BSP Wiki and CLTdesigner
Digital services for knowledge transfer

Under these categories BSP Wiki contains information on cross-laminated timber as a product (structure, measurements, mechanical/physical properties, production process, qualities, etc.) as well as its applications (walls, ceilings, roofs, folded plates, beams) and a selection of built properties (single-family houses, multi-storey housing, nurseries and schools, commercial properties and many more).

It also lists dimensioning principles including background knowledge for different design situations (lateral/racking loads, connection technology, fire loads, etc.).

The Special Themes category contains information on logistics, transport and assembly as well as principles of building physics and pipework routing, incl. representative details intended to standardise massive timber construction with CLT.

Besides offering up-to-date information and a discussion forum, the item Hot Spot also lists CLT courses of varying lengths, which guide students through the content of BSP Wiki and allow them to test their knowledge afterwards. These courses can be used by both schools and universities and by timber construction companies and consultants for purposes of further training.

CLTdesigner is a software package for Eurocode-based, manufacturer-independent dimensioning of cross-laminated timber. It automates the time-consuming process of dimensioning the cross-layered structure of CLT, so making this building product easier to use.

Modular in design, this software allows the user to perform dimensioning for CLT ceiling/roof/wall elements and ribbed slabs.

To cater for international CLT markets, CLTdesigner is available in a number of languages (DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, NL). In addition to the basic document of EC 5, it also includes several national annexes (AT, DE, FR, NL, SE).