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ONTARIO WOOD BRIDGE REFERENCE GUIDE

...the Canadian Wood Council publication Wood Highway Bridges from 1992 are typically referenced by designers of timber bridges in Ontario. This new reference is intended to provide updated background information...

Surface Pre-treatment

...deep into the wood. In New Zealand, framing lumber has been treated with borates using this process since the 1950s. Dip-diffusion works well with wood species that are mostly sapwood...

Hamilton and Oyster River Fire Halls – Richmond and Comox, BC

...built up wood members, tie downs and plywood sheathing. The challenges come with the coordination of each discipline: architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical to position wood shear walls and structural...

Introduction to Wood Design

Resource Description This comprehensive course package provides educators with a ready-to-use framework for teaching structural wood design, aligned with CSA O86 and the Wood Design Manual. Suitable for advanced undergraduate...

Timber and Off-Site Construction

...Bio Derek Ratzlaff, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., PE Technical Director WoodWorks BC Derek began his career in the wood industry in high school working on single and multi-family light wood frame construction....

Building Code Evolution: Understanding the Latest Mass Timber Provisions

...of the new code provisions for EMTC in BC. Derek Ratzlaff, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., PE Technical Director, WoodWorks BC Canadian Wood Council Derek began his career in the wood industry in...

BP3 – Termite Control and Wood-Frame Buildings

Wood products have long been the building materials of choice for home construction in North America. The wood-frame construction system has a solid history of producing housing of the highest...

BP1 – Moisture and Wood-Frame Buildings

...construction has proven it can stand the test of time. The art and technology of wood building, however, has been changing through time. Can modern wood-frame buildings perform as well?...

CLT Design Considerations

...P.Eng., MIEust, CPEng., RPEQ, Senior Wood Technologist / Structural Engineer Wood Research and Development (WRD) Oregon, USA and Caboolture, QLD, Australia Dr. Dan Tingley graduated from University of New Brunswick...

Aspen Art Museum: Creating an Innovative Wood Structure

Course Overview The Aspen Art Museum, designed by architect Shigeru Ban, includes a long-span three-dimensional wood space-frame roof. Ban’s charge was to create a wood space frame with spans of...

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Wood Design & Building Magazine, vol 24, issue 100

Reaching one hundred issues is a milestone worthy of both celebration and reflection. Wood Design & Building, once upon a time called Wood le Bois, began as a modest trade...

Canadian Preservation Industry

Canada has had a wood preservation industry for about 100 years. Canada is tied with the UK as the world’s second largest producer of treated wood (the USA is first,...

Wood in Education

Course Overview This course is a case study of a number of educational buildings in both the United States and Canada and how wood used in the construction of these buildings...

BP6 – Managing Moisture and Wood

Wood, a long-lasting, economical, and renewable resource, is the building material of choice in North American housing. This is largely due to the proven performance of...

CWC, Moisture & Decay

BIM for Wood Buildings – An Introductory Guide

Resource Description This resource provides educators with an accessible introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM) in the context of wood construction. It explains...

Tallwood 1

Course Overview Mass timber has garnered a lot of interest in Ontario in recent years and with the recent adoption of the encapsulated mass timber construction requirements...

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...

Shifting Gears: World’s First Passivehouse Auto Dealership

Course Overview Building a wood frame Car Dealership is a unique proposition to begin with. Making it a Certified Passivehouse building in cold windy Red Deer is an added...

Durability by Design

Course Overview Durability by design is all in the detail. It is the detail, an aspect of wood design which is sometimes overlooked, that determines the durability of a...

Bringing Mass Timber Mainstream: Unpacking Market Challenges and Opportunities

Course Overview The positive influences of design innovation, advanced materials, new building codes, and the evolving priorities of society are driving change in the...

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...

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...

Encapsulated Mass Timber: A New Construction Type for the 2020 NBC

Course Overview This webinar will discuss the fire-related national building and fire code changes related to a new construction type called Encapsulated Mass Timber...

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

North American single-family homes are considered by many to be the safest place to be in an earthquake. This is not surprising considering that North American housing is...

CWC, Seismic Studies

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ONTARIO WOOD BRIDGE REFERENCE GUIDE

Surface Pre-treatment

Hamilton and Oyster River Fire Halls – Richmond and Comox, BC

Introduction to Wood Design

Timber and Off-Site Construction

Building Code Evolution: Understanding the Latest Mass Timber Provisions

BP3 – Termite Control and Wood-Frame Buildings

BP1 – Moisture and Wood-Frame Buildings

CLT Design Considerations

Aspen Art Museum: Creating an Innovative Wood Structure

Wood Design & Building Magazine, vol 24, issue 100

Canadian Preservation Industry

Wood in Education

BP6 – Managing Moisture and Wood

BIM for Wood Buildings – An Introductory Guide

Tallwood 1

Prefabrication of Wood Buildings

Shifting Gears: World’s First Passivehouse Auto Dealership

Durability by Design

Bringing Mass Timber Mainstream: Unpacking Market Challenges and Opportunities

Low Carbon Buildings AND Energy Systems? Yes, We Wood.

Shearwall Connections and Lateral Systems for Wood Buildings

Encapsulated Mass Timber: A New Construction Type for the 2020 NBC

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

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ONTARIO WOOD BRIDGE REFERENCE GUIDE

Surface Pre-treatment

Hamilton and Oyster River Fire Halls – Richmond and Comox, BC

Introduction to Wood Design

Timber and Off-Site Construction

Building Code Evolution: Understanding the Latest Mass Timber Provisions

BP3 – Termite Control and Wood-Frame Buildings

BP1 – Moisture and Wood-Frame Buildings

CLT Design Considerations

Aspen Art Museum: Creating an Innovative Wood Structure

Wood Design & Building Magazine, vol 24, issue 100

Canadian Preservation Industry

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