This course offers a range of topics related to the structural design of wood-frame buildings as well as design measures that can enhance the in-service performance of structural elements. Participants can look forward to 15-hours of instruction (1.5 CEUs) on the following topics:
- Durability Issues—Decay, Insects and Design for Durability
- Balcony Design Update per the 2018 IBC and AWPA Use Category Standard
- Designing Roofs and Balconies to Avoid Ponding
- Calculating Wind Loads on Low-Rise Structures per WFCM Engineering Provisions
- Residential Floor Girder and Header Design
- Design of Bolted Connections per the 2015
- Fire: Design Tools for Code-Conforming Wood Construction
- Specifying and Constructing Floors to Accommodate Ceramic Tile and Stone
- Design of Loadbearing Tall Wood Studs for Wind and Gravity Loads
- Wind Shear Wall Design Examples per 2015 WFCM and 2015 SDPWS
- Wood Truss Specification and Permanent Bracing Design
- Tall Wood Structures: Current Trends and Related Code and Standard Changes
Sponsored by Virginia Tech an ICC Preferred Provider and American Wood Council. Early registration discount of $100 ends March 2nd.
Course Materials and CEU Credit
A notebook containing course materials, the ANSI/AWC WFCM-2015 Wood Frame Construction Manual, lunch on Tuesday, refreshment breaks, and a certificate for 1.5 CEUs (15-hours) are included in the registration fee.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more specific information on course content, please contact Dr. Frank Woeste at (540) 951-0469, or e-mail: fw*****@vt.edu
http://www.cpe.vt.edu/sdtwc/index.html
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