New Code Provisions for Tall Timber Structures in California

As awareness of mass timber’s potential for tall wood structures has grown, there has been a push among U.S. building designers to achieve greater heights with these materials. Initially, tall wood buildings in the U.S. were proposed using international examples as precedent, with a project-specific performance-based

design approach used. However, a uniform set of tall wood code provisions has begun going into effect in many States with adoption of the 2021 International Building Code (IBC), which will allow up to 18 stories of mass timber construction.

The 2022 California Building Code (CBC) has now also been adopted with a series of tall wood code changes based on the new IBC provisions, but with California specific modifications. Following a brief discussion of history and motivators, this presentation will introduce the new IBC and CBC tall wood code provisions, as well as the technical research and testing that supported their adoption.

Attendees can Earn 1 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 1 PDH credits or 0.1 ICC credits, per session

Speaker: Chelsea Drenick, SE | WoodWorks

In-Person Attendees:

Please check-in 30 minutes before the presentation begins.

Join us after the presentation for snacks and networking.

Venue:

AIA SF/Center for Architecture + Design

140 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94104, United States

1st floor

Map & Parking

Montgomery BART Station

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

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