Events

Events

Prairie Wood Design Awards Celebration, 5:30 pm

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Prairie Wood Design Awards 2020 The Prairie Wood Design Awards recognizes Excellence in Wood Design and Construction across the Prairies in eight categories. The Awards program was established in 2000 in Ontario and is currently in its 12th year in Alberta, recognizing our local design and construction professionals for their commitment to sustainable and economic building choices and utilizing Canada’s

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$50

Wood Webinar Wednesday – Innovative Mass Timber Products for the Canadian Marketplace, 2:00 pm

This presentation will focus on why it’s important for the design community to consider using more innovative wood technology in their designs. We’ll explore some of the different types of products that are available, as well as show project examples of where these products have been used. Webinar presented by Jerry Calara Technical Advisor Wood WORKS! Alberta.

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Wood Webinar Wednesday (May 6) – Innovative Mass Timber Products for the Canadian Marketplace, 2:00 pm

This presentation will focus on why it’s important for the design community to consider using more innovative wood technology in their designs. We’ll explore some of the different types of products that are available, as well as show project examples of where these products have been used. Webinar presented by Jerry Calara Technical Advisor Wood WORKS! Alberta.  CLICK HERE TO

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Sound Insulation of Light-Wood Frame Buildings, 12:00 pm

Are you a developer/builder, architect, engineer, contractor, condo board member or property management company involved with light wood-frame buildings? Do you find you are sometimes frustrated with or concerned about: ?Acoustic complaints & Law Suits ?Customer negative perception of your building (ex; wood frame vs concrete) ?Code regulations (ex; need to reduce weight, acoustic requirements, etc.) ?Abundance of possibilities and

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Free

Modern Mass Timber Connection Systems and Design Considerations, 12:00 pm

Neda Naderi MEng, EIT, Technical Advisor, MTC Solutions Inc. Neda Naderi is a technical support advisor with MTC Solutions assisting engineers and builders with the connection design and installation of mass timber buildings.  She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a MEng In Structural and Earthquake engineering, and has experience working in the R&D product development of mass

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Free

Free Workshop (July 13) – WoodWorks® Software, Sizer, Connections & Shear Walls, 3:00 pm

WoodWorks® Design Office is a structural engineering software package developed to simplify and enhance the wood design process. It allows designers to experiment and explore the feasibility of using wood in structural applications following the NBCC 2015 and the CSA O86-14. This workshop will discuss the capabilities of WoodWorks® Sizer, Connections and Shearwalls, and provides a brief overview of the

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Wood Webinar Wednesday (July 15) – Online Tools for Wood Construction – CodeCHEK and FRR & STC, 2:00 pm

This webinar will cover two new free online tools developed by the Canadian Wood Council: CodeCHEK and FRR & STC Tool. Register today! 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 the applicable construction requirements related to fire safety in Sections 3.1 and

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