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1、AMERICANINSTITUTEOFTIMBERCONSTRUCTIONStructuralGluedLaminatedTimbers:Beauty,Inspiration,EconomyandStrengthConstructionofreligiousbuildingsisboomingasAmericaentersanewcentury.Structuralgluedlaminatedtimbersarebeingspecifiedformanyreligiousstructuresbecausetheypro-videextrastrengthforlongs
2、pans,andcreatedramaticinteriorsatacompetitivecost.Church,templeandsynagoguedesignersfindthatadramatic,high-ceilingnaveorchapelprovidesanupliftingenvironmentforspiritualmeditationandworship.Theyreportagrowingpreferenceforwood’sstrength,easeofconstruction,inspirationandnaturalaes-theticbea
3、uty.Gluedlaminatedwoodarches,beamsandtrussesarearenewableresourcebecauseU.S.forestersplant5milliontreeseachdaytoinsureafuturesupplyofwood.St.MaryCatholicCommunityThechurchpicturedonthecoverofthisbrochureisSt.MaryParishofDePere,inDePere,WI.Thephotoshowsfourintersecting120ftclearspantrusse
4、sof18ft7in.heightwithtopandbottomchords,webmembersandlateralbracingoflaminatedtimber.Acentralcorewasfirsterectedonscaffoldingusingfour24ftlongtrusscomponents.Then,two50ftlongtrusscomponentswerepin-connectedtothiscentralcorefromeachofthefourdirections.Fourdiagonaltrussesatthebuildingcorne
5、rstaperfroma16ft9in.heightfrommaintrussestoapproximately6fthighattheoutsideend.Clerestoryframingisabovethetruss-estoa52ftelevation,andthenacentraltowerrises60ftabovethefloorelevation.Laminatedbeamraftersfromtrusstopchordstosidemasonrywallscompletetheframing.ArchitectisBirschbach&Associat
6、es,Ltd.ofAppleton,WIandthecontractorisMironCo.ofMenasha,WI.Thefollowingpagesshowcaseotheroutstandingreligiousbuildingswithlaminatedtimberframing.Builtin1954,thischurchwasremod-wideendofthestructure.Half-spannectionswereaddedatthetopoftheseeledin1996toincreaseseatingarcheswereconnectedtot
7、hecenternewhalf-spanarches,tothewingcapacityfrom700to1,100.Similartoridgebeam,notatrightanglesbutatridgebeamandtherafterremaining.manyotherchurcheswithsubstantialabout60degreesslantedtowardthatChangeswerealsomadeattheorigi-investmentsattheirpresentsite,thecolumnendoftheri