ACCESSING THE PROPERTIES AND STRENGHT OF GLULAM AS LOAD BEARING BUILDING MATERIALS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN NIGERIA
The versatility of timber finds wide application in the construction industry spanning from simple framing in housing projects to large scale public facilities. How be it, limitations of span and cross sectional dimension, strength reducing defects and anisotropy limits its engineering application. Mechanical methods of jointing to address the earlier challenge has introduced serious wood […]