DowelLam (Dowel Laminated Timber – DLT Timber) is the first all wood mass timber panel in North America, providing architects, engineers, and developers greater versatility in designing with mass timber.
Our vision at StructureCraft is to support architects, developers, and owners to build beautiful and cost-efficient mass timber structures and buildings with the best available materials. Launching this new product helps support our vision to increase the use of wood in construction.
Variety of Profiles
Unique to DLT as a mass timber product, a wide variety of profiles can be integrated inexpensively into the bottom surface of the panel. Each finger-jointed board goes through a molder, allowing a limitless range of different profiles to be explored and exposed in the bottom of a panel, this includes high-performing acoustic profiles using non-combustible, fibrous insulation to absorb sound. Profiles are fully customizable to suit the particular performance and aesthetic requirements of each project.
Profile Flexibility
A wide variety of surface profiles can be integrated inexpensively into the bottom surface of the panel
An acoustic profile can achieve noise reduction objectives, while keeping the wood exposed
Dimensionally accurate panel through panel planing and CNC machining
Structural Efficiency
Greater structural efficiency for one-way spans than CLT - all wood fibers goes in the direction of the primary span
Single spans up to 60ft for roofs, 32ft for floors. Transverse (weak axis) spans up to 4ft are achievable with screw reinforcement, or greater with structural reinforcement
DLT qualifies as a Heavy Timber element per US and Canadian building codes, and thus meets the fire rating requirements for Heavy Timber Buildings
All Wood
DowelLam is an all-wood mass timber product
With no nails or metal fasteners, DowelLam panels can be easily processed using CNC machinery and allow on site modifications
Economical
DowelLam is less expensive to fabricate than other glued products like Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), and will come in at a lower price point. Some of the contributing factors to this cost advantage include:
Lower manufacturing cost – due to high speed production and removal of need for gluing and associated cure times
Less volume of material due to structural efficiency
Reduced labor required on site from pre-manufacturing
Reduced installation time with a 'kit of parts'
