Registrations open for Alberta timber design workshops

by nithya_caleb | April 24, 2018 2:49 pm

Timber design workshops are coming to Calgary and Edmonton.
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Alberta WoodWorks[2] is organizing a one-day workshop on “Engineering Essentials for Timber Design” in several cities. The event will take place at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre[3], Calgary, on May 7 and the Matrix Hotel[4], Edmonton, on May 8.

The workshop includes a presentation by Ghasan Doudak from the University of Ottawa[5].

The workshop covers basic engineering topics while delving deeper within each design area. It is a multilevel program suitable for beginners as well as experienced timber designers and specifiers. Some of topics to be covered include:

designing wood members for bending, tension, compression, and combined bending and axial tension;
background on published design values and adjustment factors;
design limitations and when a designer should venture outside current code provisions;
estimating and managing building shrinkage;
avoiding frequent mistakes/misunderstanding of certain design provisions in the Canadian Wood Design Manual tables;
general design concepts for timber connections;
an introduction to seismic/wind loads design; and
simple design with cross-laminated timber (CLT).

For more information, click here[6].

Endnotes:

[Image]: https://www.constructioncanada.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/wood.jpg
Alberta WoodWorks: http://wood-works.ca/alberta/
Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre: http://www.calgaryplaza.com/
Matrix Hotel: http://www.matrixedmonton.com/
University of Ottawa: https://www.uottawa.ca/en
here: http://wood-works.ca/alberta/

Source URL: https://www.constructioncanada.net/registrations-open-for-alberta-timber-design-workshops/