CROSS: Rotting plywood decking on grandstand

This month's report concerns durability issues with engineered timber due to water ingress or condensation issues. Engineered timber appears to disintegrate more quickly than conventional timber, resulting in structural failure rather than distortion.

This month we present a report concerning multistorey cross-laminated timber buildings and their risk of collapse during a fire.

This month's CROSS report concerns water ingress that caused parts of the cross-laminated timber (CLT) structural frame of an eight-year-old building to rot.