Fire behaviour of cross-laminated timber

Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) is currently used in modern timber structures for load-bearing wall, floor or roof elements as a high quality, innovative and cost-effective structural element. Careful planning and implementation ensures the safe use of CLT in buildings with increased fire protection requirements and in accordance with the requirements of building-design standards (e. g. EN 1995-1-1 and EN 1995-1-2) [1, 2]. Worldwide, many fire tests with CLT have been per-formed to investigate the influence of different cross-sectional build-ups and various adhesives on the fire resistance of CLT floor and wall elements. This paper gives an overview of the extensive investigations, main outcomes are summarized and recommendations on the fire design of CLT elements are given. The investigations show that an adequate data base exists to reliably describe the fire behavior of CLT.