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Pretty much, CLT is basically plywood with very thick laminations.


True, but worth noting plywood is spiral shaved veneers which are unrolled glued with the curves counteracting This is quite different from sawn dimensional lumber. Plywood is entirely cut tangent to the grain / tree rings.

Plywood is much weaker essentially because trees evolved to withstand wind and the veneers are cut perpendicular to wind loads.




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