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Timber construction has changed dramatically in recent years. Thanks to new ideas and technologies, ever larger, more sophisticated timber buildings are being built.

A new process makes it possible to reinforce openings in wooden beams in such a way that they have the load-bearing capacity of the full cross-section despite a reduction in cross-section.

In the following two articles, Ernst Gehri shows the great possibilities offered by the use of glued-in rods for connections where high performance in terms of strength and rigidity is required.

Over thirty percent of Swiss forests contain hardwood, and the trend is increasing.

Probably the largest wooden ring in the world.

With profiled steel rods glued into glulam parallel or at right angles to the grain direction, large forces can be introduced into timber components over a small area.

Ash and beech in timber engineering.

30 years of experience with hardwood in timber engineering.

Realized buildings in Switzerland.

A must for veneer-based products.

While timber construction often involves simple beam structures on pendulum supports with elaborate bracing, steel construction usually constructs the halls as a frame structure.

Two foreign words in timber construction?

The screw - especially the self-drilling screw - has gained unprecedented importance for timber construction in just a few years.

With special consideration of glulam and LVL made of beech.

The environment in Switzerland.