New sustainable hybrid sandwich elements combine concrete and wood

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Most of the Mass Timber CLT products (the whole variety of cross laminated timber) does not contain concrete, if iā€™m not mistaken. This article describes a new hybrid sandwich that does involve concrete. Does anyone know what is the cost of this solution vs a concrete wall vs a pure lumber construction wall? @Andrew_Gibson @william_giguere @Nic_Wilson @Bill_D

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This is the first Mass Timber (LVL + concrete) product I have seen. While we have seen lots of buildings that mix various mass timber products together with concrete and steel (typically in foundations and upper levels to provide rigidity/stability), this is the first product I have seen combining these elements into one. I am curious to see the manufacturing process here, but I would imagine it would be significantly more expensive and complex.

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