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Moisture and Wood

The durability of wood is often a function of water, but that doesn’t mean wood can never get wet. Quite the contrary, wood and water usually live happily together. Wood...

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...

CSA S406 Permanent Wood Foundations

CSA S406 Specification of permanent wood foundations for housing and small buildings CSA S406 is the design and construction standard for permanent wood foundations (PWF)...

Codes & Standards, Wood Foundations

Panel Products

By using roundwood that is often not be suitable for lumber production, wood-based panels make efficient use of the forest resource by providing engineered wood products with...

Wood Products

Laminated Strand Lumber

Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL) is one of the more recent structural composite lumber (SCL) products to come into widespread use. LSL provides attributes such as high strength...

Engineered Wood Products (EWP), Wood Products

Oriented Strand Lumber

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

Engineered Wood Products (EWP), Wood Products

Wood as a Structural Material: Properties, Systems, and Design

Resource Description A structured undergraduate timber engineering course designed to introduce students to the fundamental material properties of wood and the principles of...

Building Canada’s Future With Wood

Course Overview This session will feature thought leaders in a podcast-style conversation exploring the evolving role of wood in Canadian construction. Through a series of...

Wood Advantages

Wood is resistant to some of the chemicals destructive to steel and concrete. For example, wood is often the material of choice when exposed to: organic compounds, hot or...

Durability, Sustainability

Plant a Seed Designing with Wood and Bio based Materials

Course Overview Concrete, steel, and aluminum are responsible for 23% of the world’s total CO2 emissions. While a portion of those emissions come from other industries, the...

From Trees to Keys: Scaling Industrialized Wood Construction

Course Overview This session brings together a panel of experts to discuss lessons learned and visions for wood-based manufactured housing solutions. The panel will address...

Building Code Evolution: Understanding the Latest Mass Timber Provisions

Course Overview WoodWorks and the BC Office of Mass Timber Implementation present a brief, but detailed technical webinar focusing on the recently adopted provincial code...

Durability Research and Development

FPInnovations has been field testing the performance of treated wood products for years. Click one of these categories for performance data from our field tests....

Durability

Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Design and Detailing Solutions

Most buildings are designed to accommodate a certain range of movement. In design, it is important for designers to identify locations where potential differential movement...

CWC, Structural Engineering

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