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Design of Connections for Wood Members using the NDS and TR12

Design of Connections for Wood Members using the NDS and TR12

This course will feature techniques for designing connections for wood members utilizing AWC's 2015 National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction and Technical Report 12 - General Dowel Equations for Calculating Lateral Connection Values (TR12). Topics will include connection design...
Learning Hours: 2
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Designing for New ASCE 7-16 Wind Loads per the 2018 WFCM

Designing for New ASCE 7-16 Wind Loads per the 2018 WFCM

The Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM) for One- and Two-Family Dwellings (ANSI/AWC WFCM-2018) is referenced in the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and 2018 International Residential Code (IRC). The 2018 WFCM uses gravity and lateral loads based on ASCE 7-16 Minimum Design Loads and ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Fire Tests in Support of Tall Mass Timber Buildings

Fire Tests in Support of Tall Mass Timber Buildings

Fire testing to evaluate the performance of building materials and assemblies used in construction has been a requirement of building codes since the late 19th century. Early in the 20th century, versions of the ASTM E119 Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: American Wood Council
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
Pre-Planning and Fire Suppression of Buildings Under Construction

Pre-Planning and Fire Suppression of Buildings Under Construction

This program is designed to provide background and information to fire departments that may experience the construction of large area buildings in their community. Many fire departments have limited experience in planning and response to these complex buildings. This requires a thorough ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Significant Wood Design and Construction Changes to the 2018 IBC and NDS

Significant Wood Design and Construction Changes to the 2018 IBC and NDS

The 2018 International Building Code (IBC) published by the International Code Council and the National Design Specification® (NDS) for Wood Construction published by the American Wood Council are both now available. This presentation will provide an overview of the significant changes to wood ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Wind Solutions - Perforated Wood Structural Panel Shear Walls

Wind Solutions - Perforated Wood Structural Panel Shear Walls

AWC's 2015 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS), 2015 Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM), and 2015 WFCM High Wind Guides contain provisions for the design of perforated wood structural panel shear walls. This presentation will provide examples of perforated shear wall design ...
Learning Hours: 1.5
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Choosing Construction Type Just Got Easier: Design Tools to Simplify IBC Chapter 5

Choosing Construction Type Just Got Easier: Design Tools to Simplify IBC Chapter 5

Determining the allowable building code construction type based on for a building’s occupancy and size is fundamental to proper design. It also can be one of the most daunting code analysis steps—but it doesn’t have to be! Through a combination of building code highlights, design examples, and ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Design of Bolted Connections - DES335

Design of Bolted Connections - DES335

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
International Building Code (IBC) Essentials for Wood Construction Based on the 2015 IBC - BCD420

International Building Code (IBC) Essentials for Wood Construction Based on the 2015 IBC - BCD420

Based on the popular Code Conforming Wood Design (CCWD), a joint publication of the American Wood Council (AWC) and the International Code Council (ICC CEU), this presentation concisely summarizes the 2015 IBC for commercial and multi-family residential construction. It will explain the ...
Learning Hours: 2
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Significant Changes to AWC’s 2015 NDS® and the 2015 SDPWS

Significant Changes to AWC’s 2015 NDS® and the 2015 SDPWS

AWC's 2015 National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction and Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS) standards are referenced in US building codes and used to design wood structures worldwide. The current editions, designated ANSI/AWC NDS-2015 and ANSI/AWC SDPWS-2015,...
Learning Hours: 2
Provider: American Wood Council
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
Optimized Design, Efficient Construction: How One Company Successfully Constructed a Massive Timber Project

Optimized Design, Efficient Construction: How One Company Successfully Constructed a Massive Timber Project

This case study presentation offers a rare opportunity to learn about mass timber from a company that built one of the largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) projects in the US – a five-story, 156,000-square-foot office building in Hillsboro, Oregon. Swinerton Builders, which undertook all aspects ...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
Credits: AIA LU/HSW, ICC CEU
UMass Design Building: A Firsthand Account from Design through Owner Occupancy

UMass Design Building: A Firsthand Account from Design through Owner Occupancy

Completed in early 2017, the Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the first of its kind in the US. At four stories and 87,000 sf, this mass timber project features a glued-laminated (glulam) timber column-and-beam frame, mass timber lateral force-resisting systems, hybrid...
Learning Hours: 1
Provider: WoodWorks
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