Design of Wood Frame Structures for Permanence
... Design of durable structures is the result of careful planning and understanding of loads and forces that will likely act upon a building during its lifetime. If these key elements are not taken into consideration, the designer may compromise the ability of the structure to remain fully functional o ...
... Design of durable structures is the result of careful planning and understanding of loads and forces that will likely act upon a building during its lifetime. If these key elements are not taken into consideration, the designer may compromise the ability of the structure to remain fully functional o ...
Multi-Story Wood Construction
... The IBC is the predominant U.S. model building code, having been adopted by most states with or without amendments. Chapters 16, 17 and 23 cover structural wood design and construction. (Non-structural provisions such as heights and areas are covered elsewhere.) The IBC classifies buildings into fiv ...
... The IBC is the predominant U.S. model building code, having been adopted by most states with or without amendments. Chapters 16, 17 and 23 cover structural wood design and construction. (Non-structural provisions such as heights and areas are covered elsewhere.) The IBC classifies buildings into fiv ...
Outstanding Wood Buildings - The Canadian Wood Council
... designers are finding exciting uses for Canada’s oldest, yet newest building material – world-renowned quality wood products that can meet all the challenges of modern building science. The Wood WORKS! Program was conceived to show the world how to create amazing living and working environments with ...
... designers are finding exciting uses for Canada’s oldest, yet newest building material – world-renowned quality wood products that can meet all the challenges of modern building science. The Wood WORKS! Program was conceived to show the world how to create amazing living and working environments with ...
Multi-Story Wood Construction
... The IBC is the predominant U.S. model building code, having been adopted by most states with or without amendments. Chapters 16, 17 and 23 cover structural wood design and construction. (Non-structural provisions such as heights and areas are covered elsewhere.) The IBC classifies buildings into fiv ...
... The IBC is the predominant U.S. model building code, having been adopted by most states with or without amendments. Chapters 16, 17 and 23 cover structural wood design and construction. (Non-structural provisions such as heights and areas are covered elsewhere.) The IBC classifies buildings into fiv ...
Designing for Durability
... For wood, an additional consideration is protection against insects. In some parts of the country where termites pose a significant problem, building codes require the use of preservative-treated wood or wood species that are naturally insect resistant. Regardless of material, long-term durability s ...
... For wood, an additional consideration is protection against insects. In some parts of the country where termites pose a significant problem, building codes require the use of preservative-treated wood or wood species that are naturally insect resistant. Regardless of material, long-term durability s ...
Opportunities For Wood in Low
... one-story, 54,800-square-foot steelframe big box store in California, WoodWorks commissioned the design of a comparable building using wood materials. Both buildings are designed according to the 2010 California Building Code, which is based on the IBC. The two designs share the same geometry, struc ...
... one-story, 54,800-square-foot steelframe big box store in California, WoodWorks commissioned the design of a comparable building using wood materials. Both buildings are designed according to the 2010 California Building Code, which is based on the IBC. The two designs share the same geometry, struc ...
Design Is in the Details
... The fiber saturation point is also the limit for wood shrinkage. As the MC changes, wood shrinks or swells, but only according to the variation of water in the cell walls, not the cell cavity, meaning that wood only shrinks and swells when it changes moisture content below the point of fiber saturat ...
... The fiber saturation point is also the limit for wood shrinkage. As the MC changes, wood shrinks or swells, but only according to the variation of water in the cell walls, not the cell cavity, meaning that wood only shrinks and swells when it changes moisture content below the point of fiber saturat ...
Tall Wood Takes a Stand
... ruining the environment. Because of this, we’re now seeing an industrial revolution for wood. Wood is a renewable product that can do much more than we have yet asked of it.” Advancements in mass timber building techniques and the development of engineered wood building materials such as CLT, LSL, a ...
... ruining the environment. Because of this, we’re now seeing an industrial revolution for wood. Wood is a renewable product that can do much more than we have yet asked of it.” Advancements in mass timber building techniques and the development of engineered wood building materials such as CLT, LSL, a ...
Wood and Indoor Environment
... adhesives highly durable and stable, resulting in negligible formaldehyde emissions. Large-scale chamber tests have shown that formaldehyde emission levels in wood structural panels are no higher than the levels found naturally in the environment. For this reason, formaldehyde levels associated with ...
... adhesives highly durable and stable, resulting in negligible formaldehyde emissions. Large-scale chamber tests have shown that formaldehyde emission levels in wood structural panels are no higher than the levels found naturally in the environment. For this reason, formaldehyde levels associated with ...
USE of BORATE-TREATED WOOD as PART of an IPM APPROACH
... and lower air and water toxicity, and that they require less use of resources than do the steel and concrete homes. Subsequent analysis by ATHENA indicates that the steel design has a lower effective Rvalue than the wood design (R 12.7 vs. R17.2) (Trusty and Meil, 2000). Steel is 300-400 times more ...
... and lower air and water toxicity, and that they require less use of resources than do the steel and concrete homes. Subsequent analysis by ATHENA indicates that the steel design has a lower effective Rvalue than the wood design (R 12.7 vs. R17.2) (Trusty and Meil, 2000). Steel is 300-400 times more ...
Wood preservation
All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment).Apart from structural wood preservation measures, there are a number of different (chemical) preservatives and processes (also known as timber treatment, lumber treatment or pressure treatment) that can extend the life of wood, timber, wood structures or engineered wood. These generally increase the durability and resistance from being destroyed by insects or fungus.