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Edmonton Transit System – LRT Stations
...line is eventually extended to the city limit near St. Albert. Wood was used for both structural and architectural elements for the MacEwan and Kingsway/Royal Alex LRT Stations, and for...
Fire Safety and Insurance In Commercial Buildings
...risk. Designing and building structures in compliance with building and fire code requirements, and insurance industry guidelines, contributes to the reduction of fire losses. Wood has had a long history...
R-Town Vertical 6 | Mass Timber Midrise
The R-Town V6 pilot project is the first 6-storey, mixed-use, multi-unit residential building developed in Ontario that fully employs mass timber as the main structural system. The energy-efficient wood building...
Red Deer College Student Residence – Red Deer, Alberta
...life and sustainability, while using mass timber construction to achieve both goals. These are some of the reasons it won a 2019 Wood Design & Building Canadian Wood Council Award....
Wood in Civic Buildings
This case study examines two wood buildings, both with primary retail commercial occupancies, but which employ different mass timber products to achieve very different effects. Askew’s Uptown Supermarket in Salmon...
80 Atlantic Avenue – Toronto, Ontario
...Ontario Building Code in 2015 made it possible to build commercial wood buildings up to six storeys high. The developer and architect saw this as an opportunity to demonstrate leadership...
Green Gables Visitors’ Centre – Cavendish, PE
...of Parks Canada since the 1930s, the property includes the main Green Gables house, the Haunted Wood trail and Lovers Lane. A 2015 study revealed a need for more exhibit...
Wood in Commercial Buildings
...two storeys. As a result, wood building types now include office, residential, mercantile, assembly, low hazard or storage/ garage uses. This case study examines two wood buildings, both with primary...
Laurentian University McEwen School of Architecture – Sudbury, ON
...culture, wood construction, local ecologies and resources, and design for the impact of climate change. The school is a didactic instrument with structural and HVAC design elements purposefully exposed in...
IBS4 – Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis for Residential Buildings
...construction is never fully benign for the environment, designers and builders can make choices to minimize the impact. Wood plays an important part in sustainable design, as shown by scientific...
Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Basics
...is primarily related to shrinkage or swelling caused by moisture loss or gain when the moisture content is below 28% (wood fiber saturation point). Other movement in wood structures may...
Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Design and Detailing Solutions
...in the design drawings. Simply specifying wood materials with lower MC at time of delivery does not guarantee that the wood will not get wet on construction sites and will...

Ontario Mid-Rise Reference Guide

On September 23, 2014, after many years of research, development, stakeholder feedback and discussion, the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing announced...

Design Example of Wood Diaphragm on Reinforced CMU Shearwalls

This document is design example of Wood Diaphragm on Reinforced CMU Shearwalls. It uses a school gymnasium located in Surrey, British Columbia as the example. The plan...

Design Example of Wood Diaphragm Using Envelope Method

This document is a design example of Wood Diaphragm Using Envelope Method. it uses a typical one-storey commercial building located in Vancouver, BC as the example. The plan...

A Mechanics-Based Approach for Determining Deflections of Stacked Multi-Storey Wood-Based Shearwalls

The 2009 edition of CSA Standard O86, Engineering Design in Wood (CSA 2009), provides an equation for determining the deflection of shear walls. It is important to note that...

Design of Stacked Multi-Storey Wood Shearwalls Using A Mechanics Based Approach

This document is a Design example of Stacked Multi-Storey Wood Shearwalls Using A Mechanics Based Approach. It shows a floor plan and elevation along with the preliminary...

Linear Dynamic Analysis for Wood Based Shear Walls and Podium Structures

With the height limit for combustible construction limited to four stories under the National Building Code of Canada, it was uncommon for designers to perform detailed...

Algonquin College Perth Campus

Algonquin College is a major provider of post-secondary education in Eastern Ontario, with campuses in Ottawa, Perth and Pembroke. The Perth Campus is located in the Town of...

Community Resource Centre

The Greenfield Community Resource Centre and Elementary School is located in a small, isolated forestry community in Nova Scotia where 16.1 % of employment is provided by the...

Richmond Olympic Oval

The Richmond Olympic Oval is the largest structure to be built for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Designed to accommodate the long track speed-skating events before...

Wood Design Awards, 2014

Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction 2014

The Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction has been produced by CWC to provide guidance to engineers, building designers, building officials, builders, and students of...

Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings

Acknowledging the growing importance of designing sustainable buildings and addressing overpopulation concerns, the development of engineered wood products has introduced the...

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