By Dr. Steve Craft, Format: PowerPoint Video – Course Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Architect Associations, EIC, HPO – Handout: Yes. This course will discuss the fire-related proposed national building and fire code changes related to the use of combustible construction for 5- and 6-storey buildings.
Courses
All course learning content is free for Students, Instructors and Industry Professionals. Courses can be accessed by clicking the Read More button at the bottom of each course description. However, to earn course credits you must first pass a quiz. To access course quiz you must register in the Wood WORKS! eLearning Centre and enroll in course. Both registration and enrolment are free.
Acoustic Considerations for Wood Frame Construction
By Mihkel Toome and Daniel Lyzun – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Downloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC, HPO – This presentation will discuss acoustics in wood frame structures and the value that can be added through early planning and good acoustic design.
Application of CLT in high end custom homes and mixed use residential buildings
By Mehrdad Jahangiri and Allison DenToom – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: No – Follow the journey of introducing CLT into high end custom homes and mixed use residential projects in the Greater Vancouver Area.
Art Gallery of Ontario Transformation
By Crispin Howes Format: PowerPoint – Video Length: One Hour – Dowloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Transformation AGO is the recently completed renovation of the Art Gallery of Ontario by Frank Gehry. Crispin Howes discusses the technology used to design and build this complex structure.
Art Gallery of Ontario- Use of Advanced Technology & Design
By David Moses – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Dowloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Creating the AGO curtain’s complex wood geometry was made possible by the use of CNC machines and 3D CAD systems.
Aspen Art Museum – Creating an Innovative Wood Structure
By Gregory R. Kingsley – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Dowloadable Handout: No – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – This case study presentation will describe the innovative design and construction of the Aspen Art Museum wood structure, including paths explored but not chosen for the final design.
BC Building Code Development
By Jarrett Hutchinson – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – This presentation provides an overview of code history, development and enforcement in British Columbia.
BC Fire Safety Requirements for Wood Buildings
By Ineke Van Zeeland – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – This presentation will discuss building code requirements related to the use of wood products in buildings designed under Part 3 (Fire Protection, Occupant Safety and Accessibility) of the British Columbia Building Code, particularly in those buildings required to be of noncombustible construction.
Benefits of Building with Mass Timber
By Duncan Purvis – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing Informal CPD, EIC – Handout: No. This course will discuss the unseen and enduring benefits of building with mass timber: building sustainably, adding value and creating a legacy.
Bergen in a Wood Construction Fever
By Rune Abrahamsen – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – This presentation examines Treet a 14 storey timber apartment building in Norway which is scheduled to be built during 2014. The building will be one of the tallest timber buildings in the world.
