By Michelle Maybee Date and Time: June 17, 2020 2:00 EST. Length 1 hr. Fee: Free. This webinar qualifies for educational credits from AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing and EIC. This webinar will explore how gypsum responds in a fire and how fire-rated assemblies protect the structural components of a building. To register copy and paste the following link into your Browser: //attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7311590004225319184
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.
2. Introduction to Engineered Wood Products
Webinar presented by Scott Lyons, Boise Cascade Engineered Wood Products. Date and Time: June 24, 2020 3:00 EST. Length 1 hr. Fee: Free. This webinar qualifies for educational credits from AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing and EIC. This webinar gives participants base level knowledge of designing with engineered wood products, including I-joists. To register copy and paste the following link into your Browser: //attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1657403135677187340
3. Fire Safety in Mass Timber: 2020 Code Updates, Considerations and Requirements
Presented by Wood WORKS! BC, Sponsored by BC Housing. Date and Time: June 25, 2020 12:00 PM PDT. Length 2 hr. Fee: Free. This workshop qualifies for educational credits from AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing and EIC. Encapsulated Mass Timber (EMTC) as permitted under the 2020 National Building Code, 2019 British Columbia Building Code (jurisdictional basis) and the Vancouver Building Code offers the BC design, construction and development industries significant advantages in terms of structural performance, scale possibilities, construction efficiencies and construction safety. To register copy and paste the following link into your Browser: //attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4014006198900635664
4. Design Guide for Timber-Concrete Composite Floors
By Samuel Cuerrier Auclair – Date and Time: July 8, 2020 2:00 EST. Length 1 hr. Fee: Free. This webinar qualifies for educational credits from AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing and EIC. This presentation provides an overview of the recently published Design Guide for Timber-Concrete Composite Floors by FPInnovations. It which contains numerous illustrations and formulas to help the user in the design of his/her project. The connection systems, the ultimate and service limit states, the vibratory performance of the floor and the fire resistance is presented. To register for this webinar copy and paste in your Browser the following URL: //attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/73484068541683983
A. WoodWorks® Software: Sizer, Connections and Shearwalls
Free Workshop proudly sponsored by the WoodWorks® Software and presented by Ontario Wood WORKS!. Date: June 4, 2020, Time: 1:00 PM EDT. This workshop will discuss the capabilities of WoodWorks® Sizer, WoodWorks® Connections, WoodWorks® Shearwalls, and provide a brief overview of the Database Editor. To participate in workshop register or login to Wood WORKS! eLearning Centre and enroll in workshop.
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 and BC Housing – 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 endâcustom homes and mixedâuse 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.
