Available in a wide variety of sizes and shapes, structural glulam offers designers creative opportunities to design buildings.  The use of peaked and cambered beams or tudor and radial arches are ways to achieve desirable clear spans and ceiling heights in any commercial, recreational, religious, residential, or educational project.  To facilitate shipping or pressure treating, peaked and cambered beams can be designed with loose haunches.  Arches and other curved beams can also be designed with loose haunches and/or moment splices.  The beauty and warmth of wood is always a benefit.

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Gresham Baptist Church
Gresham, Oregon

Glulam arches were used to carry the roof structure of the porte cochere for this church in Gresham, Oregon.

Glulam arches form the structural framing system of this outdoor amphitheater in picturesque Sedona, Arizona. The arches were prefabricated and test fitted in the WWS shop prior to pressure treatment, and moment splices were introduced to facilitate shipment. This unique glulam structure was designed and installed by WWS.

Sedona Cultural Center
Sedona, Arizona

Ford Foundation
Roseburg, Oregon

The architect specified curved glulams to carry the roof structure of this building in Roseburg, Oregon.

WWS supplied these peaked and cambered glulam beams that carry the roof of the gymnasium for this Elementary school in Wilsonville, Oregon. Many of the glulam beams on the project are manufactured from Alaskan Yellow Cedar due to weather exposure.

Boones Ferry Elem. School
Wilsonville, Oregon

Grand Ronde School
Grand Ronde, Oregon

Glulam arches were used as the main carrying members for the covered play structure in this new elementary school.

WWS installed the unique glulam framing system for this ice arena in Anaheim, CA. Sawn purlins are spaced at 48" on center and carry the 1-1/8" plywood sheathing. This building qualifies as Type IV Heavy Timber Construction.

Anaheim Ice Arena
Anaheim, California

Our Saviour Lutheran
Church
Lake Oswego, Oregon

The roof system for this church features tudor arches as well as peaked and cambered beams. The glulam members were pre-stained prior to shipment and installation by WWS crews.

WWS designed and supplied the glulam arches for this spacious new church in southern California.  The arches were designed with moment splices to facilitate shipment by truck from the midwest.

High Desert Church
Victorville, California