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Building Science for Wood Buildings

...high-performance wood building envelopes and contemporary construction strategies. Acknowledgments Reviewers Canadian Wood Council Usage and Citation Guidelines These teaching materials were developed by Scius Advisory and BIM One with funding...

Diversify Your Structural Portfolio: Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Construction

Course Overview This course will explore the use cases for incorporating more wood into a sector that is typically dominated by structural steel construction. We will look at Light Wood...

Mid-Rise Best Practice Guide Proven Construction Techniques for Five-and Six-Storey Wood-Frame Buildings

When the provincial government changed the British Columbia Building Code (BCBC) in 2009 by increasing the permissible height for wood-frame construction from four storeys to six for residential buildings, it...

BP2 – Fire Safety In Residential Buildings

Since wood-frame construction was first used in the early 1800’s, North Americans have developed and been sheltered by wood-frame building technology — from single family homes and progressing over the...

Long-term Care Facilities – Norview Lodge & Parkwood Mennonite Home

...safe, cheery, and bright, and yet economical to construct and maintain. Wood construction offers many advantages—for example, wood-frame construction is economical, and wood finishes and exposed wood members offer architectural...

Microtel Inn & Suites – Parry Sound, Ontario

...project’s architect, designed this three-storey building using wood for all structural framing. Prefabricated wood panels designed specifically for the project were used to complete this cost effective, high quality, and...

Treatment during engineered wood product manufacture

Some engineered wood panel products, such as plywood and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) are able to be treated after manufacture with preservative solutions, whereas thin strand based products (OSB, OSL)...

Origine – Pointe-Aux-Lièvres Ecocondos – Quebec City

...Nordic Structures, EBC, and Synchro Immobilier, wanted to push the boundaries of wood materials. Origine’s great innovation resides in its lateral resistance system made entirely of wood. It is actually...

Innovative Wood Use in BC – A Case Study Showcasing Three Demonstration Projects

...projects benefited from BC provincial funding support through the Wood Enterprise Coalition (WEC) demonstration project program. WEC was put in place under the province’s Wood First Initiative,1 and has a...

Meadows Community Recreation Centre and Library

...indoors and outdoors maximizes natural light and materials to create a warm and inviting atmosphere. Wood is used throughout as both a structural and finish material. Because wood is a...

Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code

...provides a technical overview of the provisions permitting 5- and 6-storey combustible (wood) construction under the 2024 Ontario Building Code. Developed by WoodWorks Ontario / the Canadian Wood Council, this...

Framing Connectors

...of Canada CSA S347 Method of Test for Evaluation of Truss Plates used in Lumber Joints ASTM D1761 Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Fasteners in Wood Canadian Wood Truss Association...

Building Science for Wood Buildings

Resource Description This 8-lecture module provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of thermodynamics and hydrodynamics as they apply to wood buildings. It...

Diversify Your Structural Portfolio: Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Construction

Course Overview This course will explore the use cases for incorporating more wood into a sector that is typically dominated by structural steel construction. We will look at...

Mid-Rise Best Practice Guide Proven Construction Techniques for Five-and Six-Storey Wood-Frame Buildings

When the provincial government changed the British Columbia Building Code (BCBC) in 2009 by increasing the permissible height for wood-frame construction from four storeys to...

Mid-Rise Buildings, Residential Buildings, Woodworks

BP2 – Fire Safety In Residential Buildings

Since wood-frame construction was first used in the early 1800’s, North Americans have developed and been sheltered by wood-frame building technology -- from single family...

CWC, Fire Safety

Long-term Care Facilities – Norview Lodge & Parkwood Mennonite Home

Canada’s ageing population means an increasing demand for more facilities dedicated to providing care for elderly citizens. Facility operators and residents are looking for...

Health Care Facilities, Woodworks

Microtel Inn & Suites – Parry Sound, Ontario

Canada’s first Microtel Inn & Suites was opened in Parry Sound, Ontario in May 2006 by Ontarinns, Inc. of Toronto. Henry B. Lowry, president of the company, franchisee...

Commercial Buildings, Woodworks

Treatment during engineered wood product manufacture

Some engineered wood panel products, such as plywood and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) are able to be treated after manufacture with preservative solutions, whereas thin...

Treatments

Origine – Pointe-Aux-Lièvres Ecocondos – Quebec City

Over the last couple of years Quebec City has witnessed significant population growth and there has been a construction boom to meet the ever-growing demand for housing. In...

Residential Buildings, Woodworks

Innovative Wood Use in BC – A Case Study Showcasing Three Demonstration Projects

This document includes case studies on the Elkford Community Conference Centre, the North Shore Credit Union Environmental Learning Centre and the City of North Vancouver...

Civic Buildings, Woodworks

Meadows Community Recreation Centre and Library

Located in a fast-growing area of south-east Edmonton, the new Meadows Community Recreation Centre, and associated Meadows Branch Edmonton Public Library, provides year round...

Civic Buildings, Woodworks

Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code

Second Edition Applicable to the 2024 OBC (O. Reg. 163/24) – In Effect January 1, 2025 Overview The Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code (Second...

Codes & Standards, Mid-Rise Buildings, Woodworks

Framing Connectors

Framing connectors are proprietary products and include fastener types such as; framing anchors, framing angles, joist, purling and beam hangers, truss plates, post caps...

Joinery & Connectors, Structural Engineering

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Building Science for Wood Buildings

Diversify Your Structural Portfolio: Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Construction

Mid-Rise Best Practice Guide Proven Construction Techniques for Five-and Six-Storey Wood-Frame Buildings

BP2 – Fire Safety In Residential Buildings

Long-term Care Facilities – Norview Lodge & Parkwood Mennonite Home

Microtel Inn & Suites – Parry Sound, Ontario

Treatment during engineered wood product manufacture

Origine – Pointe-Aux-Lièvres Ecocondos – Quebec City

Innovative Wood Use in BC – A Case Study Showcasing Three Demonstration Projects

Meadows Community Recreation Centre and Library

Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code

Framing Connectors

Building Science for Wood Buildings

Diversify Your Structural Portfolio: Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Construction

Mid-Rise Best Practice Guide Proven Construction Techniques for Five-and Six-Storey Wood-Frame Buildings

BP2 – Fire Safety In Residential Buildings

Long-term Care Facilities – Norview Lodge & Parkwood Mennonite Home

Microtel Inn & Suites – Parry Sound, Ontario

Treatment during engineered wood product manufacture

Origine – Pointe-Aux-Lièvres Ecocondos – Quebec City

Innovative Wood Use in BC – A Case Study Showcasing Three Demonstration Projects

Meadows Community Recreation Centre and Library

Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code

Framing Connectors

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Building Science for Wood Buildings

Diversify Your Structural Portfolio: Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Construction

Mid-Rise Best Practice Guide Proven Construction Techniques for Five-and Six-Storey Wood-Frame Buildings

BP2 – Fire Safety In Residential Buildings

Long-term Care Facilities – Norview Lodge & Parkwood Mennonite Home

Microtel Inn & Suites – Parry Sound, Ontario

Treatment during engineered wood product manufacture

Origine – Pointe-Aux-Lièvres Ecocondos – Quebec City

Innovative Wood Use in BC – A Case Study Showcasing Three Demonstration Projects

Meadows Community Recreation Centre and Library

Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code

Framing Connectors

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