Wednesday’s Word Of The Week: Column

Column: A solid, vertical structural member. Square (or nearly square) profiles are typically the most efficient shape for columns. Glulam columns are normally produced from a “uniform” layup (for example Southern Yellow Pine combinations 47/1:8 or 49/1:12).

Several glulam columns supporting the building roof structure

*Wednesday’s Word Of The Week is a new feature on Unalam’s Wood Times Blog. Each Wednesday our structural engineer, Rik Vandermeulen, will discuss a new term associated with glulam manufacturing. He will do this until we run out of words. If there is a timber or glulam term that you have heard of and want to know more about, let us know in the comments.