Tests

Current research includes the World’s largest mass timber fire test – click here for updates on the test results currently being conducted https://firetests.cwc.ca/

Studies

• “The Historical Development of the Building Size Limits in the National Building Code of Canada  (17 Mb)
• “Case Studies of Risk-to-Life due to Fire in Mid- and High-Rise, Combustible and Non-combustible Buildings Using CUrisk“, by Xia Zhang and George Hadjisophocleous of Carleton University, and Jim Mehaffey of CHM Fire Consultants Ltd. (March 2015)  (2.3 Mb)
• “Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings”, by Robert Gerard and David Barber – Arup North America Ltd; Armin Wolski, San Francisco, CA; for the National Fire Protection Association’s Fire Protection Research Foundation (December 2013)
• “The Case for Tall Wood Buildings – How Mass Timber Offers a Safe, Economical, and Environmentally Friendly Alternative for Tall Building Structures“, by mgb ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN, Equilibrium Consulting, LMDG Ltd, and BTY Group (February 2012)  (8.5 Mb)
• Ontario Tall Wood Reference Guide (8.04 MB)

Reports

Fire Research

• Final Report – Full-scale Mass Timber Shaft Demonstration Fire (including the National Research Council test report as an Appendix), by FPInnovations (April 2015)

Acoustics Research and Guides

• RR-331: Guide to calculating airborne sound transmission in buildings (2nd Edition), by the National Research Council (April 2016)

Tall Wood Building Demonstration Initiative Test Reports
(funding provided by Natural Resources Canada)

• CLT Diaphragm Properties
• CLT Firestopping Testing
• Monotonic Quasi-Static Testing of CLT Connections
• Shear Modulus of CLT in plan loading
• Shear Testing of Cross-Laminated Beams
• Full Scale Exterior Wall Test on Nordic CLT System, by the National Research Council (January 2015)
• Client Report A1-005991.1 – Fire Endurance of Cross-Laminated Timber Floor and Wall Assemblies for Tall Wood Buildings, by the National Research Council (December 2014)
• Measurement of Airborne Sound Insulation of Wall & Floor Assemblies

Visit Think Wood’s Research Library for additional resources