SporX - Design and construction of a ten-storey timber building in Drammen, Norway

SporX is an innovative, ten-storey office building recently built in Drammen, Norway. It makes use of timber elements, both glued-laminated and cross-laminated, for all load-bearing structure above ground floor. The architectural requirement for two large cores servicing a relatively small floor plan allowed for a robust timber structural solution. Timber was chosen as a natural, sustainable, and readily available local material and to minimise building loads in a riverside location with poor ground conditions. All timber elements were fabricated from a LOD400 BIM model developed by the design team and fabricated with strict tolerances to allow for a rapid construction process. Larger element sizes were chosen as having design advantages both for robustness and for connections design. Connections are made using both screwed connections and proprietary concealed connectors. All the timber structure has been designed for R90 fire resistance.

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