The trend toward larger mid-rise light-frame wood buildings has more designers seeking information on fire resistant detailing. This presentation will introduce Type III construction, then focus on common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies. Grey areas in the code have led to a variety of detailing practices. However, the upcoming 2024 International Building Code (IBC) clarifies Type III exterior wall intersection detailing allowances and explicitly allows for platform framed construction. These changes in the upcoming code will be reviewed, along with allowable details to meet these specifications. The presentation will also cover potential ramifications of platform framing, such as design considerations for wood shrinkage.

 

Attendees can Earn 2.0 AIA/CES LUs, 2.0 PDH credits or 0.2 ICC credits

 

Speaker: Chelsea Drenick, SE | WoodWorks

 

Online Attendees:

• WoodWorks will send each attendee a certificate of completion within 2 weeks via email.
• Please note that to receive a certificate, attendees must stay for the duration of the event.

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Jaime Krohn, CMP | jaime@woodworks.org | (312) 841-8272

 

Image: The Gibson / Hummel Architects / KPFF / photo Leo A. Geis

This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Asa Mercer International Middle School, a type III-B mass timber school under construction in Seattle, WA. Designers of the multi-story, 174,000 sf project utilized CLT and glulam post-and-beam framing to create a sustainable learning environment that will serve 1,000 students in grades 6-8 upon completion. Attendees will tour the site with project team members, who will share strategies for successful and code-compliant mass timber projects, including insight into design, detailing, and construction techniques utilized throughout the building. The tour format encourages questions and discussion, and attendees can expect to leave with insights on the project’s design, execution, and factors that influenced material and detail selection.

Please join us after the tour for networking and refreshments.

 

Please note: This is an active jobsite. Accessibility will be limited. PPE required. Please bring your own PPE, a limited amount will be available onsite.

 

Speaker: Eric Gu, PhD, PE, LEED Green Associate | WoodWorks

 

Credits: Attendees can earn 1 AIA LU/HSW, 0.1 ICC credits

 

Tour – 4:00 pm

Asa Mercer Middle School

1600 S. Columbian Way

Seattle, WA, 98108

Networking/Refreshments: 5:00 – 6:00 pm (immediately following tour)

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Jaime Krohn, CMP | jaime@woodworks.org | (312) 841-8272

 

Renderings: Mercer Middle School / Bassetti Architects

This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Lakeridge Middle School, a new timber-framed public-school building for Lake Oswego School District, in Oregon. Designers of the 2-story, 141,000-sf building utilized glulam beams, wood-sheathed shear walls, dowel laminated timber, and columns made from whole tree trunks to create a unique learning space centered around nature and the principals of biophilic design. Attendees will tour the site with members of the project team, who will share strategies for successful, code-compliant mass timber projects, including insight on design, detailing, and construction techniques utilized throughout the building. The tour format encourages questions and discussion, and attendees can expect to leave with, not only with insights on the project’s design and execution, but factors that influenced material and detail selection.

Please join us before the tour for lunch.

Note: No PPE necessary

 

Speaker: Kate Carrigg, PE | WoodWorks

 

Credits: Attendees can Earn 1.5 AIA/CES HSW LUs

 

Location:

Lakeridge Middle School

4700 Jean Rd Lake Oswego, OR 97035

School Central Courtyard

Map & Directions

Parking

School parking lot

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Jaime Krohn, CMP | jaime@woodworks.org | (312) 841-8272

 

Image: Lakeridge Middle School / Mahlum Architects / KPFF / Photo Arthur Ross

This course is intended for project teams who are seeking a full system understanding of the unique design considerations associated with mass timber schools. There are many cases of teams that want to realize the full benefits of mass timber, but, because they base their designs on traditional building practices instead of optimizing them for mass timber, end up with avoidable price premiums. Mass timber is a unique, non-commodity building material and, to lay the groundwork for success, certain critical decisions must be made as early as possible.

This presentation will address critical early decisions that impact cost efficiency and project success, including construction types, fire ratings, column grids, beam and panel spans, acoustics, and MEP integration. We’ll look at example framing options for common classroom and corridor configurations, as well as solutions for long-span roofs in gymnasiums. Design and detailing topics specific to school performance criteria such as acoustics and durability will be discussed. Topics will also include important considerations for preconstruction coordination, project delivery, and interactions between the manufacturer and design/construction teams.

 

Speakers: Kate Carrig, PE and Eric Gu, PhD, PE, LEED Green Associate | WoodWorks

 

Credits: Attendees can Earn 2.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 2.0 PDH credits or 0.2 ICC credits

 

Online Attendees:

WoodWorks will send each attendee a certificate of completion within 2 weeks via email.

Please note that to receive a certificate, attendees must stay for the duration of the event.

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Jaime Krohn, CMP | jaime@woodworks.org | (312) 841-8272

 

Image: Oregon State University – Cascades-Edward J. Hall, SRG Partnership, catena consulting engineers, Photo SRG Partnership

Part 1: Mass Timber: Making the Case to Developers and Owners

Would you like to pitch sustainable mass timber to a client? Are you wondering how mass timber might pencil in a project pro forma? If so, attend this session to learn how to complete value proposition for developers and owners. The aesthetic differentiation and biophilic benefits of mass timber have broad appeal to a wide range of stakeholders, from end users to ESG-investors. Professionals hoping to influence decisions to use mass timber will learn how this appeal can translate to return on investment in an overview of initial findings from WoodWorks’ Mass Timber Business Case Study series, written for the developer/owner/investor audience. This session will provide an overview of the case study series highlighting key takeaways. Developers/owners, architects, engineers and builders will all learn how mass timber can create value.

Part 2: Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Mass timber is a unique, non-commodity building material and, to lay the groundwork for success, certain critical decisions must be made as early as possible. These decisions can have a big impact on cost and can either increase or limit opportunities later in design. There are many cases of project teams that want to realize the full benefits of mass timber, but, because they base their designs on traditional building practices instead of optimizing them for mass timber, end up with avoidable price premiums. This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. Topics will include construction types, fire ratings, column grids and beam/panel spans, acoustics and MEP integration. Completed mass timber projects will be used to illustrate the variety of viable options when navigating these key decisions.

 

Please join us after the seminar for lunch & a tour of the Ecology School.

 

Speaker: Patrick Duffy, PE | WoodWorks

 

Credits: Attendees can Earn 2.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 2.0 PDH credits or 0.2 ICC credits

 

Location:

The Ecology School

River Bend Farm

184 Simpson Road

Saco, Maine 04072

Map & Directions

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

LeeAnn Charpentier, CMP | leeann.charpentier@woodworks.org | (301) 633-0330

 

Image: The Ecology School / Simons Architects / Thornton Tomasetti / Photo Trent Bell

Join WoodWorks and Regional Director Chelsea Drenick, SE, for the third annual networking event celebrating women who are driving innovation in wood projects in the Bay Area.

Followed by networking & happy hour on the terrace

 

Carbon Reductions Reach New Heights with California’s Tallest Wood Building

Keynote Speakers:

Ashley Cagle, PE, SE | Technical Director, WoodWorks

Ashley is a licensed professional and structural engineer in California, having worked as a structural consultant in the San Francisco Bay Area and Spokane, Washington, with an expertise in light wood-frame construction. In addition to providing technical support on light wood-frame and mass timber projects around the country, she leads WoodWorks’ efforts to educate architects and engineers on using life cycle assessment as a tool to measure the embodied carbon impact of wood products and buildings. Throughout her career, Ashley has been involved in various professional and code-development committees. She received a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and a Master of Science from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jessica Martinez, PE | Structural Sustainability Specialist, DCI Engineers

Jessica Martinez is the sustainability specialist at DCI Engineers and serves to educate her staff and peers on sustainable solutions for structural design. Since joining DCI in 2017, she has elevated her technical expertise as a structural engineer by becoming the go-to resource for embodied carbon reduction and life cycle assessment. Jessica serves on the Seattle Carbon Leadership Forum Steering Committee where she provides leadership from the structural perspective to impact meaningful change in the building industry. She’s also the co-leader of SE2050 Committee’s Resources Working Group and Secretary of the NCSEA Sustainable Design Committee where she collaborates with other structural engineers leading sustainability initiatives across the country to share best practices and push the decarbonization of the built environment.

 

Location:

SF LGBT Center

1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Jaime Krohn, CMP | jaime@woodworks.org | (312) 841-8272

 

Image: 1510 Webster / oWow / Photo oWow

How can architects, engineers and contractors collaborate to meet the growing demand for mass timber buildings? While developers across the country are pursuing mass timber projects, knowledge among AEC professionals is not yet widespread. Firms have varying degrees of familiarity with both the products and practicalities of designing, sourcing, and building a modern mass timber structure, and early adopters continue to play a significant role in educating the rest of the community. This presentation seeks to build on this openness and environment of shared learning, providing an overview of mass timber products, planning, design and implementation to maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver. We’ll also discuss why some mass timber projects face resistance, and how to overcome misconceptions to achieve success. Topics will also include preconstruction coordination and interactions between the manufacturer and design/construction teams, case-based approaches to costing and scheduling, project delivery methods, how to achieve the highest level of efficiency for costs, schedule, and performance, and additional education and training opportunities.

This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Redmond Senior & Community Center, a project that reflects years of work with the City of Redmond, Washington to create a new space that meets the community’s needs. Designers of the two-story, 40,000-sf building utilized veneer-based CLT and glulam post-and-beam to create an equitable community space that includes multi-purpose rooms, recreation areas, a classroom, and Kids Zone. Attendees will tour the site with members of the project team, who will share strategies for successful, code-compliant mass timber projects, including insight on design, detailing, and construction techniques utilized throughout the building. The tour format encourages questions and discussion, and attendees can expect to leave with insights on the project’s design, execution, and factors that influenced material and detail selection.

 

Please join us after the tour for lunch.

 

Speaker: Eric Gu, PhD, PE, LEED Green Associate | WoodWorks

 

Attendees can Earn 2.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 2.0 PDH credits or 0.2 ICC credits

 

Location:

Redmond Senior & Community Center (free parking)

8703 160th Ave NE

Red Oak Community Room 139

Redmond, WA 98052

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Jaime Krohn, CMP | jaime@woodworks.org | (312) 841-8272

 

Image: Redmond Senior and Community Center / Opsis Architecture / Lund Opsahl / Rendering courtesy Opsis Architecture

Part 1: Mass Timber: Making the Case to Developers and Owners

Would you like to pitch sustainable mass timber to a client? Are you wondering how mass timber might pencil in a project pro forma? If so, attend this session to learn how to complete value proposition for developers and owners. The aesthetic differentiation and biophilic benefits of mass timber have broad appeal to a wide range of stakeholders, from end users to ESG-investors. Professionals hoping to influence decisions to use mass timber will learn how this appeal can translate to return on investment in an overview of initial findings from WoodWorks’ Mass Timber Business Case Study series, written for the developer/owner/investor audience. This session will provide an overview of the case study series highlighting key takeaways. Developers/owners, architects, engineers and builders will all learn how mass timber can create value.

Part 2: Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Mass timber is a unique, non-commodity building material and, to lay the groundwork for success, certain critical decisions must be made as early as possible. These decisions can have a big impact on cost and can either increase or limit opportunities later in design. There are many cases of project teams that want to realize the full benefits of mass timber, but, because they base their designs on traditional building practices instead of optimizing them for mass timber, end up with avoidable price premiums. This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. Topics will include construction types, fire ratings, column grids and beam/panel spans, acoustics and MEP integration. Completed mass timber projects will be used to illustrate the variety of viable options when navigating these key decisions.

 

Speaker: Patrick Duffy, PE | WoodWorks

 

Credits: Attendees can Earn 2.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 2.0 PDH credits or 0.2 ICC credits

 

Online Attendees:

WoodWorks will send each attendee a certificate of completion within 2 weeks via email.

Please note that to receive a certificate, attendees must stay for the duration of the event.

 

For questions or additional information, please contact:

LeeAnn Charpentier, CMP | leeann.charpentier@woodworks.org | (301) 633-0330

 

Image: The Ecology School / Simons Architects / Thornton Tomasetti / Photo Trent Bell