| Sumario: | "Cross laminated timber (CLT), as structural, plate-like timber product, was developed in Central Europe about 30 years ago. Meanwhile, it gained global recognition due to its high resistance and stiffness in- and out-of-plane and its versatile applicability. It provoked some revolution in the international building sector as it allows rather easily to substitute mineral-based building products, like concrete and brick, in for example family and multi-storey residential, office and school buildings. Building with CLT even has led to a renaissance of timber in our cities. Reasons therefore are the fast erection times and dry building sites allowing concurrent works of other crafts. Furthermore, CLT allows relatively thin wall and floor elements increasing the utilizable living and working space, relatively low masses of total wall and floor elements reducing demands on lifting and mounting equipment, and easy fixing of installations and other finishing works wihout anchors." -- prefaci
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