You can continue to earn professional development credits during COVID 19 because our events have gone virtual! Some of the ways are listed below: Wood WORKS! eLearning Centre Earn free continuing education credits from the comfort of your home or office. Visit www.woodworkselearning.com to browse over 100 professional development courses accredited for CEUs by the American Institute of Architects, all
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Featuring release of new fire performance demonstration video Thursday, June 25, 2020 - 9am – 11:45am FREE of charge with advance registration – CLICK HERE to register Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction (EMTC) as permitted under the 2020 National Building Code, 2019 British Columbia Building Code (jurisdictional basis) and the Vancouver Building Code offers the BC design, construction and development industries
WoodWorks® Design Office is a structural engineering software package developed to simplify and enhance the wood design process. It allows designers to experiment and explore the feasibility of using wood in structural applications following the NBCC 2015 and the CSA O86-14. This workshop will discuss the capabilities of WoodWorks® Sizer, Connections and Shearwalls, and provides a brief overview of the
This webinar will cover two new free online tools developed by the Canadian Wood Council: CodeCHEK and FRR & STC Tool. Register today! CodeCHEK helps designers to determine if and when lightweight wood-frame, heavy timber, mass timber and/or encapsulated mass timber construction can be used, and to determine the applicable construction requirements related to fire safety in Sections 3.1 and
What does it take to efficiently engineer and build mass timber buildings? How can timber be integrated into a project so that the structure is cost-competitive, while still maintaining the architectural vision, elegance and quality? We will explore these questions and also look at the features and key design parameters when using DLT, the all wood mass timber product. Larger
Melissa will discuss the role of the specialty structural engineer in glulam connection design for your project. Tips will be provided to help streamline the work of the project architect and engineer of record, and also highlight specific detailing situations to help construction run more smoothly. Glulam fabrication will be discussed: from chisels to CNC machines. Some examples will be
This webinar is intended to increase awareness of Western Red Cedar uses, properties and performance characteristics. Western Red Cedar grades and product specifications will be reviewed, as will proper installation, finishing and maintenance for a variety of applications. Through brief case study presentations, attendees will gain an appreciation of design trends that leverage cedar's versatility and the enhanced appeal it
The first wave of mass timber buildings are starting to come to fruition. Toronto has seen mass timber as the material of choice for residential and commercial projects. These projects are intended to address market demands for sustainable buildings and the efficiency of panelization and prefabrication. This presentation discusses the design challenges and alternative solutions of mass timber construction for
NEW ONLINE TOOL FOR WOOD CONSTRUCTION – CODECHEK: WEBINAR HOSTED BY WOOD WORKS! BC Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 – 1pm PDT – webinar Presented by Marc Alam, Manager, Codes & Standards – Fire, at the Canadian Wood Council, this webinar will cover two new free online tools for checking wood design and construction building code conformance: Codices and FRR & STC tools.