Course Overview
An overview of traditional, state of the art and innovative wood fasteners and connectors. This course is of particular interest to structural engineers and design professionals interested in structural engineering.
Learning Objectives
- Wood Properties and their influence on timber connection design.
- Overview of traditional, state-of-the-art and innovative fasteners and connectors.
- Ductility and durability aspects in connection with dowel type fasteners.
- Modern carpentry – a resurrection of traditional framing through CNC.
- Best practices for the design of mass timber connections.
Course Video
Speaker Bio
Patrick Geers
Senior Structural Designer, Head of Quality Control
Western Archrib
As the company’s senior engineering designer Patrick is in charge of the design of structural wood systems including fabricated steel connections and hardware He is involved in the development and presentation of building proposals to support sales efforts and cooperates with the production team to develop manufacturing solutions In addition, he is responsible for the supervision of quality control department Patrick has over 17 years experience in the glulam industry an currently sits on CSA 086 Sub-committee.