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March 22, 2018

Wood CLT panel fails at Oregon State project site

  • OSU will hire an engineering firm to determine the cause and to evaluate whether any other CLT elements in the building are at risk.

    • CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Construction on portions of the new College of Forestry building at Oregon State University has been halted after a large section of subflooring made of cross-laminated timber gave way between the second and third stories.

    University spokesman Steve Clark said no one was injured in the March 14 incident at Peavy Hall, the Corvallis Gazette-Times reported. He said the university plans to hire an engineering firm to determine a cause and to evaluate whether any other cross-laminated structural elements in the building are at risk.


     
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