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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 technical case studies published by TRADA....
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 also available in...
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 tels que les poutres, les colonnes,...
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...
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...
Buildings
...Office has updated the “Best Practice Guide for Wood-Frame Envelopes in the Coastal Climate of British Columbia” originally developed by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and published “Building Enclosure Design...
Innovating with Wood – A Case Study Showcasing Four Demonstration Projects
...use of wood for the construction of the UBC’s Earth Sciences Building (ESB) complemented the relationship between environment and science. The new 5-storey north wing of the ESB will house...
Green
...that wood products yield clear environmental advantages over other building materials at every stage. Wood buildings can offer lower greenhouse gas emissions, less air pollution, lower volumes of solid waste...
Life Cycle Assessment
...and contributing to the circular economy. Life cycle of wood construction products Photo source: CEI-Bois For further information, refer to the following resources: www.naturallywood.com Athena Sustainable Materials Institute Building for...
Structural Composite Lumber
...Engineered Wood Association Canadian Construction Materials Centre (CCMC), Institute for Research in Construction CSA O86 Engineering design in wood ASTM D5456 Standard Specification for Evaluation of Structural Composite Lumber Products...
Mass Timber
Mass Timber
...dimension lumber or wood veneers, strands or fibres to form large pre-fabricated wood elements used as beams, columns, arches, walls, floors and roofs. Mass timber products have sufficient volume and...
Reassessment of Design Values for Hem-Fir (N) Dimension Lumber (Canadian Market)
...and the National Design Specification® (NDS®) Supplement for Wood Construction, developed by the American Wood Council (AWC). Within the NDS® Supplement, these updates specifically apply to Tables 4A and 4C,...

Shearwalls Course

Course Overview The Shearwalls Course introduces learners to the WoodWorks Shearwalls Program, a tool designed for modeling and analyzing wood-frame structures. This course...

Rock Community Church – Planned for Growth

Rock Community Church is located in Woodbridge, Ontario, directly north of Toronto. Several years ago, the congregation bought a large, wooded property and used an existing...

Residential Prescriptive Exterior Wood Deck Span Guide

The intent of this document is to provide guidance on joist spans, built-up beam sizes, and supporting column sizes for exterior wood decks. The following items which are...

Fire Safety Design In Buildings

In a recent survey of building specifiers, the majority perceived wood to be the most environmentally friendly building material. Compared to other major building materials...

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...

Insuring Timber Buildings: Best Practices for the Best Rates!

Course Overview Recent code changes and advancements in timber products are allowing for larger and more complex buildings to be built in timber. These multi storey, complex...

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...
Considerations in the Design & Prefabrication of Mass Timber Buildings for Architects

Considerations in the Design & Prefabrication of Mass Timber Buildings for Architects

Resource Description This resource is intended to provide educators with a clear framework for teaching the principles of mass timber design and prefabrication. The content...

Joining Tradition and Innovation with Mass timber Connections

Course Overview An overview of traditional, state of the art and innovative wood fasteners and connectors. This course is of particular interest to structural engineers and...

Wood Design & Building Magazine, vol 24, issue 99

As the design and construction industry collectively strives towards a more sustainable built environment, one of the more interesting challenges in architecture today is how...

Construction Sites

The vulnerability of any building in a fire situation is higher during the construction phase when compared to the susceptibility of the building after it has been completed...
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