Successful performance in fire tests of three types of off-the-shelf metal connectors for glue-laminated-timber column-to-beam assemblies will make it easier for designers to get approval for GLT structural systems in buildings up to 85 ft in height, says the Softwood Lumber Board, which sponsored the tests.

Though the results are preliminary, the International Code Council has approved the updated structural building-design standard for inclusion as a reference standard in the 2018 edition of ICC's International Building Code.