Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) sengon: an innovative sustainable building material in Indonesia

• Main Authors: Awaludin, Ali, Shahidan, Shahiron, Basuki, Achmad, Mohd Zuki, Sharifah Salwa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTHM 2018
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4624/1/AJ%202018%20%28111%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4624/; https://doi.org/10.30880/ijie.2018.10.01.003

Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is recently available in Indonesian markets. The veneers are majority from Sengon wood (Paraserianthes falcataria), which is a fast-growing timber species native to Indonesia. Their use in practice is limited to non-structural components since Sengon wood species has lo...