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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
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
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
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
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
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
Wood Carbon Seminars - 3.3: Wood in LCIs and LCA Tools

Wood Carbon Seminars - 3.3: Wood in LCIs and LCA Tools

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 - 4.1: Economics of Wood Products

Wood Carbon Seminars - 4.1: Economics of Wood 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: 0.5
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum
Wood Carbon Seminars - 4.2: Going Beyond Neutrality in Embodied Carbon Accounting for Forest Products

Wood Carbon Seminars - 4.2: Going Beyond Neutrality in Embodied Carbon Accounting for 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: 0.5
Provider: Carbon Leadership Forum

Wood Carbon Seminars - 4.3: Summary of What We’ve Learned

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