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Setting a Precedent: Mass Timber at Michigan State University’s New STEM Facility

Setting a Precedent: Mass Timber at Michigan State University’s New STEM Facility

Michigan State University’s new 121,290-sf STEM teaching facility is breaking new ground with the first significant use of cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the state. The University and design team chose an exposed mass timber structure of CLT floors and walls supported by a glue-laminated timber ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU, PDH
Part 1: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

Part 1: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

Part 1 of the series will address code requirements and relative stiffness issues associated with cantilever diaphragms in wood structures. Traditionally, wood-frame diaphragms are designed as flexible, meaning that shear forces are transferred to vertical-resisting systems based on tributary ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU, PDH
Part 2: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

Part 2: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

Part 2 of this series will introduce an open front diaphragm design example that will be worked through in the remaining webinars. Topics addressed will include seismic force calculation and distribution, and preliminary shear wall design taking into account nominal shear wall stiffness. The ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU, PDH
Part 3: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

Part 3: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

Part 3 of this series will take an in-depth look at cantilever diaphragm design processes. Using calculation steps per ASCE 7 and the 2015 edition of the American Wood Council’s Special Design Provisions for Wind & Seismic (SDPWS), diaphragm force distribution will be used to illustrate diaphragm...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU, PDH
Part 4: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

Part 4: A Design Example of a Wood Cantilever Diaphragm

This webinar will conclude the open front diaphragm design example by analyzing the degree of torsional irregularity and amplification of accidental torsion. ASCE 7 and SDPWS irregularity code triggers and design impacts will be explained, and verification of the redundancy factor will be ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU, PDH