Engaging with our CLT supplier early in the design development process, we were able to identify unusually high wastage in our preliminary design.
Typically, we would expect about 10% waste in a CLT cutting plan accounting for openings and off-cuts from the stardard size mother panels. In this particular design, we found that we were over 15%.
In order to drive improve economy, we have introduced stand alone headers. These will reduce wastage by utilizing off-cuts instead of cutting door openings out of larger panels. Naturally, there will be additional handling and assembly, but in this case we think it is the right move.