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Low-Rise Commercial Wood Design: Virtual Workshop
DATE: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 – LIVE & VIRTUAL Event
TIME: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Pacific Time
LOCATION: Online or at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, 900 Canada Place, Vancouver
COST: $129 regular
ASTTBC CPD points: 4.0
DESCRIPTION: Named for its location near the intersection of Ontario Street and East Fifth Avenue in Vancouver, oN5 is a four-storey office building built on a narrow, difficult-to-access, mid-block site with only a 7.54m (24.7ft) wide street frontage. The commercial project overcomes many challenges using prefabricated cross laminated timber (CLT) components that form the floors, walls, and roof and elevator shafts. In this workshop, the project team will share detailed technical information about the design and construction of this project.
The topics and lessons learned will include the design strategies, building code requirements and solutions, high-performance building envelope details and the integrated project delivery process used. The permitting process including plan reviews and ultimate approval, and other interactions with the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) will also be discussed.
Engineering of a Mass Timber Office Building on a Tight City Lot
This session will present key aspects of structural analysis, design and detailing of the building on a zero-lot line site. Focus will be on structural particularities of the building, including structural system, the lateral load-resisting system with CLT shearwalls and Tectonus hold-downs, CLT floor with the innovative CLT adhesive system, connections for gravity and lateral load transfers, and structural robustness. The presentation will also touch on the importance of structural design and coordination with other disciples which enabled prefabrication of components for fast erection. Finally, the session will highlight the main lessons learnt during the design and construction.
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT
Robert Malczyk is the principal at Timber Engineering. He co-founded Equilibrium Consulting Inc. who is responsible for designing many award-winning buildings in a portfolio exceeding 600 projects. Robert is a world-renown expert in structural timber engineering and is experienced in developing new business ventures. He has a natural eye for simplicity in structure and is passionate about novel structural systems in wood and other materials.
Hercend Mpidi Bita is a senior structural engineer at Timber Engineering. He completed his PhD at UBC before joining Katerra where he worked on the development of novel building components and systems. Hercend has numerous publications on international journals, book chapters, and structural reports. His expertise in mass timber engineering includes structural detailing, seismic design, and disproportionate collapse prevention.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is designed for architects, engineers, developers, building designers, contractors and building officials.