Alexandra Hainsworth, Author at SmartLam North America

New Leadership

Articles, New Team Members, Uncategorized

July 7, 2021

SmartLam Expands in an Uncertain Time for Most Inquiries: [email protected] While other major companies falter amidst uncertainty in lumber and the construction industry following a strange year across these industries, SmartLam North America is growing. SLNA has always been a company full of innovators, with the best and brightest in every aspect of the mass timber industry on their team, from engineering to technology to production to their leadership team.SmartLam has grown that leadership team with the newly appointed CEO and SVP...

Lost Rabbit Case Study

by Alexandra Hainsworth

Articles

June 29, 2021

QUICK FACTS + First CLT building in Mississippi + Mixed use building + Phase 1 was concrete + All future phases will be CLT Recently, our team discussed the Condominiums at Lost Rabbit with Todd Everett, the building's developer and owner. Todd had nothing but great comments about SmartLam and our Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), read on to see what he had to say in our interview. Overall impression of CLT: Prior to this project we had no understanding of the benefits of CLT. This product greatly impressed...

Benefits of Southern Yellow Pine

by Alexandra Hainsworth

Uncategorized

April 29, 2021

QUICK FACTS + Alabama is #7 in lumber production + Forestry is Alabama's 2nd largest manufacturing industry, ranking #1 in US pulp production, and #3 in paper production + Timber expansion in Alabama outpaces the harvesting + Alabama sports 1,400 tree farms with 2.2 million acres certified under the Tree Farm program + Export of forest products average 1.2 million tons annually + More than 90% of Alabama woodlands are privately owned SmartLam has a manufacturing plant in Dothan, Alabama that produces Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glulam...

CLT Patent

by Alexandra Hainsworth

History, Uncategorized

August 19, 2020

QUICK FACTS + IT is widely accepted that CLT originated in Europe in the 90s + This patent is from 1923 in Tacoma, Washington + That makes CLT 97 this year + Cross-Laminated Timber Patent from the 1920s If you search the internet and type in "when was CLT invented?" The unanimous answer is the 1990s, in Europe. But it would appear that in fact, there is more to the story. In 1923, two gentlemen in Tacoma, Washington were granted a patent to a product that can...

St Peter and Paul Cathedral

by Alexandra Hainsworth

Uncategorized

July 29, 2020

QUICK FACTS + Built from 1883 + Towers finished in 1901 + 194 feet long + Bells weigh over 1.5 tons In the capital city of Paramaribo in the country Suriname, located in the north of South America, there stands a cathedral that is one of the biggest wooden structures in the Western Hemisphere. Construction began in 1883, consecrated in 1885, with the towers not being completed until 1901. In 2010 the cathedral underwent a major restoration and was assigned as a minor basilica in 2014. This structure...

Nara Temple Complex

by Alexandra Hainsworth

Uncategorized

July 2, 2020

Time for some history on buildings built out of wood centuries ago. Wood is a very reliable building material and has been utilized for thousands of years. Last month we learned about the Stave Churches in Norway, click here to read more about them. Today we’re headed across the map to Asia, specifically to Japan. There is a temple in Nara that was once one of the Seven Great Temples and was finished in 752BC. The temple is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list as...

Welcome to the team Alex

by Alexandra Hainsworth

New Team Members

May 27, 2020

Alexandra Hainsworth has joined the SmartLam team in the role of Marketing Specialist. Having worked in as a marketing consultant in Australia for the past decade, working with top tier corporations across multiple fields. With specialties in digital and print marketing as well as events and brand activation, she is a fantastic addition to our team. We're thrilled to add her to the team to help raise the bar in our marketing and press communications. To get in touch regarding and...

Norweigan Stave Churches

by Alexandra Hainsworth

Articles, History

May 15, 2020

QUICK FACTS + Built from the Viking Era (793-1066ad) through roughly 1350 AD + Notre Dame was finished in 1345 + Most are 800+ years old + Norwegian tree prepartion is credited for the longevity One of the most frequent comments we get in the Mass Timber industry from people just learning about it is “Isn’t a concrete building stronger? Surely wood doesn’t last that long!” Well we are starting a new blog series on some of the oldest wood building still standing, starting today with Stave...