Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is recently available in Indonesian markets. The veneers are majority
from Sengon wood (Paraserianthes falcataria), which is a fast-growing timber species native to Indonesia. Their
use in practice is limited to non-structural components since Sengon wood species has low engineering properties
and less resistance to termite attacks. The LVL production introduced few years ago has significantly improved
both mechanical properties and durability as well as has expanded its utilization into various structural
components. This remarkable improvement has made LVL Sengon wood as an innovative sustainable building
materials in Indonesia. This paper summarized a series of authors’ work conducted since couple years ago to
initiate the utilization of LVL Sengon in structural components such as shear walls and floor systems as parts of a
project to develop its design standard. In addition, creep behavior of this LVL is also highlihgted here as this
phenomenon is essential for designers and engineers to anticipate their designs within their service life. In
particular, the test results showed that addition of diagonal members increased both racking resistance and
equivalent viscous damping ratio of the developed LVL shear walls. And the LVL floor model which is composed
of built-up box joists and plywood sheathing remained liniear-elastic under bearing load up to 18.75 kN/2.
