Growing a Greener Tomorrow
http://www.fpac.ca/wp-content/uploads/FPAC_Environ... [Environmental Performance] [Brochure/Product Sheet]
The Forest Products Association of Canada
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2018 IBC and 2018 IEBC Changes Related to Wood Construction
http://www.structuremag.org/wp-content/uploads/201... [Standards/Building code] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2018
John Showalter, David Tyree, Sandra Hyde
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Stora Enso Wood Products Building Solutions
http://www.clt.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Tec... [Commercial/Company Information] [Brochure/Product Sheet] 2015
Stora Enso
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Changes to the 2015 National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction
http://www.structuremag.org/wp-content/uploads/201... [Bonding/Adhesives] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2015
John Schowalter, Bradford K. Douglas, Michelle Kam-Biron
The 2015 Edition of the National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction was recently published. The updated standard designated ANSI/AWS NDS - 2015 was approved as an ANSI American National Standard on September 30, 2014 (Figure 1). The 2015 NDS was developed by the American Wood Council (AWC) Wood Design Standards Committee as is referenced in the 2015 International Building Code (IBC)....

Origine tower: When wood withstands a trial by fire Standing 41 metres tall, the Origine tower will be the tallest wood condo tower in the world. MICHÈLE LAFERRIÈRE
http://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Origine-t... [Fire Performance] [Magazine/Newspaper Article] 2017
Michele Laferriere
After being attacked by flames for two hours, steel girders soften and stretch like gum. Concrete reinforcements, they burst and break. When subjected to the same test, the solid wood panels used to build the structure of the Origine tower in the eco-district of Pointe-aux-Lièvres (Québec) withstood the blaze for four hours....

2018 Wood Design Awards: Submission Requirements, Instructions and Nomination Form Preview
http://www.woodworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2018-W... [Markets] [Others] 2018
WoodWorks
Please read the following information before submitting a project for the WoodWorks Wood Design Awards. This document contains the submission requirements and policies, instructions for uploading photographs, drawings and project team information, category descriptions, and a preview of the nomination form. Nomination forms must be completed and submitted online, and can be found at: http://www.woodworks.org/project-gallery/nominate-a-project-for-a-wood-design-award/ Submission Requirements and ...

Building with Wood = Proactive Climate Protection
http://www.dovetailinc.org/report_pdfs/2015/buildi... [Environmental Performance] [Report] 2015
Dovetail Partners, Inc., State University of New York
Forests play a critical role in filtering and renewing our air. Trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O), and release oxygen (O2). The carbon absorbed is stored until the trees die and decay or are burned in a wildfire, at which point the carbon is released back into the atmosphere. Some of the carbon absorbed by trees is stored for a long period of time within the forest. ...

Experimental and Numerical Results on Semi Prestressed Wood-Concrete Floor Systems for Long Span Applications
http://support.sbcindustry.com/Archive/2004/jun/Pa... [Alternative/Hybrid Configurations] [Report]
Leander A Bathon, Peggi Clouston
It is a challenge for strucutral engineers and contractors to design and built long span floor systems indifferently of the materials used. This is primarily due to the combination of statical and dynamical issues which have to be considered in the design procedures. Recent work in USA and Germany has indicated that continuous glued-in metal plates provide a highly rigid and ductile shear connection between wood and concrete in composite action. It is the degree of stiffness found in the followi...

Potential for Tall Wood Buildings to Sequester Carbon, Support Forest Communities, and Create New Options for Forest Management
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/rips/fplrip-485... [Environmental Performance] [Report]
Forest Products Laboratory, NC State University
The combination of sustainable forest management and durable wood products used in construction of long-lived buildings has the potential to sequester carbon in the near-term, provide attractive, affordable living spaces, and create new opportunities for rural communities. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a new engineered wood product that enables greater use of wood in midrise buildings (4 to 12 stories). This work will focus on an integrated systems approach to analyzing tall wood buildings, in...

KLH Structural Pre-Analysis Tables
http://www.klhuk.com/media/35736/klh_structural_pr... [Design/Architectural aspects] [Brochure/Product Sheet] 2017
KLH Massivholz GmbH
The calculation model for KLH solid wood panels must consider the influence of the layup (thickness, material, orientation), the internal stress distributions and local stress concentrations. Due to the shear flexible transverse layers, shear deformation may no longer be disregarded and the layup of the panel has to be taken into account. ...

Kendall Court, Alness, Scotland
http://www.clt.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CLT... [Case Study/Projects] [Report] 2016
Stora Enso
Scotland’s first modular social and affordable housing has recently been completed using a highly innovative hybrid system of Stora Enso PEFC certified Cross Laminated Timber, home grown timber and blown wood fibre insulation developed by modular specialists Carbon Dynamic. The new Kendall Court in Alness, which has been built for the Highland Council, comprises two blocks each housing four one bedroom apartments that have been designed with the flexibility needed to meet requirements for tenant...

Structural analysis: two-span beam deformation
http://www.clt.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Flo... [Commercial/Company Information] [Brochure/Product Sheet] 2012
Stora Enso
Two-span beam_Deformation Dead weight Imposed load gk*) nk 3,00 m 3,50 m 4,00 m 4,50 m 5,00 m 5,50 m 6,00 m 6,50 m 7,00 m 1,00 Load-bearing capacity: Serviceability: Fire resistance a) Verification of bending stresses a) Quasi-constant design situation HFA 2011 b) Verification of shearing stresses zul w fin = 250 v1 = 0.65 mm/min b) Infrequent design situation: kmod = 0.8 zul w q,inst = 300 R0 zul w fin-w g,inst = 200 R30 R60 kdef = 0.6) * The CLT self-weight is already taken into account in the...

Mass Timber Performing to the Highest Standards
http://www.awc.org/pdf/codes-standards/fire/Mass-T... [Fire Performance] [Report]
American Wood Council
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Experiments to Validate the NRCC Smoke Movement Model for Fire Risk-Cost Assessment
http://www.iafss.org/publications/fss/4/805/view/f... [Fire Performance] [Journal Article]
Akihiko Hokugo, David Yung, George V Hadjisophocleous
The smoke movement model developed at the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) as part of its risk-cost assessment model is a simple computer model for calculating the probabilities of smoke hazard in multi-storey buildings. To validate this model, full-scale smoke movement experiments were conducted at the 10-storey experimental smoke tower at the National Fire Laboratory of the NRCC. The 10-storey tower was designed and built to study smoke movements in highrise buildings. Results of the...

Eucalypt lumber
https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploa... [Raw Materials] [Journal Article] 2016
Mohammad Derikvand, Gregory Nolan, Hui Jiao, Nathan Kotlarewski
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The Cross-Laminated Timber Standard in North America
https://www.apawood.org/Data/Sites/1/documents/tec... [Standards/Building code] [Conference Paper] 2012
Borjen Yeh, Sylvain Gagnon, Tom Williamson, Ciprian Pirvu
The cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a prefabricated solid engineered wood product made of at least three orthogonally bonded layers of solid-sawn lumber or structural composite lumber that are laminated by gluing of longitudinal and transverse layers with structural adhesives to form a solid rectangular-shaped, straight, and plane timber intended for roof, floor, or wall applications. While this engineered wood product has been used in Europe for over 15 years, the production of CLT and design o...

Angus Glen Community Centre and Library
http://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/publications-case... [Case Study/Projects] [Report]
Canadian Wood Council
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Bill Fisch Forest Stewardship and Education Centre
http://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bill_Fisc... [Case Study/Projects] [Report] 2016
Canadian Wood Council, WoodWorks
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Living with Lakes Centre
http://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/publications-case... [Case Study/Projects] [Report]
Canadian Wood Council, WoodWorks
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Long-term Care Facilities: Norview Lodge & Parkwood Mennonite Home
http://cwc.ca/wp-content/uploads/publications-case... [Case Study/Projects] [Report]
Canadian Wood Council
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