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  • CWC, Earthquake Resistance, Seismic Design, Structural Safety, Wood Structures

Seismic design with wood

  • CWC, Innovation Centre, Prince George, Sustainable Architecture, Wood Design

Wood Innovation and Design Centre

  • 2016 Edition, CWC, Permanent Wood Foundations, Structural Wood, Technical Guide

Permanent Wood Foundations 2016

  • 2014-2015, CWC, Industry Recognition, Outstanding Wood Architecture, Wood Design Awards

Wood Design Awards, 2015

  • BP6, CWC, Moisture Control, Technical Guide, Wood Durability

BP6 – Managing Moisture and Wood

  • BP5, CWC, Earthquake Resistance, Structural Safety, Wood Frame Construction

BP5 – Wood-Frame Construction: Meeting The Challenge of Earthquakes

  • BP4, CWC, North America, Residential Construction, Wood-Frame Housing

BP4 – Wood-Frame Housing: A North-American Marvel

  • BP3 – Termite Control and Wood-Frame Buildings

BP3 – Termite Control and Wood-Frame Buildings

  • BP1, CWC, Durability, Moisture Control, Wood-frame Buildings

BP1 – Moisture and Wood-Frame Buildings

  • CWC, Economy, Strength, Structural Engineering, Versatility, Wood Trusses

IBS2 – Wood Trusses – Strength, Economy, Versatility

  • CWC, Durability, Moisture Control, Structural Wood, Wood-frame Buildings

IBS1 – Moisture and Wood-Frame Buildings

  • CWC, Openings Design, Structural Engineering, Wood Diaphragm

Design Example of Designing for Openings in Wood Diaphragm

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Parallel Strand Lumber

Parallel Strand Lumber (PSL) Parallel Strand Lumber (PSL) provides attributes such as high strength, high stiffness and dimensional stability. The manufacturing process of...

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a proprietary engineered wood product that is prefabricated using several layers of kiln-dried lumber, laid flat-wise, and glued together on...
Glulam

Glulam

Glulam (glued-laminated timber) is an engineered structural wood product that consists of multiple individual layers of dimension lumber that are glued together under...

Plank Decking

Plank decking may be used to span farther and carry greater loads than panel products such as plywood and oriented strand board (OSB). Plank decking is often used where the...

Tall Wood Buildings

With advanced construction technologies and modern mass timber products such as glued-laminated timber, cross-laminated timber and structural composite lumber, building tall...

Mid-Rise Buildings

When it comes to wood construction, many people think of basic 2×4 framing, panels or flooring for single-family homes. However, advances in wood science and building...

Bridges

Timber bridges have a long history as vital components of the roadway, railway and logging road networks within Canada. Dependent on the availability of materials...

Tall Wood Buildings – Research

Tests Current research includes the World’s largest mass timber fire test – click here for updates on the test results currently being conducted https://firetests.cwc.ca/...

Mid-Rise Buildings – Research

Studies General “The Historical Development of the Building Size Limits in the National Building Code of Canada“, by Sereca for CWC (2015)  (17 Mb) Structural &...

Green

Wood is the only major building material that grows naturally and is renewable. With growing pressure to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment, building...

Energy Efficiency

Of all the energy used in North America, it is estimated that 30 to 40 percent is consumed by buildings. In Canada, the majority of operational energy in residential...

Climate Change

Concerns about climate change are encouraging decarbonization of the building sector, including the use of construction materials responsible for fewer greenhouse gas (GHG)...

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