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A Master Class on Wood Lateral-Resisting Systems: In-Depth Diaphragm Layout and Analysis
Multi-story building design is undergoing a period of creativity. Aesthetics are being prioritized as a way to achieve market distinction, and structural engineers are increasingly faced with the challenge of realizing unique and innovative shapes. Presented by the country’s leading expert on ...
Learning Hours: 2.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Details Make the Design Work: Coordinating Structural and Architectural Requirements in Light-Frame and Hybrid Wood Buildings
Light-frame multi-family construction continues to be extremely popular as demand for efficient residential structures increases in urban and suburban areas. Maximizing height and area while increasing exterior wall openings is becoming the norm to help achieve the most cost-effective and ...
Learning Hours: 3
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Long Span Mass Timber: Designing the University of Idaho’s New Arena
The new University of Idaho Central Credit Union (ICCU) Arena will be a showpiece for U of I’s Vandal Athletics program, provide a unique gathering place for sports, concerts and events, and celebrate Idaho’s timber heritage with innovative mass timber construction. Designed as a multi-event and ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Mass Timber Construction Management: Design Through Project Close Out
Innovations in mass timber construction are offering new opportunities for the building industry. Products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (glulam) have high strength-to-weight ratios, allowing them to replace more traditional construction materials while providing ...
Learning Hours: 3
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU, ICC CEU
Mass Timber Hybrid Systems: Combining Structural Materials to Maximize Efficiency
Modern timber buildings typically include a combination of wood and other materials, with light wood framing, steel and concrete utilized where structurally efficient. However, successfully realizing a hybrid of mass timber and other materials requires an acute understanding of their differences,...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
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
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
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
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
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
Virtual Mass Timber Site Tours: Catalyst in Spokane & The Soto in San Antonio
Interested in touring two spectacular mass timber office projects? Now you can. Join us for guided virtual tours of Catalyst, a five-story, 150,000-sf building in Spokane, Washington, and The Soto, a six-story, 140,600-sf project in San Antonio, Texas. Catalyst is the first office building in ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Virtual Mass Timber Site Tours: One De Haro & Railyard Flats
Join us for guided virtual tours of two mass timber buildings: One De Haro in San Francisco, California and Railyard Flats in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. One De Haro is a four-story, 138,000-sf office building, the first CLT project in San Francisco, and the first multi-story mass timber building ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
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
Floors to Exterior Walls and Other Detailing Challenges in Mid-Rise Wood Buildings
With more designers choosing light-frame wood construction for mid-rise buildings, code-compliant and constructible detailing has emerged as a challenge for some teams accustomed to smaller wood projects or those built in other materials. The most frequent questions pertain to requirements for ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
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
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
WoodWorks Mass Timber Installer Training Curriculum
These mass timber installation training modules are intended for use by contractors, subcontractor erectors, training centers, community colleges, and workforce development programs – to ensure that qualified workers are available to install mass timber projects across the country.NOTE: These ...
Provider: WoodWorks
Mass Timber Shafts and Shaft Wall Solutions for Mass Timber Buildings
The rapid growth of mass timber construction in the U.S. has led to a variety of solutions for shaft wall framing. Mass timber buildings can have mass timber shaft walls, light-frame wood shaft walls, or shaft walls constructed of a different building material altogether. The prefabricated nature...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Design of Mass Timber Diaphragms and the new CLT Diaphragm Design Guide
When striving for material efficiency, the design of mass timber floor and roof systems to resist horizontal wind and seismic loading through diaphragm action is an important consideration. The design of diaphragms with mass timber panels typically follows one of two load path strategies.  For ...
Learning Hours: 1.25
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Design Strategies for Affordable Mass Timber Multi-Family Housing
This webinar will explore the essential design decisions for achieving cost-effective and sustainable solutions in mass timber multi-family housing projects. Our expert panel will explain the fundamental principles behind successful mass timber housing project design, from structural innovations ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU