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PA S S I O N ATE A B O U T S U S TA I N A B L E C O N S T R U C T I O N
S P E C I A L I S T D E S I G N , M A N U F A C T U R E , S U P P L Y & E R E C T I O N O F C R O S S L A M I N A T E D S T R U C T U R A L T I M B E R P A N E L S
KLH UK Ltd is part of KLH Massivholz GmbH, Austria

KLH UK
• Design, Manufacture, Supply and Erection services

• Factory capacity exceeding 750,000m² at two plants.
• First manufacturer to introduce a high pressure physical press into
manufacturing process, which has yet to be surpassed.
• p y solvent and formaldehyde
Completely y free PUR adhesive
• Close relationship between KLH UK and KLH Massivholz
• Unique UK office set up
• C ll b t working
Collaborative k approachh
• Wide range of project experience
Working with numerous architects and engineers KLH UK assist in the development of sustainable and cost
effective structural solutions - seeking to optimise the design and buildability of a project from the outset.
KLH UK PRODUCTION METHOD BUILDING WITH TIMBER TECHNICAL KLH PANELS PROJECTS
KLH = KreuzLagenHolz
Engl. = Cross Laminated Solid Timber Panels
KLH = KreuzLagenHolz
Engl. = Cross Laminated Solid Timber Panels
90 degrees
PRODUCTION METHOD
Pressure 5 to 7 kg/cm2 - equivalent 500 kN/m2
16.55mm
Maximum length 500mm
Maximum size after cutting =

2 95m (2
2.95m (2.98)
98) x 16
16.5m
5m
3.0m
Maximum width/height
PRODUCTION METHOD
16.55mm

2 95m (2
2.95m (2.98)
98) x 16
16.5m
5m
3.0m
PRODUCTION METHOD
16.55mm

2 95m (2
2.95m (2.98)
98) x 16
16.5m
5m
3.0m
PRODUCTION METHOD
16.55mm

2 95m (2
2.95m (2.98)
98) x 16
16.5m
5m
3.0m
PRODUCTION METHOD
16.55mm

2 95m (2
2.95m (2.98)
98) x 16
16.5m
5m
3.0m
PRODUCTION METHOD
16.55mm

2 95m (2
2.95m (2.98)
98) x 16
16.5m
5m
3.0m
PRODUCTION METHOD
Boards for floors ceilings etc.: DL (top
layer longitudinal)
Boards for walls: DQ (Top

layer vertical)
PRODUCTION METHOD
• Production process is zero-waste – all off-cuts, wood shavings, sawdust are

manufactured into biomass pellets, & used to generate heat / power for the
factory (excess is sold to local CHP plant)
• Factory capacity approx 4000m2 per day (depending on thickness) – average

f il house
family h approx 300 - 400m2;
400 2 can bbe iimprovedd upon with
ith iimplementation
l t ti
of 3rd shift
• Panels cut & processed using state

state-of-the-art
of the art CNC technologies
BUILDING WITH TIMBER
• Timber is the only renewable structural building material

• Timber has the lowest energy consumption of any building material across its
lifecycle
• Using solid timber will reduce carbon emissions, when used in place of concrete,
steel brick & block etc
steel,
• Forests act as a carbon “sink” , storing carbon
BUILDING WITH TIMBER
• Forests sequester carbon i.e. remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (and
turn it into plant material)
• Using one cubic metre – approx 500kg - of timber instead of other materials
results in 0.8Tonnes of stored / sequestered CO2 (Wood for Good – “the role of
wood in reducing climate change
change”)). Therefore structure at Norwich Academy has
approx 2,750 tonnes of sequestered CO2
TIMBER AS AN ALTERNATIVE….
• The production of Portland Cement results in around 870kg of CO2 emissions

per tonne of cement (“The cement industry’s role in climate change”, Dr Robert
McCaffrey, Global Cement & Lime Magazine)
• Substituting GGBS Cement - ground granulated blastfurnace slag - (typical mix

40 – 50 ) may reduce
d CO2 emissions
i i in
i concrete,
t bbutt only
l bby aroundd 100
100-130kg
130k
per tonne (Ecocem)
• The production of steel results in around 1.75

1 75 tonnes of CO2 emissions per tonne
steel (The Carbon Trust)
TECHNICAL
• KLH – Full European Technical Approval (ETA 06/138)
• KLH – Boards + manufacturing process PEFC (Programme for the

Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) Certified
• KLH – Manufactured with formaldehyde-free adhesive (Collano Purbond 110)
• KLH - Europe’s largest supplier of cross-laminated structural timber panels
• BRE Durability Report – 60 year lifespan
• Zurich System Approval
FIRE PERFORMANCE
• Calculated on charring rate
• Top layer burns at 0.67mm / min; subsequent layers at 0.76mm / min
• Performance can be improved with additional layers of plasterboard
• Generally 3-layers boards can achieve REI 30; 5-layer boards REI 60
ACOUSTICS
• A variety of different solutions...dependent upon exposed timber
AIR TIGHTNESS
• Panels are classed as airtight
• All joints are taped to create seal between panels
• Therefore, critical areas are windows, doors, service penetrations etc
• KLH structures have been built to passivhaus standards on large-scale

developments
• Air permeability of 1.0 (m3/hr.m2 @ 50 Pascals) can be achieved – dependent

on quality
lit off following
f ll i workmanship
k hi (rather
( th ththan superstructure)
t t )
• Test results on UK building have resulted in rates of 1.6 – 5.0
KLH PANELS – STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGES
o Dead weight helps resisting overturning forces.
o High thermal and fire performances.
o High dimensional stability , no need for complicated movement joints.
o Cladding can be fixed directly to the walls.
o Platform construction sequence is used to limit the use of temporary

structure: walls are temporarily braced until floor panels are installed.
KLH PANELS – STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGES
o Fixings used to connect panels to each other also transfer shear forces, giving
robustness to the building.
o Solid panels ensure all fixings can be flexible position wise.
o Lateral loads (wind) can be transferred through diaphragm action of the floors
t allll walls
to ll
KLH PANELS – DETAILS
KLH PANELS – DETAILS
KLH PANELS – TYPICAL CONNECTIONS
External Wall to Slab Internal Wall to Slab
Panel to Panel
Wall/Floor/Wall
PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL
EDUCATION
ARTS & EXHIBTION
CIVIC/PUBLIC
COMMERICAL
PRIVATE HILL SIDE HOUSE, AUSTRIA
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, FRAUENGASSE
STADTHAUS, MURRAY GROVE
Waugh Thistleton, London
Winner of Structural Wood Award; Offsite Construction

Wood Award
STADTHAUS, Murray Grove, London
FAST CONSTRUCTION
• Programme saving of approx 18 weeks (versus concrete frame)
• 4 carpenters + mobile crane = 28 working days for timber superstructure
BENEFITS FOR FOLLOWING TRADES
• Very precise structural openings – windows can be pre

pre-ordered
ordered, and fixing / detailing for
airtightness simplified
• Solid timber elements to fix back to: first-fix M&E / cladding contractors very happy!
• Dimensional stability, precision, plumbness – e.g. no shimming of cladding rails
CLEAN, QUIET, RELATIVELY DUST-FREE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
NO NEED FOR TOWER CRANE & THEREFORE SEPARATE FOUNDATIONS
STADTHAUS, - Sustainability
CARBON
• Energy produced during construction (i.e. production of construction materials etc) is

rarely
l considered,
d d BUT,
BUT th
this can accountt for
f aroundd a 1/3 off the
th overallll “carbon
b cost”
t off a
building over it’s lifetime (although expended over a very short period of time)
• The proposed potential option of a reinforced concrete frame would have resulted in a
production process creating upwards of 125 tonnes of carbon......*
• KLH superstructure actually stores approx 185 tonnes*
• Therefore, the usual requirement of 10 percent carbon reduction through renewables would
equate to the same saving only after 200 years of the building’s constant use*
• *figures from Michael Popper Associates

STADTHAUS, - Sustainability
CARBON
• Ultimately offered savings to the contractor / developer – only viable source of renewables
was via GSHP
GSHP, which
h h would
ld hhave requiredd a basement
b t to
t be
b built....
b lt
• Roof area was also freed up as an amenity space (no photovoltaics)
PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL
EDUCATION
ARTS & EXHIBITION
CIVIC/PUBLIC
COMMERCIAL
PROJECTS
EDUCATION
Archway Early Years Centre Parish Church School
Bessemer Grange School Rye Oak School
Birkbeck College Sandal Magna Primary
Cola Islington St Benedicts School
Colfes School St Charles Sixth Form College
Cranleigh School St John Fisher RC School
Falmouth College Thomas School Clapham
Heartsease Academy, Norwich West Buckland School
HTG Primary West Kent College
Lauriston School Phases 1-3
Marylebone School
Northbury School
KINGSDALE SCHOOL SPORTS FACILITY
dRMM Architects, London
Finalist in Building Awards; Short-listed for World

Architecture Festival Awards
FALMOUTH COLLEGE
Urban Salon Architects, London
Winner of International Green Apple Award, Built

Environment; RIBA Award for Architecture; LABC South
West; Timber in Construction Award; Best Educational
Project at Off Site Construction Awards
THOMAS’S SCHOOL
Claridge Architects
OPEN ACADEMY, NORWICH
Sheppard Robson, London
Largest cross laminated structure in the UK

ST. JOHN FISHER SCHOOL
GSS Architects
NORTHBURY SCHOOL
Greenhill Jenner Architects, London
PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL
EDUCATION
ARTS & EXHIBITION
CIVIC/PUBLIC
COMMERCIAL
TERMITE PAVILION, PESTIVAL 2009
Softroom Architects, London
MK 40 Tower
dRMM Architects,
London
PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL
EDUCATION
ARTS & EXHIBITION
CIVIC/PUBLIC
COMMERCIAL
BEDFONT LAKES
Archer Architects, London
PROJECTS
RESIDENTIAL
EDUCATION
ARTS & EXHIBTION
CIVIC/PUBLIC
COMMERICAL
THE OFFICE
David Grindley Architects, London
Won the RIBA Ibstock Downland Prize – Live/Work

Category
CLIENTS & AWARDS
Cl t include:
Clients l d
Adams Kara Taylor Allies & Morrison

Amin Taha Architects Archer Architects
Architype atelier one
Bennetts Associaties Bere Architects
Claridge Architects David Grindley Architects
dRMM DSDHA
Dyer Edward Cullinan Architects
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects Galliford Try
Gotch Saunders & Surridge Architects Hudson Architects
Kier MRJ Rundell Architects
Neilcott Construction Price & Myers
Pringle Richard Sharratt Architects Ramboll
Sheppard Robson Softroom
Studio E Tasou Architects
Techniker Telford Homes
Urban Salon Waugh Thistleton
CL;IENTS & AWARDS
A d include:
Awards l d
2009
• Falmouth College Project – International Green Apple Award for the Built Environment
• Falmouth College Project – RIBA Award for Architecture
• Falmouth College Project – LABC South West Award, Best Education Building
• Murray Grove Project – Short listed for RIBA London Region Award
• Murray Grove Project – Innovation Award, Daily Mail Newspaper
2008
• Falmouth College Project – Timber in Construction Award - Schools that Inspire

• 100% Detail 2008 – KLH wins Best Contribution Show Award
• Falmouth College Project - Falmouth Design & Technology block - Wins Best Education Project at Off Site
Construction Awards.
• Murray Grove Project – KLH is the winner of the Structural Wood Award and the Offsite Construction Wood
Award for 2008
• Kingsdale
g School Project
j - A finalist in Buildingg Magazine
g Awards, Project
j of the Year category,
g y and short-
listed in the World Architecture Festival Awards, in the Learning category

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KLH UK Ltd is part of KLH Massivholz GmbH, Austria

• Design, Manufacture, Supply and Erection services

Engl. = Cross Laminated Solid Timber Panels

Engl. = Cross Laminated Solid Timber Panels

Maximum size after cutting =

Maximum size after cutting =

Maximum size after cutting =

Maximum size after cutting =

Maximum size after cutting =

Maximum size after cutting =

Boards for walls: DQ (Top

• Production process is zero-waste – all off-cuts, wood shavings, sawdust are

• Factory capacity approx 4000m2 per day (depending on thickness) – average

• Panels cut & processed using state

• Timber is the only renewable structural building material

• The production of Portland Cement results in around 870kg of CO2 emissions

• Substituting GGBS Cement - ground granulated blastfurnace slag - (typical mix

• The production of steel results in around 1.75

• KLH – Full European Technical Approval (ETA 06/138)

• KLH – Boards + manufacturing process PEFC (Programme for the

• KLH – Manufactured with formaldehyde-free adhesive (Collano Purbond 110)

• KLH - Europe’s largest supplier of cross-laminated structural timber panels

• BRE Durability Report – 60 year lifespan

• Zurich System Approval

• Calculated on charring rate

• Top layer burns at 0.67mm / min; subsequent layers at 0.76mm / min

• Performance can be improved with additional layers of plasterboard

• Panels are classed as airtight

• All joints are taped to create seal between panels

• Therefore, critical areas are windows, doors, service penetrations etc

• KLH structures have been built to passivhaus standards on large-scale

• Air permeability of 1.0 (m3/hr.m2 @ 50 Pascals) can be achieved – dependent

• Test results on UK building have resulted in rates of 1.6 – 5.0

o Dead weight helps resisting overturning forces.

o High thermal and fire performances.

o High dimensional stability , no need for complicated movement joints.

o Cladding can be fixed directly to the walls.

o Platform construction sequence is used to limit the use of temporary

o Solid panels ensure all fixings can be flexible position wise.

ARTS & EXHIBTION

Winner of Structural Wood Award; Offsite Construction

• Programme saving of approx 18 weeks (versus concrete frame)

• 4 carpenters + mobile crane = 28 working days for timber superstructure

BENEFITS FOR FOLLOWING TRADES

• Very precise structural openings – windows can be pre

• Dimensional stability, precision, plumbness – e.g. no shimming of cladding rails

CLEAN, QUIET, RELATIVELY DUST-FREE WORKING ENVIRONMENT

NO NEED FOR TOWER CRANE & THEREFORE SEPARATE FOUNDATIONS

• Energy produced during construction (i.e. production of construction materials etc) is

• KLH superstructure actually stores approx 185 tonnes*

• *figures from Michael Popper Associates

• Roof area was also freed up as an amenity space (no photovoltaics)

ARTS & EXHIBITION

Bessemer Grange School Rye Oak School

Birkbeck College Sandal Magna Primary

Cola Islington St Benedicts School

Colfes School St Charles Sixth Form College

Cranleigh School St John Fisher RC School

Falmouth College Thomas School Clapham

Heartsease Academy, Norwich West Buckland School

HTG Primary West Kent College

Lauriston School Phases 1-3