The Commercial Timber Guidebook

6 . 2

EXAMPLE BUILDING - TYPOLOGY 2

STRUCTURAL MATERIAL Full timber with concrete core

H E I GH T 10 storeys and <30m

30m

30m

30m

BUILDING FOOTPRINT >1,000m2 <20,000 m2

M 2

MAX. FLOOR CAPACITY 1 in 12 m²

18m

18m

18m

CONSTRUCTION Offsite Category 3 and 5

EXPOSED SURFACES CLT/Glulam and Concrete

COS T £40 million

£

CONSEQUENCE CLASS Class 2B

BUILDING DESCRIPTION

Illustrative example Type 2 is a 10 storey commercial office building under 30 meters.

It is made from a full timber construction , using mass timber floor slabs and mass timber columns and beams however the core is constructed from concrete .

The building has a non combustible roof installed to falls. The toilets and service areas are considered to be within the concrete core.

It is clad in a non-combustible rainscreen cladding system , with provisions to prevent fire spread between floors

An example plan of the illustrative building

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Example Buildings

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