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LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS FOR WOOD BASED SHEAR WALLS AND PODIUM STRUCTURES

  • CWC, Economic Benefits, Social Benefits, Sustainability, Wood Buildings

Social & Economic Benefits of Wood Buildings

  • Adaptive Design, CWC, Resilient Design, Sustainability, Wood Structures

Resilient and Adaptive Design Using Wood

  • 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, Ontario, Reference Guide, Structural Engineering, wood bridges

ONTARIO WOOD BRIDGE REFERENCE GUIDE

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

BP6 – MANAGING MOISTURE AND WOOD

  • 2014 Edition, CWC, Engineering Guide, Structural Wood, Wood Frame Construction

Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction 2014

  • Basics, CWC, Platform Structures, Vertical Movement, Wood Engineering

Vertical Movement In Wood Platform Frame Structures – Basics

  • CWC, Design Solutions, Platform Structures, Structural Engineering, Vertical Movement

Vertical Movement In Wood Platform Frame Structures – Design and Detailing Solutions

  • CWC, Movement Prediction, Platform Frames, Structural Wood, Vertical Movement

Vertical Movement In Wood Platform Frame Structures – Movement Prediction

  • CWC, Educational Buildings, Low-rise, Ontario Reference, Wood Construction

Wood Use In Low Rise Educational Buildings Ontario Reference Guide 2012

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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)...

Life Cycle Assessment

Construction products and the building sector as a whole have significant impacts on the environment. Policy instruments and market forces are increasingly pushing...

Codes & Standards

BUILDING CODES & STANDARDS (THE REGULATORY SYSTEM) The construction industry is regulated through building codes which are informed by: Design standards that provide...

Energy Code

The National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB) aims to help save on energy bills, reduce peak energy demand, and improve the quality and comfort of the building's...

Acoustics

Wood is composed of many small cellular tubes that are predominantly filled with air. The natural composition of the material allows for wood to act as an effective...

Combustible construction

The provision of fire safety in a building is a complex matter; far more complex than the relative combustibility of the main structural materials used in a building. To...

Encapsulated mass timber construction

In addition to combustible, heavy timber and noncombustible construction, a new construction type is presently being considered for inclusion into the National Building Code...

Fire Safety

The National Building Code of Canada (NBC) defines fire safety under Objective OS1: “an objective of this code is to limit the probability that as a result of the design or...

Flame Spread

Flame spread is primarily a surface burning characteristic of materials, and a flame-spread rating is a way to compare how rapid flame spreads on the surface of one material...

Fire Resistance

In the National Building Code of Canada (NBC) “fire-resistance rating” is defined in part as: “the time in minutes or hours that a material or assembly of materials...

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