Course Overview
This seminar will cover two new free online tools developed by CWC: CodeCHEK and FRR & STC Tool.
CodeCHEK helps designers to determine if and when lightweight wood-frame, heavy timber, mass timber and/or encapsulated mass timber construction can be used, and to determine what are the applicable construction requirements related to fire safety.
FRR & STC (fire-resistance rating & sound transmission class) Tool helps designers in the determination of generic fire-resistance rating designs of lightweight wood-frame wall, floor, and roof assemblies using the Component Additive Method described in Appendix D of the NBC , which is referenced as an acceptable solution in Section 3.1 of the NBC and can be used for buildings permitted to be of combustible construction. In addition, the tool provides the sound transmission class (STC) value that is associated with each wall or floor assembly for which STC information is available.
Learning Objectives
- Background on the height and area articles of the National Building Code.
- Overview of new CodeCHEK tool.
- Description of the component additive method from Appendix D of the National Building Code.
- Overview of new FRR & STC (fire-resistance rating & sound transmission class) tool.
Course Video
Speaker Bio
Marc Alam
Manager – Codes and Standards, Fire
Canadian Wood Council
Marc Alam is a member of the Canadian Wood Council. As Manager, Codes and Standards in the fire division, Marc assists through participation in CWC’s building code and standards fire‐related initiatives and the development of CWC’s fire design tools, as well as code‐related fire research projects.