Tag: International Building Code
Expertise in Sustainable Mass Timber Strategies: Buro Happold’s Paul Richardson and Yasmin Rehmanjee
Now that the International Building Code allows mass timber construction up to 18 stories tall, developers and architects in many U.S. jurisdictions are considering building big —...
Puerto Rico: Earthquake Disaster at a Cross Road
H. Kit Miyamoto, Ph.D., S.E.
The Caribbean sun is beating down. Sweat is falling from my forehead. As I walk through the Ponce heritage...
2018 Code Conforming Wood Design Now Available
LEESBURG, VA. – The 2018 Code Conforming Wood Design (CCWD), a joint publication of the American Wood Council (AWC) and the International Code Council, is now available as a...
5-over-2 Podium Design: Path to Code Acceptance
By Terry Malone, PE, SE, WoodWorks – Wood Products Council
Nationwide, there has been an increase in the demand for multi-story mixed-use and multi-residential structures....
ASCE Structural Engineering Institute Announces New Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design
RESTON, Va. – The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) has published ASCE/SEI Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design. SEI received a...
American Wood Council’s Flame Spread Guide Updated
LEESBURG, VA. – The American Wood Council (AWC) has released an updated version of Design for Code Acceptance (DCA) 1 - Flame Spread Performance of Wood Products Used for Interior...
AWC announces top 2018 webinars and e-courses
The most popular live and self-study webinars from the American Wood Council (AWC) in 2018 detailed the significant changes related to wood construction in the 2018 International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC).
Acoustics and Mass Timber: Room-to-Room Noise Control
Richard McLain, PE, SE
The growing availability and code acceptance of mass timber—i.e., large solid wood panel products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and nail-laminated...
Low-slope roofs
Design solutions for building code-permitted low-slope applications that cause ponding water.
By Scott D. Coffman, P.E., SECB, and Thomas G. Williamson, P.E.
Chapter 15 in the...