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Framing and Unit Layout Efficiencies in Multi-Story Wood Structures

Framing and Unit Layout Efficiencies in Multi-Story Wood Structures

As architects design increasingly creative and complex commercial and multi-family light-frame wood buildings, thorough coordination among the design team is critical. This presentation will explore the importance of gravity and lateral force-resisting systems and thoughtful design decisions that...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
2025 Forecast: A Look Ahead at Multi-Family, Commercial & Institutional Development

2025 Forecast: A Look Ahead at Multi-Family, Commercial & Institutional Development

This webinar will feature two leading construction industry economists presenting their 2025 forecast and market expectations for key commercial, institutional, and multi-family building sectors. Topics covered will include challenges related to regionality, population trends, capital ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Wood & Well-being: Design Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Wood & Well-being: Design Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Join us for an insightful session on an innovative project at the intersection of architecture and accessibility. We'll explore design strategies behind the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth in Vancouver, Washington, where designers followed DeafSpace principles as part of a deaf-led ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Introduction to Wood: Structural Lateral Framing Design

Introduction to Wood: Structural Lateral Framing Design

This presentation will provide an introductory review of structural wood design for lateral (wind and seismic) loads, including traditional diaphragms and shear walls as well as alternate systems. Referenced codes and standards, design properties, design examples and detailing best practices ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Introduction to Wood: Structural Gravity Framing Design

Introduction to Wood: Structural Gravity Framing Design

This presentation will provide an introductory review of structural wood design for vertical (gravity) loads, including bending, shear, deflection, vibration, tension, compression, and connections. Referenced codes and standards, design properties, design examples and detailing best practices ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Mass Timber Comparative WBLCA Series: Embodied Carbon and Cost Implications

Mass Timber Comparative WBLCA Series: Embodied Carbon and Cost Implications

Mass timber buildings are a powerful strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the built environment due to the material’s low embodied carbon and biogenic carbon storage. This presentation will provide an overview of how wood can reduce embodied carbon emissions, including how to measure ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Behavior and Modelling of Mass Timber CLT Diaphragms

Behavior and Modelling of Mass Timber CLT Diaphragms

Understanding the behavior of cross-limited timber (CLT) diaphragms is critical to ensuring the structural integrity, durability, and resilience of mass timber structures. This presentation offers an overview of structural engineering modeling techniques for horizontal mass timber diaphragms ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Navigating the Dynamics of Mass Timber Delegated Design

Navigating the Dynamics of Mass Timber Delegated Design

On mass timber projects, a delegated design engineer is often brought onto the team to handle specific components of timber-related engineering. Their scope can vary from connection design to member sizing and complete timber design packages. A complexity in this dynamic that teams must plan for ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Mass Timber Gravity Connection Design and Detailing

Mass Timber Gravity Connection Design and Detailing

Determining the appropriate connection styles and requirements early in the design phase of a mass timber project can significantly impact the project budget, installation complexity, schedule, and even the sizing of mass timber structural elements. This webinar focuses on the critical role that ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
The Fine Print of Wood Design: Commonly Overlooked Code Provisions

The Fine Print of Wood Design: Commonly Overlooked Code Provisions

Structural engineers with wood design experience are likely familiar with the National Design Specification (NDS), Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS), and the design provisions of ASCE 7. Despite this familiarity, some of the footnotes and lesser-used code provisions are often...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Building Enclosure Design and Termite Prevention in Hot/Humid Climates

Building Enclosure Design and Termite Prevention in Hot/Humid Climates

This webinar will examine the unique considerations of building enclosure design for wood-frame multi-family and commercial projects in hot and humid climates, focusing on southern regions. Alongside managing heat flow, air flow, and vapor flow, the session will include considerations for termite...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Meeting California’s New CALGreen Embodied Carbon Requirements with Wood

Meeting California’s New CALGreen Embodied Carbon Requirements with Wood

The supplement to the 2022 California Green Building Standards Code—Part 11, Title 24, California Code of Regulations (known as “CALGreen”) went into effect on July 1, 2024, when California became the first state in the U.S. to adopt embodied carbon provisions into their building code. What are ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Mass Timber Moisture Management During Construction

Mass Timber Moisture Management During Construction

Mass timber projects have unique considerations regarding managing moisture during the construction phase, and choosing the appropriate level of protection should consider climate, schedule, risk, and budget. This presentation will provide an in-depth review of the various options and best ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Mass Timber Multi-Family: A Developer and Architect Compare Tall Wood Hybrid Structures

Mass Timber Multi-Family: A Developer and Architect Compare Tall Wood Hybrid Structures

The use of mass timber for housing has increased over the past few years, to the point that 75% of U.S. mass timber projects six stories or greater that are now in design are multi-family residential. Developers are increasingly recognizing the potential of these innovative wood materials to ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Detailing Considerations for Off-Site Building Components

Detailing Considerations for Off-Site Building Components

In response to the growing use of off-site construction methods, this course will delve into the intricate detailing considerations essential for building performance. Components, systems of components, and full modules are being constructed off-site in efforts to reduce construction schedules ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Structural Mass Timber Design: The Engineer’s Role in Optimization

Structural Mass Timber Design: The Engineer’s Role in Optimization

Achieving the highest level of cost efficiency possible with mass timber requires an understanding of both material properties and manufacturer capabilities. When it comes to laying out a structural grid, the square peg/round hole analogy is pertinent. Trying to force a mass timber solution on a ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
The Financial Dynamics of Designing with Mass Timber

The Financial Dynamics of Designing with Mass Timber

Teams working to maximize the benefits of mass timber while managing costs require a nuanced understanding of the design, procurement, fabrication, and construction process. For example, keeping mass timber volumes to a minimum is key to cost-effectiveness, but can it be to the detriment of other...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Wood Diaphragm Deflections and Flexibility

Wood Diaphragm Deflections and Flexibility

In the design of many wood buildings, the flexibility of horizontal force-distributing diaphragms is given little consideration. However, in certain building configurations, diaphragm deflections are a critical aspect of structural design. This webinar will review the conditions under which ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Designing and Detailing Mass Timber Projects for Acoustic Performance

Designing and Detailing Mass Timber Projects for Acoustic Performance

Effective acoustic performance is an essential component of successfully designed buildings; however, designing for acoustics in mass timber structures is unique compared to other construction types. As more mass timber structures have been built, the body of knowledge on proven methods for ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Interior Fire-Rated Walls in Multi-Family, Light-Frame Wood Construction

Interior Fire-Rated Walls in Multi-Family, Light-Frame Wood Construction

Code-compliant and constructible detailing is an essential consideration in light-frame wood construction, and developing wall assemblies that meet structural and architectural demands requires an understanding of code requirements that are often cross-disciplinary. This presentation will focus ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU