Events
Wood Solutions Fairs
Chicago, IL – Sept. 8, 2010
Raleigh, NC – Feb. 15, 2011
Atlanta, GA – Feb. 17, 2011
Minneapolis, MN – Apr. 7, 2011
WoodWorks & RedBuilt
Engineered Wood Seminar
Brookfield, WI - June 15
Free Webinars
Holding Down the Fort - Continuous Tie-down Systems Used as Overturning Restraints in Multi-story Wood Framed Construction - June 17
Achieving New Heights with Wood-framed Tall Walls - July 21
Earn AIA credits at your desk on your own schedule
Although live webinars provide the advantage of being able to ask questions, it isn’t always possible to participate—even when you want the information. Now you can learn at your desk any time (and earn education credits) with topical webinars from the WoodWorks Online Training Library. Topics available so far include life cycle assessment (LCA), fire protection, 5-over-1 mid-rise podium design, timber frame construction, green building, and more!
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Architectural and structural details now available at woodworks.org
WoodWorks recently added a collection of free architectural and structural design details to our library of online resources. Now you can download architectural drawings for wood wall, floor and roof construction and structural drawings for stud walls, shear walls, I-joists, Revit families and Revit systems. Links to additional design details offered by our partner associations are also available. More
Contact WoodWorks for free one-on-one technical support
 Do you have a non-residential wood building project that could benefit from some technical advice? If you or your project are located in a WoodWorks region, we have a team of technical directors available to provide free one-on-one support. For example ... More
WoodWorks adds its voice to the blogosphere
Check out the WoodWorks blog for timely, casual and interactive communication about using wood in non-res and multi-family buildings. You’ll hear from our team of more than a dozen technical experts who collectively have knowledge related to all aspects of wood design, engineering and construction—and we hope you’ll use the comments section to let us know if there are certain types of information you’d like to see covered. More
CalGREEN becomes first building code to incorporate LCA
California has demonstrated its commitment to addressing climate change by adopting the first building code to specifically encourage life cycle assessment (LCA) in the selection of materials. Widely recognized by the international scientific community, LCA allows the objective comparison of materials, assemblies and even whole buildings, over the course of their entire lives, from resource extraction through disposal or re-use. It is commonly used to compare building materials such as wood, steel and concrete, and has led scientists in Europe and North America to the same conclusion: compared to the alternatives, wood buildings produce less greenhouse gases, air pollution and water pollution, and require less energy across their life cycle. More
Photos: WoodWorks California 2010 Multi-family Wood Design Award Winner - Hancock Mixed-use, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Eric Staudenmaier (top); WoodWorks North-central 2010 Green Building Wood Design Award Winner - Dakota County Parks Department, Schaar’s Bluff Gathering Center, Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd., Andrea Rugg & Pete Sieger (middle); Southern Forest Products Association (bottom).
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