Glulam for tailored solutions
At Versowood, we have strong expertise and broad experience in implementing various types of glued laminated wooden structures and buildings. We provide our customers with a knowledgeable design service, and customised glulam solutions for the project. Glulam structures that are tailored to each specific project provide innovative, impressive and durable structures for each project. Because of its versatility and durability, glulam is an attractive alternative to concrete and steel structures.
Please feel free to contact our glulam design professionals at the very beginning of your project.
Public buildings, Piano Paviljonki, Lahti
Timber framed apartment blocks
Industrial halls
Sports halls, schools, playschools / kindergartens
Small houses
Farm buildings, animal shelters, agricultural buildings
Public buildings, Sibelius Hall, Lahti
Liittorakennesilta, Vihantasalmi
Glued laminated wood structures
- an excellent and economical solution for halls with a span of less than 20 metres
- ready-to-install pillar base joints and column beam joints, erected quickly and easily
- perfect for e.g. agricultural buildings, small industrial buildings, and commercial buildings
- for uses where the span of roof structures is 15–30 metres, e.g. industrial buildings and commercial buildings
- for uses where the span of structures is 15–25 metres
- for uses where the inclination of the roof must be steeper than 110
- for uses where spacious areas are required
- a good solution for e.g. smaller multipurpose halls
- for uses where the span is 15–30 metres
- for domed halls
- for uses where the structures have a span of 15–40 metres
- for uses where the outside wall height is low, but requires height in the middle, e.g. for farm buildings and various warehouses
- the top flange of the drawbar glulam trusses is glulam, with a drawbar and possibly brackets of either steel or glulam
- for uses where the structures have a span of 25–60 metres
- for uses that require space or good visibility, such as auditoriums
- for various sports and multipurpose halls
- for uses where the structures have a span of 30–40 metres
- for uses where the inclination of the roof must be steeper than 1:10
- for uses where spacious areas are required
- a good solution for e.g. smallish multipurpose halls
- Three-hinged frame joints allow for spans of about 40–100 metres
- a solution for various kinds of larger halls
Joint solutions for glulam frames
Bolted steel plates
Bolted steel shoes
Welded steel shoes
Wooden forked boards
Screwed joints
Glulam cleats
Glulam cleats at the ends of beams