Making CLT Mainstream

MAKING CLT MAINSTREAM!

We offer the Management, Supply and Installation of Sustainable Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Structures.

Lamella MMC makes CLT into the only practical solution for virtually any structure.

We set up Lamella MMC 5 years ago because CLT offers a realistic and attractive solution to so many of the challenges that the construction industry faces.

Carbon emissions of materials and the operational carbon performance of buildings are coming under ever greater scrutiny. CLT stores carbon and is warm to the touch offering very good insulation properties (U-value of 100mm CLT is 0.18) and excellent embodied and operational carbon scores- and thinner walls.

We have been urged to build off-site to ensure higher quality and productivity. CLT is a panelised system manufactured in specialist factories to tight tolerances and so it meets that requirement.

Clients are demanding tighter build schedules. A CLT superstructure can be installed in a fraction of the time of a masonry structure saving prelims and finance costs.

Poor ground conditions may make a site undevelopable if the structure is too heavy. CLT is lightweight; about 20% of the weight of concrete by volume saving groundworks costs and bringing marginal sites into productive use or increasing the yield on difficult sites.

Building is renowned for high levels of waste and vehicle movements. Building with CLT will cut waste and vehicle movements dramatically.

CLT is a strong material. Architects are looking for a material which is strong in tension compression and shear. CLT is that material.

Wellness and healthy buildings are increasingly important. Timber is a well-known for its warmth and the calm environment it creates, helping to reduce stress and increase learning. It is also beautiful and our CLT has zero VOC’s.

CLT is a material of the future. It ticks too many boxes not to be. This is why we are working hard to Make CLT Mainstream and a default option for virtually any structure.

Lamella is dedicated to giving excellent service to its customers and clients.

Lamella’s service offerings are set out in detail on its website; www.lamellammc.co.uk.

Part of Lamella’s service offering is to offer clients a virtual CLT supply chain and with that in mind Lamella can help co-ordinate the supply chain but does not accept responsibility or liability for third parties’ design, supplies or other services.

It is a matter for the client to engage directly with other suppliers and service providers.

Lamella can assist clients with initial budgeting by preparing an “Indicative Estimate” before the full detail is known, or clients can use the “CLT Calculator” provided on Lamella’s website by going to the Community section of the website and registering as a Lamella Community Member.

Please note that costs provided through Lamella’s “Indicative Estimate” and the “CLT Calculator” are only intended as a rough guide and are in no way to be taken as final or binding. This is due to the many variables involved that inevitably change as the design progresses.

Only once the design is provided at “Construction Status” and signed off by the structural engineers and client alike can a formal quote be provided. These drawings will show:

· What is to be built in CLT,

· The sizes of panels,

· The thickness and number of lamellas in the panels,

· The orientation of the lamellas in the panels,

· The openings for doors, windows etc,

· Lifting arrangements,

· Water resistant coating or coverings,

· The finish required (eg Non-Visual, Industrial Visual or Visual) and on how many sides,

· Fixings and membranes to be used.

Consequently, we recommend that the structural engineer’s drawings are completed as soon as possible and made available to Lamella. If a fire engineer has been instructed, their recommendations need to be incorporated into these drawings.