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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.
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.
April 11, 2024 - Regional In-Person and Online Event (San Francisco, CA) The second presentation of the "Demystifying Timber Construction Types" series. This course focuses on mid-rise mass timber construction, highlighting examples in the five- to eight-story range—including office, mixed-use, and multi-family projects.
April 17, 2024 - (Online National Event) This webinar will explore the financial implications of crucial design decisions, equipping architects, structural engineers, contractors, and real estate developers with the practical know-how necessary to create cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and structurally sound mass timber buildings.
May 9, 2024 - Regional In-Person and Online Event (San Francisco, CA) The third presentation of the "Demystifying Timber Construction Types" series. This presentation will introduce the new IBC and CBC tall wood code provisions, as well as the technical research and testing that supported their adoption.