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?
Contact Barbara Murray, Communications Coordinator at 780-392-0761 or bmurray@in-motion-hosting.ca
wood-works.org/alberta
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