Advanced Design Topics in Wood Construction Engineering

[Francis Vineyard]

March 13-14, 2011, Chicago

Sponsored by Woodworks™ and Virginia Tech Continuing and Professional Education

The primary audiences for this course are registered design professionals, commercial designers, wood truss and framing designers, post-frame building designers, building code professionals, and general contractors that want to expand their general knowledge of wood as a building material and their knowledge of building design beyond the introductory level.

For more information, please visit http://www.cpe.vt.edu/woodworks/index.html.

 

[Frank Woeste]

Francis:

Thanks for sharing this course with the Forum. My note is to clarify that the course dates are March 13-14, 2012.

Best wishes to all for the coming year,

Frank Woeste

Professor Emeritus

Virginia Tech

 

[gbhammer]

Welcome to the forum Frank, we need the educated to dip into our little pool from time to time, so please keep a toe in.

 

[north star]

* * *

Frank Woeste,

Welcome to The Building Codes Forum!

& & &

 

[Papio Bldg Dept]

Welcome Frank! I have been talking to my CBO about sending at least one representative, even if it means catching the over-night chicken bus.

 

[cda]

Sitting here waiting for the class to start

Coffee and handouts are good

 

[cda]

First section was good

Talked about some interesting constructed buildings and sip and clt

 

[cda]

2nd part was structural Kind of lost / not my area of inspection

But SHRINKAGE was interesting

 

[Francis Vineyard]

cda you have my interest, keep us informed. Frank W. is taking a survey for possible ½ day Wood Design course in VA this Oct.

Francis

 

[cda]

Last speaker talked mainly about some projects thier company did

 

[cda]

Last segment had some good info , more about how great wood is

Overall good free program , they put out alot of places to get great info!!!!

 

[jar546]

This has been posted on the calendar.

 

[cda]

Some interesting handouts

http://www.woodworks.org/Publications/informationSheets.aspx

http://www.woodworks.org/Publications/

 

[cda]

one more site:::

http://www.awc.org/codes/dcaindex.html

http://www.awc.org/mobile_codestds.html

not sure if this is accurate:

http://www.awc.org/calculators/IBCheightarea/IBCHeightArea.html

 

[TJacobs]

Welcome Professor!