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Glulam Fire Hall
We took some photos as the finishing touches were being put on a new Fire Hall. It is shaping up to be a beautiful building.
View ArticleSee Glulam Up Close - Visit A Unalam Project Near You!
We have manufactured glulam for thousands of projects over the past 50+ years so there is a very high likelihood (especially if you are in the northeast US) that you live near our work. To help you in...
View ArticleVideo: Gluing A Curved Glulam Bridge Deck
Have you ever wanted to know how we manufacture curves? This video gives you a little more insight into the process.On tours, we are commonly asked whether we have to bend the wood gradually over a...
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Come See Unalam At A Conference Near You
We are taking Unalam on the road over the next couple of weeks. This Thursday, February 26th and Friday, the 27th from we will be exhibiting at Capital District Engineers Week from 8 am to 4 pm daily....
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Celebrating The Careers Of Two Employees
Today we threw a retirement party for two longtime Unalam team members. Our production manager, Garry Stevens, is retiring after nearly 44 years with Unalam. And, Tom Dewey, who loaded our trucks and...
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Congratulations Zoë!
Unalam would like to congratulate our very own Vice President of Communication, Zoë van der Meulen, on being selected one of Otsego County's Top 20 Under 40. We are all very proud of the work Zoë does...
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Stapleton Library - Staten Island, NY is WoodWorks 2015 Wood Design Award...
Unalam is thrilled that a project we supplied glulam for has won the 2015 Wood Design Awards for the category of Beauty of Wood.Congratulations go to the architect, Andrew Berman Architect, structural...
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Glulam Church Built In 1966
This week's blog focuses on a project we delivered to our hometown of Sidney, NY way back in 1966. St. Luke's Lutheran Church was designed with a unique shape to remind visitors of a flame. Whether it...
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Urban Timber Reunion
Dedicated readers may remember that we were material suppliers for the URBAN TIMBER: From Seed to City exhibition in Boston this past summer. After it closed in September, we brought the display back...
View ArticleVideo: How Do We Make An S-Curved Glulam Arch?
Last month, we posted a video showing how we glued a curved bridge deck. If that video piqued your curiosity then you will love this one. It goes into more detail about the actual curving process of a...
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Spot the Plugs In This Glulam Combination Lay-up
To get glulam beams wider than 10.5" you need to do a combination lay-up. This special lay-up alternates boards of different widths (you can best see the combination of this beam in its end shot.) The...
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Corning Community College Commons and Library
The new Commons and expanded Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library at Corning Community College feature glulam that we manufactured. The project was designed by Holt Architects, P.C. and engineered by Elwyn...
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Giant Glulam Arches - Installed
Remember those giant arches that we have been shipping since January? Here is what they look like installed at the job site. From these photos, you can see the massive size of the building (see how...
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Turned Glulam Columns
These turned glulam columns are another unique way to use our product. These first had to be glued as square columns and because the finished column diameter is around 14" the columns were glued in a...
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Wednesday's Word Of The Week: Purlin
*Wednesday's Word Of The Week is a new feature on Unalam's Wood Times Blog. Each Wednesday our structural engineer, Rik Vandermeulen, will discuss a new term associated with glulam manufacturing. He...
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Wednesday's Word Of The Week: Column
Column: A solid, vertical structural member. Square (or nearly square) profiles are typically the most efficient shape for columns. Glulam columns are normally produced from a "uniform" layup (for...
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Making A Unadilla Silo For #ThrowbackThursday
Our corporate name is still officially Unadilla Silo Company, Inc., but we have not made wood silos commercially since the mid 1980s. Our recently retired accountant, Lorraine, volunteers with the...
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Rafter: Wednesday's Word Of The Week
Rafter with structural ridgeRafter: The second type of beam in our Word of the Week series (purlin was the first,) a rafter is a beam used on a sloped roof that runs up and down the slope (from eave to...
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The Challenge Of An Elliptical Beam
We have glued circles, spirals, and manufactured beams with holes in them. We have also glued an ellipse. This ellipse had a very tight curve - tighter than the tightest radius that we can glue with...
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Gothic Arch - Wednesday's Word Of The Week
A new type of structural element this week is the arch. Glulam arches are pairs of glulam members that lean against each other to create an open span beneath. Because they are leaning against each...
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