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Introduction to Wood: Structural Gravity Framing Design

January 14, 2025 - National Online Event. This presentation will provide an introductory review of structural wood design for vertical (gravity) loads, including bending, shear, deflection, vibration, tension, compression, and connections.

Introduction to Wood: Structural Lateral Framing Design

January 16, 2025 - National Online Event. This presentation will provide an introductory review of structural wood design for lateral (wind and seismic) loads, including traditional diaphragms and shear walls as well as alternate systems.

Wood & Wellbeing: Design Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

February 12, 2025 - National Online Event. This case study presentation explores how an exposed wood structure contributes to the sustainability, accessibility, and inclusivity of the Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth in Vancouver, Washington, where designers followed DeafSpace principles as part of a deaf-led design process for the bilingual school.

Mass Timber Constructability and Costing

February 20, 2025 - Regional Online Event (OR, HI, ID-South) This seminar is designed to give architects, engineers, and construction professionals the tools they need to deliver successful mass timber projects from start to finish.

Postponed Designing and Building with Mass Timber: Design, Planning and Performance

February 27, 2025 - Regional Online Event (NY) This presentation builds on the spirit of shared learning within the mass timber community to provide an overview of products, planning, design, and implementation techniques to maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver.

Realizing Mass Timber’s Benefits: Key Design Decisions and Analysis

February 27, 2025 - Regional Online Event (TX) This presentation will examine early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber to avoid price premiums. This course will also provide an in-depth look at biogenic carbon accounting, including when and how it should be counted, as well as a discussion of end-of-life assumptions.

Type III Fire-Resistant Design & Detailing for Exterior Walls, Shafts

Carriage Club 5301 State Line Road, East Room, Kansas City, MO, United States

February 27, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (Kansas City, MO) This presentation will focus on common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies, followed by discussion of detailing code requirements, code compliance, and rationale for approval with an emphasis on constructability and practicality.

Designing and Building with Mass Timber: Design, Planning and Performance

Town House Kitchen + Drinks 559 Main Street, New Rochelle, NY, United States

March 5, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (New Rochelle, NY) This presentation builds on the spirit of shared learning within the mass timber community to provide an overview of products, planning, design, and implementation techniques to maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver.

Tall Timber Design Seminar & CoStar Building Tour

Delta Hotels Richmond Downtown 555 East Canal St., Richmond, VA, United States

March 12, 2025 - Regional In-Person Seminar + Tour (Richmond, VA) This presentation will review the tall wood code provisions, including the three new construction types (IV-A, IV-B, and IV-C), and the technical research and testing that supported their adoption. Following the session, attendees can see mass timber construction firsthand on a site tour of the 200,000-square-foot CoStar Foundry Park South Office Building.

Exploring Tall Timber Design & New Code Provisions

March 14, 2025 - Regional Online Event (DC, DE, MD, VA, WV) This presentation will review the tall wood code provisions, including the three new construction types (IV-A, IV-B, and IV-C), and the technical research and testing that supported their adoption.

International Mass Timber Conference 2025

March 25-27, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (Portland, OR). Co-produced by WoodWorks & Trifecta Collective, this conference is one of the largest gatherings of mass timber experts in the world.

Multnomah County Library Tours: A Firsthand look @ Mass Timber Construction

Albina Library 216 Northeast Knott Street, Portland, OR, United States

April 15, 2025 - Regional In-Person Tour (Portland, OR) This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at two mass timber libraries—Multnomah County’s Albina Library Expansion and East County Library. Attendees will tour both sites with project team members and hear strategies for successful, code-compliant mass timber buildings with insight into detailing and construction techniques.

Mass Timber in Multi-Family: Key Considerations and Advanced Fire Design

April 22, 2025 - Regional Online Event (CA-North, HI, ID-South, NV, OR, UT) Learn how mass timber and hybrid wood building systems can help address critical gaps in the multi-family housing market and the changes introduced in the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) that significantly expand the opportunities for tall timber structures.

$20.00

Mass Timber: Early Design Decisions & Tall Wood Code Provisions

Burwell Center for Career Achievement 2190 East Asbury Avenue, Room #340, Denver, CO, United States

April 29, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (Denver, CO) This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. Following a brief discussion of history and motivators, this presentation will introduce the new tall wood code provisions and construction types, as well as the technical research and testing that supported their adoption.

$20.00

Oxbow Site Tour: A Firsthand Look at Mass Timber Construction

Oxbow 512 East 25th Street, Charlotte, NC, United States

Regional In-Person Tour (Charlotte, NC) Join WoodWorks for a first-hand look at the Oxbow project, a seven-story, 423,000 sqft mass-timber mixed-use building featuring below-grade parking, 389 apartments and 13,803 sqft of retail space.

$20.00

Mass Timber: Early Design Decisions & Tall Wood Code Provisions

May 1, 2025 - Regional Online Event (CO, MT, NE, ND, SD, WY) This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. Following a brief discussion of history and motivators, this presentation will introduce the new tall wood code provisions and construction types, as well as the technical research and testing that supported their adoption.

$20.00

Mid-Rise Wood Design

Maggiano's Little Italy 1201 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Regional In-Person Event (Philadelphia, PA) This presentation will cover some of the design considerations associated with mid-rise wood-frame buildings and will also focus on mid-rise mass timber construction. The presentation will also cover decisions that need to be made early in the design process, including grid layout, approach to achieving fire ratings, and lateral system selection.

$20.00

Type III Exterior Walls: Practical Design Approaches from an Engineer’s Perspective

May 7, 2025 - National Online Event. This educational session will focus on the unique design requirements of Type III construction related to required fire resistance and practical constructability for code compliance.  Topics will include fire-resistance-rating requirements for the interior and exterior, the impact of fire separation distance, implications of intersecting fire walls, and primary structural frame protection within exterior walls. 

Mid-Rise Wood Design

Regional Online Event (PA & NJ) This presentation will cover some of the design considerations associated with mid-rise wood-frame buildings and will also focus on mid-rise mass timber construction. The presentation will also cover decisions that need to be made early in the design process, including grid layout, approach to achieving fire ratings, and lateral system selection.

$20.00

Exploring Tall Timber Building Design

Hudson Grille Sandy Springs 6317 Roswell Road Northeast, Sandy Springs, GA, United States

May 15, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (Sandy Springs, GA) This presentation will review the tall wood code provisions, including the three new construction types (IV-A, IV-B, and IV-C), and the technical research and testing that supported their adoption. The session will also cover critical aspects of design and construction unique to tall wood buildings, ranging from sprinkler requirements and shaft wall considerations to fire design for penetrations and acoustics performance.

$20.00

Frame it Right: Optimizing Size & Framing Efficiency in Mid-Rise Buildings

May 20, 2025 - Regional In-Person & Online Event (Charlotte, NC) This presentation will review the allowable construction types, with an emphasis on the opportunities and advantages of using light-frame wood in Types III and V. Presenters will cover design considerations associated with these projects, including how to maximize height and area through the use of sprinklers, open frontage, sloping sites, podiums, and mezzanines.

$20.00

Exploring Tall Timber Building Design

May 20, 2025 - Regional Online Event (GA, AL, LA, MS, FL) This presentation will review the tall wood code provisions, including the three new construction types (IV-A, IV-B, and IV-C), and the technical research and testing that supported their adoption. The session will also cover critical aspects of design and construction unique to tall wood buildings, ranging from sprinkler requirements and shaft wall considerations to fire design for penetrations and acoustics performance.

$20.00

CLT Shear Wall and Diaphragm Design with SDPWS 2021

May 21, 2025 - National Online Event. This presentation will introduce new provisions for CLT shear wall and diaphragm design, in the American Wood Council’s 2021 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS).

WoodWorks at the AIA Conference 2025

June 4-7, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (Boston, MA) Join acclaimed architects, designers, and building product manufacturers and earn HSW, GBCI, RIBA & AIA LUs. WoodWorks will host eight sessions on the expo floor at booth 2133.

Wood in Architecture Awards Announcement & Reception

Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport 450 Summer Street, Contemporary Room - Level 3, Boston, MA, United States

June 5, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (Boston, MA) WoodWorks will announce the 2025 Wood in Architecture Awards in Boston, MA, alongside the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design. Join us for a reception to celebrate the winners, network, and enjoy drinks and appetizers.

Free

Key Wood Design Topics: Concealed Spaces and Mixed-Use Building Analysis

Long Beach Public Library, Billie Jean King Main Library 200 West Broadway, Community Room A, First Floor, Long Beach, CA, United States

August 26, 2025 - Regional In-Person Event (Long Beach, CA) Join Mike Romanowski to learn about two important wood design topics: concealed spaces in light-frame and mass timber construction and tips to simplify mixed-use building analysis.

$20.00