Personally I do not see any reason why not. I have seen using glue-lam in timber framing. I like solid wood, but as an engineer I think that glue-lam has many advantages over solid timber. It is more consistent in quality, has no checks, does not twist, it is made out of KD lumber and you can make lot of things that would not be possible with solid timbers (e.g. arches and large spans). However there are regulations and provisions on how to manufacture structural glue-lam. It is not a backyard project.

One company that uses the glue-lam I know of is Spearhead Timber Works. Another might be Structurlam (manufacturer of structural glue-lam in BC, Canada).

Regards
Dalibor Houdek

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Originally posted by Van:
I would like to know if a lam beam cut the same way any solid lumberis cut would work as well! I have a large shop i want to build and i thought a lam beam at $3 pr ft sounded more apealing than 12- 40 pr ft. Has anyone ever done this?
Thanks, Van