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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,...

Excellence and Innovation: Inspirational Wood Buildings in the UK

Course Overview This presentation will highlight recent award winning timber projects recognized in the UK including several beautiful wood buildings that were featured in...

Gestimat Toward Low Carbon Construction

Course Overview Gestimat facilitates the assessment of the carbon footprint of buildings. Developed in Quebec for the Wood Charter and financed by the Fonds vert, Gestimat is...

Cours Sizer

Aperçu du cours Le cours Sizer propose une introduction approfondie au programme WoodWorks Sizer, un outil puissant pour la conception et l'analyse d'éléments structurels...

Wood in Commercial Buildings

In 2009, the British Columbia Building Code (BCBC) was amended to permit residential buildings of up to six storeys to be constructed in wood. Since then, through a five-year...

Commercial Buildings, Woodworks

Celebrating Edmonton’s Wood Architecture

It is significant that wood played such a large role in this type of complex, which is usually done in other materials. The wood structure is a unifying element between the...

Infrastructure, Woodworks

Buildings

Wall Types for Water Control Building envelope experts generally speak of three or four different approaches to design of a wall for moisture control. Face seal...

Commercial Buildings, Industrial Buildings, Residential Buildings

Innovating with Wood – A Case Study Showcasing Four Demonstration Projects

The success of the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Earth Sciences programs resulted in a need for the department to expand in order to accommodate a growing enrollment...

Academic Buildings, Woodworks

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...

Sustainability

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...

Durability, Sustainability

Structural Composite Lumber

Structural Composite Lumber (SCL) Structural composite lumber (SCL) is a term used to encompass the family of engineered wood products that includes laminated veneer lumber...

Engineered Wood Products (EWP), Wood Products

Mass Timber

Advancements in wood product technology and systems are driving the momentum for innovative buildings in Canada. Products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT)...

Engineered Wood Products (EWP), Mass Timber, Wood Products

Reassessment of Design Values for Hem-Fir (N) Dimension Lumber (Canadian Market)

The design values for visually graded and mechanically graded Hem-Fir (N) dimension lumber have been updated in response to the routine assessment of strength and stiffness...

CWC, Structural Engineering, Wood Products

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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

Excellence and Innovation: Inspirational Wood Buildings in the UK

Gestimat Toward Low Carbon Construction

Cours Sizer

Wood in Commercial Buildings

Celebrating Edmonton’s Wood Architecture

Buildings

Innovating with Wood – A Case Study Showcasing Four Demonstration Projects

Green

Life Cycle Assessment

Structural Composite Lumber

Mass Timber

Reassessment of Design Values for Hem-Fir (N) Dimension Lumber (Canadian Market)

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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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