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.
Codes & Standards
BC Building Code Development
By Jarrett Hutchinson – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: 43 minutes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations and 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.
Durability of Wood in Exterior Applications
By Paul Morris – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – A Presentation on durability by nature, durability by treatment of wood buildings
Fire and Safety Risks Posed by Wood Frame Residential Construction
by Len Garis and Dr. Steven Craft – Format: 2 PowerPoint Videos – Total Length 1.5 Hours – Downloadable Handout: Yes – Credit: AIA, Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC, BC Housing – Len will examine stakeholder concerns with the fire and safety risks posed by wood frame residential construction.
Fire Resistance of Mass Timber Products
By Marc Alam: Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. This course will discuss various sources of information and tools that may be used to develop solutions to meet the building code’s fire-resistance rating requirements for buildings using mass timber construction.
Fire Resistance Rating for Wood Buildings
By Ineke Van Zeeland, Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, HPO, EIC – Downloadable Handout: Yes. This presentation will discuss various sources of information and tools that may be used to develop solutions to meet the building codeâs fire-resistance rating requirements for wood buildings.
Fire Safe Alternative Solutions for Tall Wood Buildings
By Steven Craft – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: No. This presentation will focus on the alternative solution process and specific considerations which should be considered in an Alternative Solution for a Tall Wood Building.
Fire Spread and Mtigation Measures in Mid Rise Buildings
By Keith Calder, Format: PowerPoint Vides – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: No – This course will address common modes of fire spread in mid rise buildings of combustible construction and the measures implemented into building codes to limit fire spread.
New Sound Transmission Performance Requirements for Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
By: Ineke Van Zeeland – Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: No. This technical presentation will discuss the new requirements in the 2015 National Building Code of Canada (NBC) for apparent sound transmission class (ASTC) ratings in multi-unit residential buildings (in both Part 3 and Part 9 buildings).
