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Building Science for Wood Buildings
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...
From Forests to Housing: Modern Methods of Construction – Roundtable Consultation
...in collaboration with the Canadian Wood Council (CWC) and the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), this report examines how Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), including prefabrication, panelized and modular...
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...

On Site Moisture Management of Wood Frame Construction

Course Overview This presentation aims to help designers and construction companies/builders assess the potential for moisture related issues arising during the construction...

Offsite Manufacturing: Driving Efficiency, Quality, and Sustainable Construction

Course Overview Offsite construction is transforming the building industry by shifting key processes from traditional sites to controlled factory environments. This approach...

Wood Design & Building Magazine, vol 24, issue 97

In wood construction, success is rarely improvised. It’s the earned result of early design coordination, clearly communicated expectations, and a shared commitment to...

Linear Dynamic Analysis for Wood Based Shear Walls and Podium Structures

With the height limit for combustible construction limited to four stories under the National Building Code of Canada, it was uncommon for designers to perform detailed...

Online Tools for Wood Construction

Course Overview This course will cover two new free online tools developed by CWC: CodeCHEK and FRR & STC Tool. CodeCHEK helps designers to determine if and when...

Wood Design & Building Magazine, vol 25, issue 103

This issue of Wood Design & Building is, in many ways, about relationships. Relationships between materials and place, between education and practice, and between...

Fire Safety

The National Building Code of Canada (NBC) defines fire safety under Objective OS1: “an objective of this code is to limit the probability that as a result of the design or...

The Future of Tall: The Future of Cities

Course Overview Over the past two decades, tall buildings have enjoyed a major uptake in almost all major cities globally. But is the push for greater urban density and...

Surrey Memorial Hospital Critical Care Tower – Surrey, BC

Just as our definition of green building has expanded with time so has our understanding of human health expanded to include not only our physical condition but also our...

Construction Moisture Management of Mass Timber Buildings

Course Overview Mass timber buildings are transforming the way we build—but with new materials come new challenges. This session will explore how moisture risks in mass...

Preservation of Structural Wood

Course Overview This webinar will focus on the importance of proper structural applications for preserved wood products, with demonstrated examples of best practices as well...

Regional Design With Wood For Educational Facilities

Course Overview Hennebery Eddy Architects will discuss approaches to design featuring wood as a primary material in a range of regional and climatic contexts in the western...
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