Hello,
Does anybody know of a supplier of salvaged glulam beams in the US (or reuse center that has any)?
Did anybody successfully reuse glulams, and if yes, how did the structural grading/sign off process go?
Thank you,
Joel
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Hi @jonorato! Where are you considering? Seen some studies showing sourcing reused products long-distances negates the benefit of reuse. Just something to consider.
It wasn’t glulam, but @amie.sullivan (KPFF) gave a GREAT presentation on her Federal Center South project. She’d probably be a good resource!
Other thoughts would be to talk with folks doing deconstruction work (I’ve mainly seen in PNW, but maybe I have a west coast bias):
https://unbuilders.com/lumber/
Hi @Luke-Lombardi !
Thanks a lot for the response. Good point about the location. This would be for a project in Washington, DC (and I also suspect there being less glulam supply on the East Cost), but if not, at least for my knowledge.
I’ll reach out to local deconstruction companies too. And @amie.sullivan, if you have any resources to share, I’d be greatly interested!
I haven’t looked specifically but I know the Minneapolis/St Paul, MN area has a fairly robust reuse industry and there might be resources or at least some additional knowledge to be gleaned there.
ReUse Warehouse - Better Futures Minnesota This might be a good start though it is a small outfit.
Unfortunately I cannot address the testing question.
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