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January 5, 2022,11:45-1:00pm

1 PDH

Free for current members! $40 for others. 

Join us at 11:45 for some networking time; the presentation begins at noon.

With Virginia’s early adoption of the 2021 IBC Tall Mass Timber provisions as part of the Virginia Building Code, it’s an opportune time to talk about mass timber. 

This presentation will provide an overview of mass timber which includes any product currently permitted for use in Type IV (heavy timber) construction such as cross-laminated timber (CLT), structural composite lumber (SCL), glued laminated timber (glulam), mechanically laminated decking (aka nail-laminated timber, NLT), and large section sawn timbers. NLT, glulam, SCL, and solid-sawn timbers have been adopted in the International Building Code (IBC) and utilized throughout the world for several decades on a wide variety of buildings. CLT was first incorporated in AWC's 2015 National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction as well as ICC’s 2015 International Building Code (IBC). All mass timber products offer sustainable qualities as they are manufactured from a renewable resource and store carbon. Structural and fire protection characteristics of mass timber will be discussed as well as new 2021 IBC tall mass timber code provisions that allow their specification in both residential and commercial applications for a wide variety of occupancies.