Cross-Laminated Timber Panel Having a Conduit Therein

A manufacturing process, comprising:

• loading CLT panel design instructions into a manufacturing apparatus capable of:
• performing computer executable instructions, and
• placing solid members and at least one hollow member of a CLT panel during a manufacture of the CLT panel;
• the apparatus determining a sequence of placing each solid member and each hollow member to produce a CLT panel containing at least one route provided by the at least one hollow member at one or more determined locations in the CLT panel;
• and
• producing the CLT panel with placement of the solid members and the at least one hollow member executed by the manufacturing apparatus according to the CLT panel design instructions.

A manufacturing apparatus, comprising:

• a first mechanism for selecting between solid members and hollow members to make a given layer of a CLT panel;
• a second mechanism for placing each solid member and each hollow member in a corresponding sequence to make each given layer of the CLT panel;
• a processor to execute computer-executable instructions for placing the solid members and the hollow members of each given layer of the CLT panel in the corresponding sequence for the given layer, wherein one or more of the hollow members define a route in the CLT panel;
• and
• a third mechanism for joining the given layers of the CLT panel into the CLT panel containing the route.