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Mass Timber Construction Management: Moving Beyond Design and Into Execution

Mass Timber Construction Management: Moving Beyond Design and Into Execution

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...
Learning Hours: 2
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU, ICC CEU
Protective Design in Mass Timber Construction

Protective Design in Mass Timber Construction

Local and federal government agencies are increasingly pursuing mass timber for their building projects—inspired by the sustainability and aesthetic of these innovative wood materials, as well as their strength and dimensional stability. This presentation will provide a detailed look at the ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Detailing for Durable Wood Buildings: Where Structure and Moisture Meet

Detailing for Durable Wood Buildings: Where Structure and Moisture Meet

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 ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Optimizing Mass Timber Connections

Optimizing Mass Timber Connections

While mass timber projects are often motivated by their carbon benefits or exposed wood aesthetic, a deeper understanding of the cost drivers is key to their viability for most design teams. For example, the cost of connections can significantly affect the overall project cost. However, because ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Structural Grids, Fire Resistance and MEP: Holistic Coordination in Mass Timber Design

Structural Grids, Fire Resistance and MEP: Holistic Coordination in Mass Timber Design

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 ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
A 2021 Snapshot TRACK 1: Challenges, Trends & Advancements in Light Wood-Frame Design

A 2021 Snapshot TRACK 1: Challenges, Trends & Advancements in Light Wood-Frame Design

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 ...
Learning Hours: 3.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
A 2021 Snapshot TRACK 2: Challenges, Trends and Advancements in Mass Timber Design

A 2021 Snapshot TRACK 2: Challenges, Trends and Advancements in Mass Timber Design

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 ...
Learning Hours: 3.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Long Span Mass Timber: Designing the University of Idaho’s New Arena

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 Structural Design: Tips for Practicing Engineers

Mass Timber Structural Design: Tips for Practicing Engineers

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 ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
A Detailing Deep Dive: Fire, Acoustics and Structural Detailing in Mid-Rise Multi-Family

A Detailing Deep Dive: Fire, Acoustics and Structural Detailing in Mid-Rise Multi-Family

Step up your detailing game with this wood design course! What is the most economical unit demising wall assembly in a multi-family building? How do you detail the intersection of corridor walls and unit demising walls? How can you detail a head of corridor wall to underside of floor assembly ...
Learning Hours: 2
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Building Sustainably: From Forestland Management to Carbon-Positive, Healthy Buildings

Building Sustainably: From Forestland Management to Carbon-Positive, Healthy Buildings

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 ...
Learning Hours: 3.5
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Mass Timber Spec Offices: Developers Share Business Case on Real Deals

Mass Timber Spec Offices: Developers Share Business Case on Real Deals

Get real business case information from leading developers who were among the first to use mass timber for commercial office buildings in the U.S. Hear first-hand how they are capitalizing on the aesthetic quality of timber buildings through leasing velocity, while realizing other benefits such ...
Learning Hours: 1
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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