Tests to Date

The 2018 International Mass Timber Conference was produced by Forest Business Network and WoodWorks. http://www.masstimberconference.com Video Sponsors Include: Forest Business Network, Katerra, Think Wood, and Oregon Forest Resources Institute CLT Structure Survives Largest Compartment Fire Tests to Date - Sam Zelinka, Project Leader, Building & Fire Sciences, USDA Forest Products Laboratory In an effort to address the knowledge gaps in the fire performance of cross-laminated timber compartments, a full-scale fire test series was developed on a two-story CLT structure. The fire test series included five tests with varying levels of exposed cross-laminated timber on a two story cross-laminated timber structure. Two of the five tests included automatic sprinkling systems. The CLT structure survived all five tests, some of which lasted as long as four hours.