Integrated Wood Design: Advanced Techniques in Wood Frame Structural Design

New trends in wood building design - notably Building Information Modeling, Integrated Project Delivery and Sustainable Building Design - are motivating building designers to rethink their processes and technology. An Integrated Structural Design process that breaks away from the practice of component by component framing design to whole building modeling and design can empower structural designers to work more effectively in a fast paced, multi-objective design environment.

Participants will learn new techniques in integrated structural design of wood framed buildings using state-of-the-art software tools in order to:

• Achieve a more efficient and higher integrity structural design
• Improve collaboration within the members of the project design team
• Control project costs through earlier quantitative structural analysis and design
• Reduce construction waste through efficient use of traditional and alternative building materials

2/9/11
Integrated Wood Design: Advanced Techniques in Wood Frame Structural Design
Participants will learn new techniques in integrated structural design (lateral & gravity systems) of wood framed buildings using state-of-the-art software tools to create more efficient designs in significantly less time, while reducing waste.
Time: Noon - 1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600
Cost: Free for AIA East Bay Members; $3.50 for non-members. Lunch is provided. Registration required.
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1.5 CES LUs

For more information: 510/464-3600