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       Announcing an American Wood Council and Virginia Tech short course on…
       Prescriptive and Engineering 
       Design per the 2012 Wood-Frame 
       Construction Manual
                                                Photo: Courtesy of APA – The Engineered Wood Association
       September 24-26, 2014
       The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center
       Roanoke, Virginia 
       www.cpe.vt.edu/sdww
       Sponsored by
          American Wood Council and  
          Virginia Tech Continuing and Professional Education
       Who Should Attend                                                                New Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide (DCA 
       The primary audiences for this course are:                                       6 – 2012 IRC Version)
                                                                                        DCA 6 has been recently updated to include guidance on provisions in 
            • Engineers                                                                 the 2012 International Residential Code (IRC) pertaining to single level 
            • Architects                                                                residential wood deck construction. Provisions contained in this document 
            • Building Officials                                                        that are not included in the IRC are considered good practice 
            • Builders                                                                  recommendations. This unit will provide an overview of the significant 
            • Designers                                                                 changes to the DCA 6 and include several examples showing application 
            • Engineered-wood-product (EWP) and truss framing designers                 of the guide.
       Suppliers of building products used in the residential construction and 
       their sales staff may benefit as well by enhancing their knowledge of a          Course Materials and CEU Credit
       code-conforming whole building design.                                           Course materials include the 2012 Wood-Frame Construction Manual, 
                                                                                        the 2013 TCNA Handbook for Ceramic, Glass, and Stone Tile 
       Overview of Course Content                                                       Installation, a notebook containing course materials, lunch on Thursday, 
       The 2001 Edition of the Wood Frame Construction                                  continuous refreshment service, and a certificate for 1.5 CEUs (15 contact 
       Manual (WFCM) for One- and Two-Family                                            hours) are included in the registration fee.
       Dwellings has been updated to the 2012 WFCM 
       (ANSI/AWC WFCM 2012) which is referenced in                                      Course Outline and Schedule
       the 2012 International Building Code and                                         Wednesday, September 24, 2014
       International Residential Code (IRC). This unit                                  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  On-site check-in and registration
       will provide a chapter by chapter overview of the 
       2012 WFCM which includes provisions for                                          1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.     Introduction and Chapter Overview of the 2012 
       designing wood frame structures for wind, snow,                                                            WFCM
       and seismic loads. In addition, this presentation                                3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.     Break
       will provide an overview of the significant changes in the                       3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.     Introduction and Chapter Overview continued, 
       2012 WFCM relative to the previous 2001 edition.                                                           and Design of Wood Frame Buildings for High 
       Design of Wood Frame Buildings for High Wind, Snow, and Seismic                                            Wind, Snow, and Seismic Loads (WFCM 
       Loads (WFCM Workbook)                                                                                      Workbook)
       This learn-by-example workbook unit provides a comprehensive design              Thursday, September 25, 2014
       example, typical checklist, and background information related to design         7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.     On-site check-in and registration
       of a wood-frame structure in accordance with AWC’s 2012 WFCM. The                8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.    Design of Wood Frame Buildings for High Wind, 
       design example uses plans from a 2-story residence as the basis for a                                      Snow, and Seismic Loads (WFCM Workbook) 
       structural design to resist high wind, seismic, and snow loads. The                                        continued
       workbook heavily references the 2012 WFCM to aid in understanding how            10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.  Break
       to use the time-saving tools and tables provided therein.                        10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Shear Wall Design Examples
       Shear Wall Design Examples                                                       12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Lunch at Hotel Roanoke
       Several design tools and standards to assist engineers, architects, and          1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.     Design for High Wind, Snow, and Seismic Loads 
       building officials with the design of shear walls are available. Prescriptive                              continued
       approaches such as braced wall provisions outlined in the IRC are different      3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.     Break
       in many respects from prescriptive provisions in AWC’s WFCM. The latter          3:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.     Design for High Wind, Snow, and Seismic Loads 
       tends to provide more conservative results. Engineered approaches such                                     continued
       as those outlined in AWC’s Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic 
       (SDPWS) typically result in more efficient designs. Several resources            Friday, September 26, 2014
       available for shear wall design will be discussed and design results will be     8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.     Permanent Bracing for Residential Metal-Plate-
       compared using the various resources.                                                                      Connected Wood Trusses
       Permanent Bracing for Residential Metal-Plate-Connected Wood                     9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.     Break
       Trusses                                                                          9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Specifying  and  Constructing  Floors  to 
       In this unit, the basics of permanent bracing design for wood trusses and                                  Accommodate Ceramic Tile and Stone
       the importance of a complete bracing system will be presented. Prescriptive      10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.  New Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck 
       details for commonly required lateral and diagonal bracing needed to meet                                  Construction Guide (DCA 6 – 2012 IRC Version)
       the assumptions of the truss design drawings for residential applications        11:45 a.m – 12:00 p.m.  Course  Evaluation  and  Presentation  of 
       will be reviewed.                                                                                          Certificates
       Specifying and Constructing Floors to Accommodate Ceramic Tile                   For More Information
       and Stone
       The use of brittle floor covering materials requires carefully planning and      For more specific information on course content, please contact  
       coordination at the rough-framing design phase. This unit addresses the          Dr. Frank Woeste at (540) 951-0469, or email: fwoeste@vt.edu.
       determination of expected dead loads for a wide range of tile and stone 
       “installation methods” given in the 2013 TCNA Handbook. In order to 
       improve in-service performance of the tile or stone covering, details for 
       the installation of span-rated wood-structural underlayment for a two-layer 
       wood substrate system will be presented. 
                                                                                                                   Registration
                                                                                                                   Prescriptive and Engineering Design per the 
                                                                                                                   2012 Wood-Frame Construction Manual
                                                                                                                   September 24-26, 2014
                                                                                                                   Please print or type—complete a separate form for each participant.
                                                                                                                   Name 
                                                                                                                   Title 
         Lodging and Travel Information                                                                            Organization 
                                                                                                                   *Organization’s FID# 
         Lodging                                                                                                   Address 
         The conference is held at The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, 
         conveniently located at 110 Shenandoah Avenue. The complex consists                                       City                                             State               Zip 
         of a luxurious historic hotel and a state-of-the-art conference center. An 
         enclosed skywalk connects the facility with downtown Roanoke.                                             Daytime Phone No. 
         A block of lodging rooms is being held at The Hotel Roanoke and                                           Fax No. 
         Conference Center. Special rates of $129/single and $149/double 
         occupancy (plus taxes) are available for the conference. These rates are                                  Email Address 
         effective until Friday, August 29, 2014. Please make your reservations                                    Signature 
         by this date by calling the hotel directly at (540) 985-5900 or toll free 
         at 866-594-4722. Be sure to mention the conference when making your 
         reservations. To ensure a room at The Hotel Roanoke and Conference                                        Registration Fee: $595 ($695 after August 25, 2014)
         Center, please register early. Information on the hotel can be found at 
         www.hotelroanoke.com. Guests are required to pay for parking, which 
         is $8/day for self-parking or $12/day for valet parking.                                                         Register online by September 17 at:
         Travel by Auto                                                                                             www.cpe.vt.edu/wfcm/
         Roanoke is located in Southwest Virginia off Interstate 81. From I-81,                                           OR return with payment by September 17 (no staples, 
         take I-581 South via Exit 143 toward Airport/Roanoke. Hotel Roanoke                                              tape, or paper clips, please) to:
         is about 6 miles south, on the right. From I-581 South, take Exit 5, cross                                                   Virginia Tech
         over Wells Avenue, and continue to the main entrance of the hotel.                                                           Conference Registrar – CPE
         Travel by Air                                                                                                                702 University City Boulevard (MC 0272)
         The Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) serves our region of                                                           Blacksburg, VA 24061
         Virginia. The available airlines are: Delta, United, US Airways, and 
         Allegiant Air. Most rental car companies are located at the airport.                                             OR fax the completed form to 540-231-3306. If you prefer, 
         Greensboro (GSO) is about two and a half hours away, and Charlotte                                               telephone the credit card information at 540-231-5182.
         (CLT) is about three hours away. Both of these airports offer alternative 
         flight options.                                                                                           *FID number necessary to process a                     FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
                                                                                                                   refund payable to a company, agency, or 
         How to Register                                                                                           government.
         On-line registration will end on September 17, 2014. To qualify for the                                   The information you provide is subject         Entered          AMNT: 
         early registration fee of $595, payment must be received on, or before,                                   to the Freedom of Information Act                               CC/CHK#: 
         August 25, 2014. Enrollment is limited to 50. Many past Virginia Tech                                     guidelines.
         programs have been oversubscribed, thus early registration is                                                                                                             DATE: 
         recommended.                                                                                              Method of Payment: (Registration will be processed when payment is received.)
         • Register on the web at: www.cpe.vt.edu/wfcm/ (secure server—credit                                           Check enclosed. (Make payable to: Treasurer, Virginia Tech CE)
            card information required to secure space).                                                                 Checks must be drawn on U.S. bank in U.S. dollars.  
         • Mail the form with credit card information or check (payment required                                        (There will be a $50 processing fee for all returned checks.)
            to secure your space).                                                                                      Credit card:                MasterCard                  VISA               AmEx
         • Fax the completed form to 540-231-3306. If you prefer, telephone                                             (Credit Card payment may be mailed, faxed, or given to registrar over the 
                                                                                                                        phone. No credit card information will be processed by voice mail or email.)
            the credit card information at 540-231-5182.
         REFUND and CANCELLATION POLICY: Requests for refunds will be honored when                                      Name of Cardholder
         received seven calendar days prior to the program. However, another person may be 
         substituted at any time for this program. A $75 administrative fee will be deducted for                 ✁
         cancellations. In the unlikely event that this program is cancelled or postponed due to                        Cardholder Signature             Date
         insufficient enrollments or unforeseen circumstances, the university will fully refund 
         registration fees but cannot be held responsible for any other expenses, including cancellation 
         or change charges assessed by airlines, hotels, travel agencies, or other organizations.
         For weather or disaster-related program cancellation or postponement information, please 
         call 540-231-9489.
                                                                                                                        Card No.                                                               Exp. Date
       Conference Registrar
       Continuing and Professional Education
       Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
       702 University City Boulevard, Mail Code 0272
       Blacksburg, VA 24061
       About the Instructors
                                    John “Buddy” Showalter, P.E.                                                              Frank E. Woeste, P.E., Ph.D.
                                    AWC, Vice President, Technology Transfer                                                  Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech University
                                    Mr. Showalter joined the American Wood                                                    Frank conducted wood engineering research and 
                                    Council (AWC) staff in 1992, and currently                                                taught wood design courses throughout his 26-
                                    serves as Vice President of Technology Transfer.                                          year tenure at Virginia Tech University. He is 
                                    Responsibilities at AWC include oversight of                                              currently Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech, 
                                    publications, website, helpdesk, education, and                                           Adjunct Professor, Department of Sustainable 
                                    other technical media. He is also a member of                                             Biomaterials, Virginia Tech, and Adjunct 
                                    the Editorial Boards for Wood Design Focus,                                               Professor, Composite Materials & Engineering 
                                    published by the Forest Products Society, and                                             Center, Washington State University. 
                                    STRUCTURE magazine, published jointly by                                                  Frank has been involved in MPC wood truss 
                                    NCSEA, ASCE/SEI, and CASE. Prior to joining                  research since 1972 and continuing education for engineers, architects, 
       AWC, Showalter was Technical Director of the Truss Plate Institute. He is a               component designers, contractors, and building code officials for 30-years. A 
       graduate of Virginia Tech.                                                                list of his publications can be viewed at: http://sbio.vt.edu/resumes/
                                                                                                 woeste1101.pdf
                                     Michelle Kam-Biron, PE, SE, SECB, M. ASCE
                                     AWC, Director of Education
                                     Michelle Kam-Biron joined the American Wood 
                                     Council (AWC) staff in 2012. She currently 
                                     serves as Director of Education. Before joining 
                                     AWC, she was Senior Technical Director – 
                                     National Lead Mid-rise/Multi-family 
                                     Construction for WoodWorks. She has over 20 
                                     years of experience managing and designing a 
                                     wide range of projects in various structural 
                                     materials as well as Division of State Architect 
                                     contract plan review.  Michelle has authored and 
                                     contributed to several publications on the use              Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis 
       of structural wood products as well as presented throughout the nation on the             of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual 
       topic.  She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a BS in Architectural           orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. Anyone 
       Engineering. She is a volunteer on the Cal Poly State University, San Luis                having questions concerning discrimination or accessibility should contact the Office of Equity 
       Obispo Architectural Engineering Advisory Board and in June 2014 will be                  and Access. If you are a person with a disability and require any auxiliary aids, services, or 
       President-Elect of Structural Engineers Association of Southern California.               other accommodations for this workshop, please discuss your accommodation needs with 
                                                                                                 Teresa Gallegos at 540-231-2014 by two weeks prior to the course.
                                                                                                                                                        VT/170/0614/4.8M/146722
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