Lateral Design of Wood Structures:
Loads and Design Considerations
Choose your day:
February 14th, Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front St. W, Alberta Room, Toronto, ON
February 15th, Toronto Airport Marriott Hotel, Salon GH, 901 Dixon Rd., Toronto, ON
Event Schedule
8:30 AM Registration
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Workshop (12:00 Lunch)
Presentation:
Introduction
• Wind and seismic loads
• Load path / load distribution
• General design concepts
• The code and lateral design provisions
• Historic performance of wood structures
Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction – a possible prescriptive solution
• Limits
• Definitions
• Part C – Applicability and scope
Design Considerations
• Lateral design provisions according to the
NBCC Code and O86
• Hold down calculation
• Rigid / flexible diaphragm
• Overturning / uplift
• Eccentricity for rigid design
• Design Examples
Connections:
• Considerations for connections under lateral load
• Traditional connection types
• Modern/European type connections
Speakers:
Ghasan Doudak, Ph D.,
Professory of Structural Engineering
University of Ottawa
Ghasan’s expertise includes multi-scale understanding of how complete structural systems function, encompassing issues like how complete buildings respond to effects of wind storms, ground shaking during earthquakes, or other actions like impacts or blasts.
Prior to joining the Engineering Faculty, Dr. Ghasan Doudak held the position of Manager, Wood and Structural Standards at the Canadian Wood Council. Dr. Doudak grew up in Denmark where he received his Master of Science degree from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
Following his graduation, he worked as a structural engineer where he designed commercial and residential buildings. His PhD research was aimed at determining the load paths in wood light frame buildings under various stages of construction using a holistic design approach. Throughout his research, he worked closely with researchers from North America, Europe, and Australia.
Robert Jonkman, P.Eng.
Manager, Structural Engineering
Canadian Wood Council
Completing a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and Management degree at McMaster University in Hamilton in 1994, Rob worked for one year at a structural engineering consulting firm and over nine years at Normerica Building Systems, a Canadian manufacturer of Post and Beam Homes and Clubhouses as their “Design and Engineering Supervisor”.
Joining the Codes & Engineering division of the Canadian Wood Council in September 2005 as “Manager of Structural Engineering”, Rob’s primary focus was overseeing the ongoing development of the Woodworks® Engineering Software to better meet the needs of practicing engineers and architects.
Rob also focuses on building science aspects of design in addition to structural engineering. In 1995-96 Rob took a masters level Building Science course at University of Toronto and since then has taken short courses and collected reference material related to building science. Rob has been observing Canada’s National Energy Code for Buildings re-development meetings since 2009, and is currently a member of the National Energy Code for Houses redevelopment joint Task Group.