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Zwygart dairy Farm

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Fortierville, QC, Canada
2017

Agricultural
Timber structure and connection design - Engineer of record

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In order to adapt to future dairy farm installations, the structural concept has thus met the client's requirements by proposing a triangular glued-laminated timber structure with a clear span of 40 meters.
This 67-meter-long building consists of 11 self-stable frames spaced at 5.5 meters intervals.

Special attention has been given to the details, notably by using a double beam system to connect members, thereby limiting the amount of steel used in connections. Though, some assemblies utilize a small amount of steel plates, embedded in timber members, providing the building with a natural fire resistance.

The owner emphasizes that the use of wood instead of steel in farm buildings contributes to the well-being of the animals: thermal insulation, protection against magnetic fields from telluric currents, hydrometric regulation... the benefits are numerous.

A close collaboration between the engineer, the timber manufacturer and the client made this projects possible. It demonstrates that wide-span timber structures are an efficient, elegant alternative to the existing standards in the industry.

The project was thus awarded two prizes at the 2019 Wood Design and Building Awards, in the categories of "industrial building" and "structural concept".