...buildings supports sustainability, promotes health and motivates learning. Learning Objectives How wood was used to create a healthy learning environment. How wood was used to create a sense of wellbeing...
...wood frame buildings that have provided strong and lasting housing for a multitude of people. Although wood can withstand much abuse, it needs to be stored and handled properly to...
BIM for Wood Buildings – An Introductory Guide
...Canadian Wood Council Usage and Citation Guidelines These teaching materials were developed by Scius Advisory and BIM One with funding support from the Canadian Wood Council. The content is provided...
Tallwood 1
...competitive option and we will share some with you in this presentation using the recently completed Tallwood 1 building in Langford, BC. Tallwood 1 is the first 12-story mass timber-steel...
Prefabrication of Wood Buildings
Resource Description This module provides an introduction to wood prefabrication, exploring its various levels and methods to give students a fundamental understanding of the advantages, disadvantages, and market factors that...
Shifting Gears: World’s First Passivehouse Auto Dealership
...and sustainable construction in the industrial sector. The project shows that manufactured wood products are not only capable but preferable when designing sustainable buildings. The use of wood not only...
Durability by Design
...exterior, especially when wood is exposed to the elements. Knowing what happens to the wood when exposed to moisture or the sun’s UV rays and applying that information, results in...
Bringing Mass Timber Mainstream: Unpacking Market Challenges and Opportunities
...two ASC Annual International Conferences (2009 and 2011). Annabelle Hamilton Executive Director WoodWorks BC Annabelle is the Executive Director of WoodWorks BC Team, overseeing active engagement, technical support and strategic...
Low Carbon Buildings AND Energy Systems? Yes, We Wood.
Course Overview As Toronto grows, so does the need for housing and energy. The use of wood products presents a tremendous opportunity to meet these essential needs while reducing greenhouse...
Shearwall Connections and Lateral Systems for Wood Buildings
Course Overview This comprehensive course delves into the latest advancements in wood shearwall systems and connections, featuring critical updates from the 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBCC). This course...
Encapsulated Mass Timber: A New Construction Type for the 2020 NBC
...timber fire testing. Course Video https://vimeo.com/1046519298 Speaker Bio Marc Alam Manager, Codes and Standards in the fire division Canadian Wood Council Marc Alam is a member of the Canadian Wood...
BP5 – Wood-Frame Construction: Meeting The Challenge of Earthquakes
...with wood-frame construction. The lightweight and high energy absorbing capabilities of wood framing provides a system strong enough to withstand the effects of powerful earthquakes. Experience from strong earthquakes, in...
Course Overview The Shearwalls Course introduces learners to the WoodWorks Shearwalls Program, a tool designed for modeling and analyzing wood-frame structures. This course...
Rock Community Church is located in Woodbridge, Ontario, directly north of Toronto. Several years ago, the congregation bought a large, wooded property and used an existing...
The intent of this document is to provide guidance on joist spans, built-up beam sizes, and supporting column sizes for exterior wood decks. The following items which are...
In a recent survey of building specifiers, the majority perceived wood to be the most environmentally friendly building material. Compared to other major building materials...
On September 23, 2014, after many years of research, development, stakeholder feedback and discussion, the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced...
Course Overview Recent code changes and advancements in timber products are allowing for larger and more complex buildings to be built in timber. These multi storey, complex...
The 2009 edition of CSA Standard O86, Engineering Design in Wood (CSA 2009), provides an equation for determining the deflection of shear walls. It is important to note that...
This document is a Design example of Stacked Multi-Storey Wood Shearwalls Using A Mechanics Based Approach. It shows a floor plan and elevation along with the preliminary...
Resource Description This resource is intended to provide educators with a clear framework for teaching the principles of mass timber design and prefabrication. The content...
Course Overview An overview of traditional, state of the art and innovative wood fasteners and connectors. This course is of particular interest to structural engineers and...
As the design and construction industry collectively strives towards a more sustainable built environment, one of the more interesting challenges in architecture today is how...
The vulnerability of any building in a fire situation is higher during the construction phase when compared to the susceptibility of the building after it has been completed...