WoodWorks Webinar: Lateral Design Approaches for Mid-Rise and Tall Timber: CLT D
https://www.thinkwood.com/news/woodworks-webinar-l... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Web Page]
ThinkWood
When it’s completed, the 12-story Framework project in Portland, Oregon is expected to be the tallest timber building in the U.S. A winner of the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition, it is also remarkable for its use of an innovative rocking timber wall system, designed to increase the building’s resilience and provide high seismic performance. This presentation will provide an overview of the structural design of this mass timber project, with particular focus on the lateral force-resist...

WoodWorks Webinar: Structural Design of Mass Timber Framing Systems
https://www.thinkwood.com/news/woodworks-webinar-s... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Web Page]
ThinkWood
Mass timber structural framing systems have high strength-to-weight ratios, are dimensionally stable, and are quickly becoming systems of choice for sustainable-minded designers. This presentation will provide a detailed look at the structural design processes associated with a variety of mass timber products, including glulam, CLT, and NLT. Applications for the use of these products in gravity force-resisting systems under modern building codes will be discussed. Other technical topics will in...

Building Better
http://www.rethinkwood.com/wood-meets-code/perform... [General Information] [Web Page]
ThinkWood
As a natural material, wood isn’t a toxic element in the built environment. Wood finishes and exposed wood have a measurable impact on human well-being. Read More With careful design, houses can be built requiring fewer or no mechanical heating or cooling systems, reducing energy use. Wood’s inherent thermal mass and other properties can help achieve this stand...

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
http://www.rethinkwood.com/tall-wood-mass-timber/p... [General Information] [Web Page]
ThinkWood
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a wood panel system that is gaining in popularity in the U.S. after being widely adopted in Europe. CLT is the basis of the tall wood movement, as the material’s high strength, dimensional stability and rigidity allow it to be used in mid- and high-rise construction....

Fire Safety and Protection
http://www.rethinkwood.com/wood-meets-code/fire-sa... [Fire Performance] [Web Page]
ThinkWood
Modern building codes take fire safety and protection seriously. All building materials experience negative impacts from exposure to fire: steel buckles, concrete spalls and wood burns. Wood-framed structures have served the needs of society since the 1700s—from single- family homes, to larger, multi-story apartment buildings, townhouses, commercial and industrial properties....

Girl Scout Cabins
https://www.thinkwood.com/our-projects/girl-scout-... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
ThinkWood
Nestled in the woods of Provo Canyon, Utah, three cross laminated timber (CLT) cabins do more than inspire hundreds of Girl Scout campers each summer: They boldly embody sustainable design principles that can be applied to nearly any building design. The cabins were constructed with solid wood panels using locally-sourced wood affected by the mountain pine beetle....

Can wood structural panels be added to an acoustically-tested wall assembly?
http://www.woodworks.org/experttip/can-wood-struct... [Vibration/Acoustic Performance] [Web Page]
WoodWorks
In many multi-family structures, interior demising walls that separate dwelling units from other units or from public spaces are required to have a minimum level of acoustical performance (IBC Section 1207). In some cases, these interior walls are also used as shear walls, utilizing plywood or OSB on one or both sides of the wall. Appropriate STC performance for walls are typically justified through the use of a tested assembly; however, most tested assemblies do not include wood structural pane...

Cladding
https://www.trada.co.uk/start-here/cladding... [General Information] [Web Page]
TRADA
Timber cladding is very much in vogue. However, when mistakes are made in the design it is usually very visible. Using our FAQs, simple guides and cladding detailing book below, let us help you get the design right first time. For design consultancy, inspections and training on cladding, call our technical helpline on +44 (0)1494 569601....

Timber Frame
https://www.trada.co.uk/start-here/timber-frame... [General Information] [Web Page]
TRADA
Timber frame is very much on the ascendancy as a mainstream construction method for dwellings and medium rise buildings in the UK. Financial and time savings are there to be had providing the method of construction is understood. Using our FAQs, simple guides and highly popular Timber Frame Design Guide below, let us help you get the design right first time. For design consultancy, inspections, testing, third-party certification and training on timber frame, call our technical helpline on +44 (...

Business Activities
http://www.derix.de/en/leistungen/produktion/quali... [General Information] [Web Page]
DERIX
It goes without saying that complete knowledge about the flow of materials is very important. Of course this refers not only to the supply of raw material, but applies also to the delivery of the manufactured material to our customers. In this regard we would like to emphasise that 100 % of the raw material we receive comes from sustainable forestry in Europe which are in surplus production, stable and well-managed. 95 % of the timber we receive are PEFC-certified. Right after the raw material ...

VanDusen Visitor Centre
https://www.thinkwood.com/our-projects/vandusen-vi... [General Information] [Web Page]
ThinkWood
At the Visitor Centre at VanDusen Botanical Garden, a wood-based construction system was utilized to create an iconic structure that would increase visibility and attract a younger demographic while adding facilities that would more adequately cater to user needs—including a café and flexible rental space for weddings and other events. The building’s unique organic form is based on the petal structure of a native British Columbia orchid. The roof undulations, which blend seamlessly and seem to g...

La Cite Verte, Bloc C
https://www.nordic.ca/en/projects/structures/la-ci... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]
Nordic Structures
The Cité Verte project promotes a new art of living in an authentic neighborhood setting and revitalized environment. The first large-scale smart and green development in Quebec City, Cité Verte totals 800 residential units, including Bloc C, a building constructed entirely with cross-laminated timber. With its innovative energy-efficient systems, Bloc C is a good example of what makes wood a material of choice for responsible building....

Geometry Rules on the Palouse
https://www.apawood.org/designerscircle-floyd-cent... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page]

When architects at GGLO Design set out to design the new Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center at Washington State University, they had a number of goals: bring the university’s diverse cultural organizations together under one roof, incorporate natural building materials native to the area into the structure, and build something that would pay special tribute to a revered university president who died too soon. The resulting 16,000-square-foot center, a design-build collaboration with Absher Construct...

New challenges waiting in Varkaus
http://buildingandliving.storaenso.com/new-challen... [Commercial/Company Information] [Web Page]
Stora Enso
“When up and running with full speed, the new production line will need some 80 people for the operations. In the first ramp-up phase, the need of new personnel is approximately 60,” says HR Director for Wood Products. “We want to have people who are eager to learn and rethink.”” LVL is a mature and well-known technique, but Stora Enso’s innovation enables cost-efficient wooden building elements as a complement to CLT in non-visual applications. LVL will expand our product portfolio and strengt...

University of Queensland Scan the Maryborough Fire Station
http://www.hyne.com.au/article/119/university-of-q... [Case Study/Projects] [Web Page] 2017
HyneTimber
This was the unusual request that came into Maryborough s Hyne Timber from leading research institution, The University of Queensland (UQ). UQ used a number of laser scanning technologies to map and photograph the existing building and surrounds of the 1950 s Maryborough Fire Station over the weekend. The task was conducted as part of initial work to develop a detailed proposal for Hyne Timber s Market-Led Proposal (MLP) to design and build a new fire station and emergency response centre using ...

Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic - 2015
http://www.awc.org/standards/sdpws/2015.php... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Web Page] 2015
American Wood Council
ANSI / AWC SDPWS-2015 - Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic standard provides criteria for proportioning, designing, and detailing engineered wood systems, members, and connections in lateral force resisting systems. Engineered design of wood structures to resist wind or seismic forces is either by allowable stress design (ASD) or load and resistance factor design (LRFD). * Qualified students are those who are full-time students enrolled in a wood design course at a university or col...

Timber Cladding: A Short History
http://www.greenspec.co.uk/building-design/timber-... [Other] [Web Page]
greenspec
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2017 Michigan Mass Timber Workshop
http://mifbi.org/events/mass-timber-workshop... [General Information] [Web Page]

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The Forest Bioeconomy and the Circular Bioeconomy
http://mifbi.org/events/michigan-forest-bioeconomy... [General Information] [Web Page]
mifbi
The forest bioeconomy refers to economic activities that use renewable bio-based resources from forest ecosystems, land or water, for production of services, products or energy. For the bio-economy to be efficient and effective and to remain viable, it must foster reuse, recycling and safe re-entry of by-products into the environment. This life cycle approach is referred to as a “(bio-based) circular economy” and is a foundation for sustainable development. Our challenge will be to help communit...

Book Review - The Timber Design Guide
https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/book-rev... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Web Page] 2011
Dr. Andrew Buchanan
The latest edition of Andy Buchanan’s Timber Design Guide is a technical body of work which explains basic timber design and also delves into pioneering methods in massive timber construction. The text is aimed at engineers (sample calculations are included), however architects will learn about the possibilities of which a timber framed building is capable. The author is more than qualified to share his knowledge as a renowned expert in his field who forged research into multi-story and large-sp...