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American Wood Council

2024 IRC Provisions​ Prescriptive Wall Bracing​ Part 1​: Loads and Connections
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1 AIA LU/HSW, 0.1 ICC CEU, 1 PDH

2024 IRC Provisions​ Prescriptive Wall Bracing​ Part 1​: Loads and Connections

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The 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) provides detailed guidelines for constructing one- and two-family dwellings, as well as townhouses, up to three stories. This course explores gravity and lateral loads, their regional applicability, and how they transfer through a building to the ground. The course will examine proper wall bracing connections, analyze load paths, and assess the scope and limitations of prescriptive building codes. Learners will be equipped to evaluate structural stability and code compliance.

Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.


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American Wood Council

Navigating the New 2025 CA WUI Code-Integration, Structure, and Enforcement
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1 AIA LU/HSW, 0.1 ICC CEU, 1 PDH

Navigating the New 2025 CA WUI Code-Integration, Structure, and Enforcement

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This course introduces participants to the newly established 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface (CWUI) Code, now Part 7 of Title 24. Designed to improve clarity and consistency, the CWUI Code consolidates wildland-urban interface requirements from three separate California codes into a single, comprehensive document. Learners will examine the structure, purpose, and key provisions of the code, and explore its practical implications for building design, construction, and code enforcement. The course will also address the broader goals of wildfire risk reduction and discuss potential future developments in the code’s evolution.


Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.


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American Wood Council

Home Hardening in the WUI: An Analysis of Recent Fire Testing
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0.5 AIA LU/HSW

Home Hardening in the WUI: An Analysis of Recent Fire Testing

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As an increasing number of homes are built in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), it is important to understand how residential construction performs when exposed to wildland fires. WUI zones are the areas where wildland – forests, chaparral, grassland, etc., meet or mix with human development. Home hardening is a term used to describe purposeful actions taken to help protect buildings in WUI zones. Home hardening provisions within WUI codes rely on a combination of prescriptive requirements and performance requirements based on standardized tests.  In the past several years, the American Wood Council (AWC), Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) and the Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI), a part of UL Research Institutes, have independently conducted multiple series of both standardized and non-standardized fire tests to quantify typical WUI fire exposures and characterize the performance of various building envelope components and assemblies under those exposures. The fire tests have been multi-faceted with individual approaches to allow for wider industry understanding of performance. FSRI’s and IBHS’s fire tests have investigated the general performance of the entire building envelope, while AWC’s tests have focused specifically on hardening measures for exterior walls, projections, and intersections between these surfaces.  


Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board. Please note - this is a nano course and you will only receive 0.5 LU for completing the course.



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American Wood Council

Wood Structural Panels Designed To Resist Combined Shear & Uplift From Wind Loads (2015 SDPWS/2018 WFCM)
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1 AIA LU/HSW, 0.1 ICC CEU
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Wood Structural Panels Designed To Resist Combined Shear & Uplift From Wind Loads (2015 SDPWS/2018 WFCM)

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AWC’s 2015 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS) and 2018 Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM) which are referenced in the national building codes, both contain provisions for wood structural panel shear walls designed to resist shear and uplift forces simultaneously. This webinar provides an overview of the prescriptive and engineered provisions, tabulated values, design examples, and requirements for installation per the 2015 SDPWS and 2018 WFCM.

Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.



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American Wood Council

The Ascent: Approving the Climb
1.5
1.5 AIA LU/ELECTIVE, 0.15 ICC CEU
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The Ascent: Approving the Climb

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This course will discuss the approval of beyond prescriptive code tall mass timber developments through effective collaboration and project vision. Learn how the largest mass timber high-rise building in the world, the Ascent, was completed by involving the right people at the right time and approving IBC code variances supported by laboratory testing. Structural design concepts used for the structure metropolitan high-rise building firefighting concepts will be discussed briefly, as will for fire and code officials, engineers, and other design professionals.

Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.



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American Wood Council

Principles of Fire and Connection Design & Special Inspection
1.5
1.5 AIA LU/HSW, 0.15 ICC CEU
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Principles of Fire and Connection Design & Special Inspection

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Changes to the 2021 International Building Code allow for the construction of mass timber buildings with larger heights and areas than is currently permitted in Types III, IV, and V construction. This presentation will provide an overview of fire design of mass timber building elements and assemblies, and the protection of connections. New code provisions for special inspection of tall mass timber structures will also be discussed.

Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.


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American Wood Council

Special Inspections for Wood Construction 2018
1.5
1.5 AIA LU/HSW, 0.15 ICC CEU
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Special Inspections for Wood Construction 2018

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The International Code Council’s (ICC) International Building Code (IBC) Chapter 17, titled Structural Tests and Special Inspections, will be covered in this program. This presentation provides background on special inspections for wood construction, in addition to discussion on related topics such as prefabricated wood components and special inspections for lateral resistance as it pertains to the 2018 IBC. Additionally, background and requirements for large high load diaphragms will be discussed.

Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.


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American Wood Council

Wood-Frame Shear Walls And SDPWS: Insights from Testing with 10d “Short” Nails, Better End-Post Details, and Added Gypsum Wallboard
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1 AIA LU/HSW, 0.1 ICC CEU
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Wood-Frame Shear Walls And SDPWS: Insights from Testing with 10d “Short” Nails, Better End-Post Details, and Added Gypsum Wallboard

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Experimental studies of cyclic performance of wood-frame shear walls give insight into structural performance and have informed recent changes implemented in the 2021 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS). Experimental results for 10d short nails, shear wall end post details, and gypsum wallboard contribution to shear wall strength and stiffness are summarized. SDPWS requirements and commentary guidance relative to the tested systems will also be discussed.

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American Wood Council

Significant Changes to the 2021 International Residential Code, Part 1
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1.5 AIA LU/HSW, 0.15 ICC, 1.5 PDH
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Significant Changes to the 2021 International Residential Code, Part 1

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This seminar provides an overview of the 2021 Significant Changes to the International Residential Code, including an in-depth examination of each code change.
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American Wood Council

The Fasteners and the Furious
1.5
1.5 AIA LU/HSW, 0.15 ICC CEU
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The Fasteners and the Furious

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This program includes discussion about wood-based connection design based on numerous help desk questions and feedback from design professionals. AWC has identified some commonly overlooked wood-based connection engineering requirements from the National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction and Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS) for discussion. Connection detailing requirements and design examples will also be provided.

Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.


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American Wood Council

Wood Diaphragm Design
1.5
1.5 AIA LU/HSW, 0.15 ICC CEU, 1 PDH
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Wood Diaphragm Design

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The 2018 International Building Code (IBC) specifies that structures using wood-framed shear walls and diaphragms to resist wind, seismic and other lateral loads shall be designed and constructed in accordance with AWC’s 2015 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS). Calculation of wood-frame diaphragm deflection should account for bending and shear deflections, fastener deformation, chord splice slip, and other contributing sources of deflections. The 2015 SDPWS incorporates both a 3-term and 4-term deflection equation that accounts for these variables. This course will provide an overview and comparison of the 3-term and 4-term deflection equations. Additionally, an example showing calculation of mid-span deflection of a blocked wood structural panel diaphragm will be presented.

Funding provided in part by the Softwood Lumber Board.
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American Wood Council

Advancing Environmental Transparency for Wood Products
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1 AIA LU/HSW, 0.1 ICC CEU, 1 PDH
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Advancing Environmental Transparency for Wood Products

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The built environment is responsible for nearly 40% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. In order to avoid the worst climate change scenarios, rapid decarbonization is needed in all sectors. Wood products present a right-now solution to this challenge, as they are significantly lower in embodied carbon than other conventional building materials, and, when sourced from sustainably managed forests, provide numerous environmental benefits. This webinar will walk through the sustainability story of U.S. wood products and show the work we’re doing to tell the story transparently through data and EPDs.

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2024 IRC Provisions​ Prescriptive Wall Bracing​ Part 1​: Loads and Connections
Navigating the New 2025 CA WUI Code-Integration, Structure, and Enforcement
Home Hardening in the WUI: An Analysis of Recent Fire Testing
Wood Structural Panels Designed To Resist Combined Shear & Uplift From Wind Loads (2015 SDPWS/2018 WFCM)
The Ascent: Approving the Climb
Principles of Fire and Connection Design & Special Inspection
Special Inspections for Wood Construction 2018
Wood-Frame Shear Walls And SDPWS: Insights from Testing with 10d “Short” Nails, Better End-Post Details, and Added Gypsum Wallboard
Significant Changes to the 2021 International Residential Code, Part 1
The Fasteners and the Furious
Wood Diaphragm Design
Advancing Environmental Transparency for Wood Products
A Brief Introduction to Wood Material Science: Wood as a Structural Engineering Material
Tall Wood Buildings in the 2021 IBC: Up to 18 Stories of Mass Timber
Demystifying Diaphragm Design
Design Considerations of Wood Frame Structures for Permanence
Calculating Wind Loads on Low-Rise Structures per 2015 WFCM Engineering Provisions
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Shear Wall Example
DCA3: Fire-Resistance and Sound Ratings for Wood-Frame Assemblies
Demonstrating Sustainability Through Standards
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