Course catalog

Affordable housing development is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The need is immense, with most major cities facing urgent demand for thousands of units. At the same time, escalation of construction and real estate costs makes the feasibility of such projects increasingly difficult to ...

While mixed-use buildings—which combine multiple occupancy types and/or functions in a single structure—are common, determining how to apply their unique mix of code requirements can be a daunting task. To simplify code analysis associated with these buildings, this webinar will cover logical, ...

What motivated the development team at New Land Enterprises to create the world’s tallest mass timber tower in downtown Milwaukee? What hurdles did the architecture, fire, and engineering teams face getting approval for this monumental building? What were the logistics of erecting a 25-story, ...

Mass timber is an innovative building material with many benefits, including construction speed, aesthetics, sustainability, and strength-to-weight ratio. The beauty of the finished product has inspired many owners and designers to pursue mass timber for their projects.  However, while design and...

As with any building, durability and resilience are critical to the success of mid-rise wood-frame structures. Buildings of all materials, sizes and scales are subject to moisture effects, both during construction and long term, and each requires its own considerations. In this webinar, experts ...

Designing a mass timber building that is efficient—both in its use of timber fiber and application of code provisions—requires a high level of preconstruction coordination across all facets of design. Delivered by experienced structural and mechanical engineers, this presentation will address ...

Climate change. Embodied carbon reduction. Material costs. Labor shortages. COVID and worker safety. Inflation. Infrastructure needs. These are some of today’s hottest topics—and they’re affecting how we design and build our future.  Sessions in this 3.5 hour, online wood design symposium ...

As mass timber’s use in commercial and multi-family projects has grown across the US, so too has the depth of information needed by the broader engineering community. This presentation will address some of the most common structural design questions related to mass timber buildings, and provide ...

Explore the carbon benefits of timber from our forests to wood buildings. In addition to their renewability, wood products require less embodied energy to manufacture than other structural building materials. Trees also absorb carbon and wood products continue to sequester that carbon for the ...