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Curious About Designing With Glulam? Come To Our Presentation At The Next Eastern New York CSI Networking Dinner on June 17th

Our engineer, Rik Vandermeulen, will present at the next Eastern New York CSI Meeting. 
To attend, you need to register with the Eastern New York CSI by filling out their online formWe look forward to seeing you there!
Details are:

Title: Designing with Glulam: Overview, Case Studies, and Curved Glulam Design Considerations


Learning Objectives:

  1. Build a foundation for structural glulam design by understanding the fundamentals of glulam as a building material including its fire protection qualities, and how it is manufactured and finished.
  2. Be able to specify glulam, taking into consideration the desired final appearance and experience of building occupants, by understanding the information needed to fully describe a glulam member. 
  3. Know, through examining case studies, the benefits and pitfalls of shared design responsibility between design team and manufacturer, including the most important information to include on drawings and specifications to avoid potential conflicts.
  4. Gain expertise in designing safe curved glulam pieces by knowing what is physically possible, how curvature affects normal allowable stresses, and design issues specific to horizontal curves.

This presentation is eligible for 1 AIA LU.


When: Tuesday, June 17, 5:30PM – 8:30PM (the presentation begins at 7:30PM)

Where: Century House Restaurant, 997 New Loudon Rd, Latham, NY 12110






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