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Mid-Rise Buildings
...British Columbia (Canadian Wood Council) National Building Code of Canada Wood Design Manual (Canadian Wood Council) CSA O86 Engineering design in wood Wood for Mid-Rise Construction (Wood WORKS! Atlantic) Fire...
Assessing and Restoration of Decay
...sure why. If wood is badly decayed, this will be quite obvious. The wood will be softer than normal and perhaps even be breakable by hand. Decayed wood often has...
Preservative Treated Wood
...www.durable-wood.com Wood Preservation Canada Canadian Wood Preservation Association CSA O80 Series Wood preservation CSA O86 Engineering design in wood Pest Management Regulatory Agency of Health Canada American Wood Protection Association...
Green Construction through Wood: Accelerating Mass Timber Adoption in Canada
...both light wood frame and mass timber. Simon Bellavance Technical Advisor Cecobois Simon T. Bellavance holds a bachelor’s degree in wood engineering from Laval University, specializing in wood structures. Before...
CSA 080 Wood Preservation
...O80 Wood preservation Wood Preservation Canada National Building Code of Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency American Wood Protection Association ISO 21887 Durability of wood and wood-based products — Use classes...
Wood’s Durable Heritage
...of how to protect wood from decay and fire, we can expect today’s wood buildings to be around for as long as we wish. While wood does not have the...
Structural Design
...refer to the following resources: Introduction to Wood Design (Canadian Wood Council) Wood Design Manual (Canadian Wood Council) CSA O86 Engineering design in wood National Building Code of Canada www.woodworks-software.com...
Durability by treatment
...of Wood Preservative Products Lonza Wood Protection Timber Specialties  Viance LLC  Genics Inc.  Kop-Coat   Rio Tinto Minerals Nisus   Creosote council   KMG Chemicals   Wood Preservation Canada  ...
Climate Change
...Forest Products Industry “30 by 30” Climate Change Challenge (Forest Products Association of Canada) www.naturallywood.com www.thinkwood.com Building with wood = Proactive climate protection (Binational Softwood Lumber Council and State University...
Tall Wood Buildings
...Wood Innovation and Design Centre (Canadian Wood Council) Technical Guide for the Design and Construction of Tall Wood Buildings in Canada (FPInnovations) Ontario’s Tall Wood Building Reference (Ministry of Natural...
Finishing Quick Tips
For new wood, remember: The wood must be dry. Drying time depends on a few factors. Ideally the wood should be kiln-dried (stamped “S-DRY”, “KD” or “KDAT”, see glossary of...
Permanent Wood Foundations
...Durable, Comfortable, Adaptable, Energy efficient, Economical (Wood Preservation Canada and Canadian Wood Council) Wood Design Manual (Canadian Wood Council) Wood Preservation Canada CSA S406 Specification of permanent wood foundations for...

Mid-Rise Buildings

In the early 1900s, light-frame wood construction and heavy timber, up to ten-storeys in height, was commonplace in major cities throughout Canada. The longevity and...

Assessing and Restoration of Decay

Sometimes it happens – wood in service suffers from decay. How can you identify decayed wood and what are the recommended actions to take? First, be sure you actually have...

Preservative Treated Wood

Preservative-treated wood is surface coated or pressure impregnated with chemicals that improve the resistance to damage that can result from biological deterioration (decay)...

Green Construction through Wood: Accelerating Mass Timber Adoption in Canada

Course Overview Advancing mass timber construction is critical to achieving Canada’s climate, housing, and economic goals. This course explores how innovative wood-based...

CSA 080 Wood Preservation

The National Building Code of Canada (NBC) contains requirements regarding the use of treated wood in buildings and the CSA O80 Series of standards is referenced in the NBC...

Wood’s Durable Heritage

There’s no reason a wood structure can’t last virtually forever – or, at least hundreds of years, far longer than we may actually need the building. With a good...

Structural Design

A structure must be designed to resist all the loads expected to act on the structure during its service life. Under the effects of the expected applied loads, the structure...

Durability by treatment

Treating Methods There are two basic methods of treating: with and without pressure. Non-pressure methods are the application of preservative by brushing, spraying or dipping...

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)...

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...

Finishing Quick Tips

For new wood, remember: The wood must be dry.  Drying time depends on a few factors. Ideally the wood should be kiln-dried (stamped “S-DRY”, “KD” or “KDAT”, see...

Permanent Wood Foundations

A permanent wood foundation (PWF) is an engineered construction system that uses load-bearing exterior light-frame wood walls in a below-grade application. A PWF consists of...
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