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December 7, 2023 - (Online National Event) This presentation provides specific design guidance on how to address common scenarios in structural analysis and design for CLT.
December 7, 2023 - Regional In-Person Site Tour (Hempstead, NY) Planned for completion in 2024, this five-story, 85,000 SF utilizes cross-laminated timber (CLT), glue-laminated timber (GLT or glulam), wood-concrete composite systems, and open-web trusses.
December 12, 2023 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Waltham, MA). This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others.
December 14, 2023 - Regional In-Person (Orlando, FL) Learn more about the use of wood-frame construction for low-rise retail, office and restaurant occupancies designed under the International Building Code.
December 14, 2023 - Online Regional Event (Northeast). This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others.
January 16, 2024 - (Online National Event) This presentation will focus on common detailing issues, as well as the nuances of different construction types, possible compliance paths, and rationale for approval—all emphasizing constructability and practicality.
January 18, 2024 - (Online National Event) This presentation will focus on interior fire-rated walls such as fire walls, fire barriers, and fire partitions, and where these walls typically occur in multi-family buildings. We will also cover common detailing methods that meet structural needs, acoustical performance, and fire protection requirements.
January 30, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Atlanta, GA) This presentation will focus on common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies, and detailing for elevator, stair, and mechanical shafts.
February 1, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (GA, MS) This presentation will focus on common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies, and detailing for elevator, stair, and mechanical shafts.
February 1, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour and Seminar (Salem, OR) Join us at Chemeketa Community College’s Agricultural Complex for a panel discussion and tour of the building. This event will also focus on fostering connections among women and minority groups, demonstrating career paths and opportunities in wood construction.
February 13, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Orlando, FL) This course is intended for designers who want to learn more about the use of wood-frame construction for low-rise retail, office and restaurant occupancies designed under the International Building Code.
February 14, 2024 - (Online National Event) This presentation will provide background on the challenges of achieving appropriate sound control in mass timber structures and an overview of key code considerations.
February 15, 2024 - Regional Online Event (FL, AL, LA) This course is intended for designers who want to learn more about the use of wood-frame construction for low-rise retail, office and restaurant occupancies designed under the International Building Code.
February 15, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (West) This presentation will help designers understand the breadth of considerations associated with mid-rise multi-family buildings for both light-frame wood and mass timber construction.
February 20, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (DC, DE, MD, VA, WV) Topics will include fire-resistance ratings and allowances for exposed timber, penetrations, sprinklers, connections, exterior walls and much more. Designers can expect to take away the knowledge they need to start exploring tall wood designs on their projects.
February 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Washington, DC) Topics will include fire-resistance ratings and allowances for exposed timber, penetrations, sprinklers, connections, exterior walls and much more. Designers can expect to take away the knowledge they need to start exploring tall wood designs on their projects.
March 6, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Charleston, SC) This presentation will focus on logical, code-compliant steps for a number of topics including determining allowable building size, separation needs, detailing requirements, and the application of special provisions as well the new tall wood code provisions and construction types.
March 7, 2024 - Regional In-Person and Online Event (San Francisco, CA) The first presentation of the "Demystifying Timber Construction Types" series. This presentation will cover some of the design considerations associated with mid-rise wood-frame buildings, including how to maximize height and area through the use of sprinklers, open frontage, sloping sites, podiums and mezzanines.
March 8, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (NC, SC, TN) This presentation will focus on logical, code-compliant steps for a number of topics including determining allowable building size, separation needs, detailing requirements, and the application of special provisions as well the new tall wood code provisions and construction types.
March 13, 2024 - (Online National Event) This webinar will review the conditions under which designers should consider the deflections of structural wood panel-sheathed diaphragms, and how these deflections help determine the classification of a diaphragm as rigid, flexible, or semi-rigid.