Skip to main content
Skip to main content

cross-laminated timber

Blast Testing Shows CLT Can Take the Heat

March 30, 2018 Rebecca Wallace, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service

At the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), researchers sometimes get a little destructive. They bend and break wood samples of all sizes, and even shoot lumber out of a cannon at 100 miles per hour.

Forestry

Build Better, Stronger, Faster with CLT

April 04, 2017 Joyce El Kouarti, U.S. Forest Service Office of Communication

The U.S. Forest Service is working to build markets for innovative forest products. One of these products, cross-laminated timber, also known as CLT, offers an opportunity for raising tall buildings with wood, opening up a completely new market for wood products.

Forestry
Subscribe to cross-laminated timber

AskUSDA

One central entry point for you to access information and help from USDA.

Ask.USDA.gov
1-800-ONE-USDA
Ask a Question