2014 Wood Design Seminars

A Wood WORKS! Alberta and NEWBuildS co-presentation:

The Checker Building – A 20-storey conceptual wood building

Friday, November 14, 2014
8 am – 1 pm
Engineering Teaching and Learning Centre (ETLC) Solarium, University of Alberta North Campus

The following presentation PDFs have been generously provided by the speakers as reference material to support the presentations given at the seminar.

Please respect that the material is copyright protected and do not use for purposes other than viewing without permission of the presenter to whom the slides and copyright belong.

Presentations:

• Welcoming remarks
  Rory Koska, Program Manager, Wood WORKS! Alberta
• Introduction of NEWBuildS and project
  Dr. Y. H. Chui, Scientific Director, NEWBuildS
• FPI Technical Guide: Tall Wood Building
  Kenneth Koo, Industry Advisor, FPInnovations/NEWBuildS Network Liaison Manager
• Architectural design and details
  Dr. Mohamed Nadim Adi, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta
• Structural analysis and design
  Dr. Zhiyong Chen, Instructor & Research Engineer, University of New Brunswick
• Building envelope design
  Dr. Hua Ge, Assistant Professor, Concordia University
• Fire resistance design and fire risk analysis
  Xiao Li, Research Assistant, Carleton University
• Fire safety of multi-storey wood buildings
  Andrew Harmsworth, Principal, GHL Consultants Ltd.
• Tall wood buildings in Europe
  Robert Drew, Associate Principal & Technical Director, Perkins + Will
• Concluding remarks
  Dr. Y. H. Chui, Scientific Director, NEWBuildS
• Lunch (provided)

 This event has been made possible with the support of the following sponsors:

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Questions?

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