Course Overview
Examining recent 6-storey projects, this presentation will highlight specific challenges, important details and procedures, and to illustrate how various engineered wood products were applied strategically to ensure success.
Learning Objectives
- Gain insight into some of the critical structural challenges for wood framed mid‐rise buildings.
- Understand how use of Engineered Lumber (particularly LSL) can assist in decreasing building shrinkage and resisting higher loads.
- Know what a qualified ELP supplier can provide to assist in these projects.
- Examine a few emerging technologies that may impact this type of construction in the future.
Course Video
Speaker Bio
Steve McManus, P. Eng.
Weyerhaeuser
