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Mass Timber Hybrid Systems: Combining Structural Materials to Maximize Efficiency

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, PDH
A Master Class on Wood Lateral-Resisting Systems: In-Depth Diaphragm Layout and Analysis

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, PDH
Virtual Mass Timber Site Tours: Catalyst in Spokane & The Soto in San Antonio

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, PDH
Virtual Mass Timber Site Tours: One De Haro & Railyard Flats

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, PDH
A Tale of Two Timber Towers

A Tale of Two Timber Towers

Two of the nation’s first tall mass timber towers are currently under construction—INTRO, a nine-story mix of apartments and retail space in Cleveland, and Ascent, a 25-story residential/mixed-use building in Milwaukee. In this webinar, the structural engineers of both projects will take a deep ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU, PDH
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
Outcomes of ICC Tall Wood AdHoc Committee: Mass Timber Provisions in the 2021 I-Codes

Outcomes of ICC Tall Wood AdHoc Committee: Mass Timber Provisions in the 2021 I-Codes

In early 2016, the ICC Board of Directors approved the creation of an ad hoc committee to explore the building science of tall wood buildings with the scope being to investigate the feasibility of and take action to develop code changes for tall wood buildings. Since that time, the Tall Wood ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Design of Bolted Connections

Design of Bolted Connections

This course will feature a bolt design example utilizing AWC's 2015 National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction. Topics will include connection design philosophy and behavior, an overview of 2015 NDS provisions related to bolt design including Appendix E for local stresses in ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Wood Carbon Seminars - 1.1 - Introduction to the Wood Carbon Seminars

Wood Carbon Seminars - 1.1 - Introduction to the Wood Carbon Seminars

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 0.25
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 1.2: Trees, Forestry, and Carbon 101

Wood Carbon Seminars - 1.2: Trees, Forestry, and Carbon 101

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 0.25
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 1.3: Manufacturing and the Forest Products Industry

Wood Carbon Seminars - 1.3: Manufacturing and the Forest Products Industry

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 2.1: Carbon Neutrality and its Connection to the Substitution Effects of Forest Products

Wood Carbon Seminars - 2.1: Carbon Neutrality and its Connection to the Substitution Effects of Forest Products

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 0.25
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 2.2: How LCA Handles Wood

Wood Carbon Seminars - 2.2: How LCA Handles Wood

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 0.25
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 2.3: A Deeper Dive into Wood Product LCA and Forest Resource Accounting

Wood Carbon Seminars - 2.3: A Deeper Dive into Wood Product LCA and Forest Resource Accounting

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 0.25
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 3.1: Certification and Chain-of-Custody

Wood Carbon Seminars - 3.1: Certification and Chain-of-Custody

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 0.25
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 3.2: Carbon and Sustainability Tracking

Wood Carbon Seminars - 3.2: Carbon and Sustainability Tracking

The Wood Carbon Seminars was an 12-part webinar series hosted by the Carbon Leadership Forum in the Spring of 2020.  It brought together wood experts to answer common and critical questions about the carbon impacts of wood from the building industry. The webinars were organized around four main ...
Learning Hours: 0.25
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum