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Without their generous contribution it would not have been possible.  \nA special thanks goes to Frida Tjernberg, structural engineer, whose immence knowledge on the subject and proof-reading skills has been an invaluable resource. Tomas Alsmarker, Head of R&D at Swedish Wood, Arne Olsson and Kenneth Wilén, President and Vice President at Arvet: thank you for letting us use you as our sounding boards.  \nLast but not least we would like to thank all former and present\"Arkemists\" . As always, it has been a pleasure working with you all!  \nForeword  \nCross Laminated Timber, CLT, is a prefabricated, engineered wood product made by gluing together layers of sawn boards into panels capable of carrying loads in all three major axes. Since its introduction in the early '90s in Austria and Germany, its use has spread steadily throughout the world and is currently seen as one of the most important materials of mass timber construction.  \nThe interest for mass timber construction in general, and CLT in particular, has been intensified by the ever-looming threat of climate change. The somewhat conservative Swedish building industry, in 2019 said to be responsible for about 21% of the country’s domestic CO2 emissions, has been slow to adapt. In 2020 only 2/10 newly constructed apartment buildings were constructed in wood – an embarrassingly low figure considering that Sweden, where 70% of the land is covered in forest, is home to one of the world’s leading forest industries.  \nMost Swedish builders, or architects for that matter, currently have little or no experience with budgeting, planning and building CLT-buildings. Without suitable methods, standards and experience, constructing  \n5  \nlarger buildings in anything but concrete and steel is, understandably, seen as unnecessary risk-taking. The resulting reluctancy to change isnot only disadvantageous to the progression of the industry but also poses a great hurdle to overcome on our path to a sustainable future.  \nUrged on by the slow-moving wheels of the industry we decided to take matters into our own hands, an effort resulting in the publication you are currently reading, and the digital tools it comes with. We see an opportunity for the architects, our target group, to bridge the current gap in knowledge and with the help of this publication influence their clients in making better, more informed and more sustainable choices.  \nBeing one of the first consultants involved, the Swedish architect’s influence typically peaks in the initial design phases and then gradually declines as the project gets more defined and other experts and stakeholders are involved. We have therefore limited our scope of this project to only include architectural work in early stages. To be able to be more precise and concise, we have chosen to limit our work to only deal with CLT-buildings of the most common type: residential buildings of 3-8 floors with a load-bearing structure more or less completely made of CLT.  \nThe results of the project have been summed up in three products or components, meant to address different topics, tasks and challenges of the early stages of designing with CLT. 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