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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...

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...

Reassessment of Design Values for Hem-Fir (N) Dimension Lumber (Canadian Market)

The design values for visually graded and mechanically graded Hem-Fir (N) dimension lumber have been updated in response to the routine assessment of strength and stiffness...

CWC, Structural Engineering, Wood Products

Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction 2014

The Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction has been produced by CWC to provide guidance to engineers, building designers, building officials, builders, and students of...

CWC, Premium, Structural Engineering

Introduction to Wood Design 2018

Introduction to Wood Design has been prepared to facilitate and encourage the instruction of wood engineering at Canadian universities and colleges. The publication is a...

CWC, Premium, Wood Design

By Engineer or By Supplier? How “Involved” to Be in Choosing Engineered Lumber

Course Overview Since Engineered Lumber Products are proprietary, there is a range of opinions about how much information to show on a set of Structural drawings. Should the...

Simplified and Sustainable Acoustic Solutions for High-Performance Mass Timber Buildings

Course Overview Delivering superior acoustic comfort to building occupants doesn’t have to be complicated. In this panel discussion, presented by an industry-leading...

Innovative Envelope Solutions for Mass Timber

Course Overview As society strives toward lower-carbon construction and increased operational efficiency of the built environment, we know that a building’s envelope...

Design Options for Three and Four Storey Wood School Buildings in British Columbia

Course Overview There are currently a number of planned new school projects throughout British Columbia that require either three ‐ or four‐storey buildings, and this...

Wood Reference Handbook

The Wood Reference Handbook is much more than a guide to the architectural use of wood in building construction – it is a beautifully assembled homage to fine wood...

Biophilic Design, CWC, Premium, Wood Design

Demystifying Acoustics for All Wood Buildings

Course Overview This presentation defines Acoustic building code requirements and discusses important acoustic principles in mass timber construction. Learning Objectives...

Cornerstone Timberframes and BuildingIN: Innovation in Wood Construction and Housing Development

Course Overview This session explores two distinct but complementary perspectives on advancing the built environment in Canada. Tanya Bachmeier, CEO of Cornerstone...

Design Example of Wood Diaphragm Using Envelope Method

This document is a design example of Wood Diaphragm Using Envelope Method. it uses a typical one-storey commercial building located in Vancouver, BC as the example. The plan...

CWC, Structural Engineering

Red Deer College Student Residence – Red Deer, Alberta

Red Deer College (RDC) Student Residence is a 5,800-sq.m. (60,000-sq.ft.), five-storey wooden structure with 145 units, designed and completed to meet the 300-bed demand for...

Academic Buildings, Woodworks

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