Innovative Structural Design Software To Make Timber Simple & Accessible
We're Focused On Growing
The Pie Of Mass Timber
Common Approaches To Getting Your Product Designed
Build Technical Literature
Build Your Own Proprietary Software
Take Design In-house
Positives
Educates engineers.
Gives lots of confidence in design.
Marketing collateral.
Necessity to unlock projects.
You own the IP.
This provides a top of funnel pipeline for your business development team.
Free infrastructure for engineers.
Optional to generate revenue on design fees.
Find efficiencies in production.
Design to DfMA constraints.
Negatives
Engineers need to interpret the content.
Engineers need to build manual design processes like spreadsheets based on technical content.
Expensive build (millions of dollars) in upfront costs.
Expensive maintenance (100k+ / year in maintenance)
Typically possible once selected as preferred supplier.
Hard to scale up and down for each projects.
Architect typically chooses their preferred engineer at the beginning.
Our Approach
1. Make It Accessible
Our software makes mass timber accessible for engineers of all experience levels.
2. Make It Frictionless
Our software makes it easy for engineers to design in your product.
3. Make It Preferred
Our software helps generate leads and volume for our supply chain partners.
Our Partners
Australian Sustainable Hardwoods (ASH) & CLT Toolbox
ASH are the largest hardwood manufacturer in Australia. ASH control the supply chain from log to finished product. They have a design team capable of supporting projects from inception to completion with DfMA and mass timber experts. Users can design with ASH’s GLT products in calculators such as the GLT Beam, GLT Column, GLT Penetration and coming soon are connections.
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Timber Unlimited & CLT Toolbox
We’re excited to announce that Timber Unlimited and CLT Toolbox have joined forces to provide advanced design software for free to the New Zealand timber industry. This collaboration aims to support engineers in implementing the new Timber Structures Standard (NZS AS 1720.1:2022) effectively.
Our goal is to make advanced timber design accessible and practical for engineers, helping to foster innovation and efficiency in the industry.
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XLam & CLT Toolbox
As the first major producer of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) in the Australia-New Zealand (ANZ) region, XLam has been a pioneering force in the industry for over a decade. This announcement holds particular significance for Adam who previously worked with XLam ANZ as a Technical Manager.
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XLam Dolomiti & CLT Toolbox
Xlam Dolomiti have delivered some of the most significant mass timber buildings in Australia and across the world including Ballarat Gov Hub, Monash University Student Housing, Murdoch University, Università Loyolan Roncegno & many more.
Their comprehensive approach extends beyond just manufacturing. Xlam Dolomiti provides a full spectrum of services from design to installation, ensuring precision, efficiency, and speed in construction. Their dedication is further reflected in their careful selection of materials from sustainably managed forests underscoring a deep-rooted commitment to ecological responsibility
KLH & CLT Toolbox
KLH, established in 1996, has been a trailblazer in helping grow the market of mass timber to what it is today. They recently commissioned their second production facility, featuring cutting-edge technology. KLH is renowned for its commitment to environmental sustainability, integrating eco-friendly practices to enhance energy efficiency and reduce waste.
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Prolam & CLT Toolbox
Prolam is New Zealand owned and family grown business based in Motueka in the Nelson Region. Prolam was established orginally in 2002 by John Woodman, Managing Director and have been pioneering from the beginning, looking for ways to innovate with Timber. More than 20 years on, Prolam are an established name and brand across NZ. They are innovators not only with their products, but also with technology – so when we approached them to see if they were interested in collaborating in CLT Toolbox, they were keen to chat. Fast forward to now – and we are excited to share that you can now design with Prolam Glulam beams anywhere there is Glulam on the app – and this includes on the Free Version of the software!
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SPAX & CLT Toolbox
SPAX International is a company steeped in tradition and with a powerful drive to take on the challenges of the future. The origins of SPAX lie within the parent company Altenloh, Brinck & Co. Which was founded in 1823 as a specialist in cold forging screws. It is not often that one can claim literal centuries of specialization, but this is a great source of pride for SPAX to have a rich history of providing quality solutions to the global market, and one of the many reasons we’re thrilled to announce this collaboration.
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Simpson Strong-Tie & CLT Toolbox
Simpson Strong-Tie was founded in Oakland, California 1956 and have established themselves as a global player in the fastener solutions space globally since then. With over 3000 employees across factories, offices and distribution globally, Simpson invests heavily in innovative solutions for their customers including testing them in their own state of the art laboratories.
More recently, Simpson has been investing in bringing new solutions to the Mass Timber space and are growing quickly. In the Australia & New Zealand regions, they’ve decided to partner with CLT Toolbox, to align on their missions of providing education and and tooling to empower designers to do more with Mass Timber Products in the region.
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SIHGA & CLT Toolbox
SIHGA innovates by providing a range of construction fastener products, they hold over 300 patents, and believing in innovation – have been amazing contributors to the improvement of the CLT Toolbox so we are so excited to add their products to our infrastructure to be available for our users to design with.
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Eurotec & CLT Toolbox
EuroTec GmbH is a leader in high-tech connection solutions that empower the mass timber industry. Eurotec manufactures its own fasteners in Hagen, Germany, and distributes them worldwide.
As a leader in fastening technology, Eurotec provides high-quality, innovative solutions specifically tailored for timber structures. Their expertise and commitment to sustainability make them the ideal partner as we expand our offerings in the mass ti
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Rothoblaas & CLT Toolbox
Rothoblaas is known for its engineered connection systems that are the flagship of several lines of solutions for mass timber construction. Rothoblaas has made the research and development of dedicated solutions its strong point, offering deep technical resources and sharing our values
How To Work With Us
Option 1
Internal Use
Your team & engineers behind the CLT Toolbox paywall can leverage the calculators to design in your products.
CLT Toolbox Offers
- Unlimited licenses for partner.
- Integration of products into software.
- Products integrated into current and building member design & connection design calculators.
- Marketing of supplier on platform.
- Uploading of supplier product data behind license paywall.
- Engineers who have paid licenses have access.
- Basic analytics reports on how software is used.
The Investment
(Cash Or In-kind)
Integration Fee (Cash or In-kind)
License Fee
Option 2
External Distribution
CLT Toolbox a software partner enabling frictionless distribution of your products on all of our calculators to your existing & potential customers for free.
CLT Toolbox Offers
- All of internal use offer, including
- All supplier product data not behind paywall.
- Partner can provide education on the software platform.
- Premium analytics reports on how product is being used in software relative to supply chain & regions.
CLT Toolbox a software partner enabling frictionless distribution of your products to your customers.
The Investment
(Cash Or In-kind)
Integration Fee (Cash or In-kind)
Distribution Fee
