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Design Guide

Design Guide

Design Guide

Design Guide

Top Challenges Addressed

Top Challenges Addressed

Top Challenges Addressed

Top Challenges Addressed

CLT Diaphragm Design Guide

Design Guide

Architects & Engineers

Comprehensive 144-page design guide developed collaboratively with mass timber structural engineering experts. Provides detailed guidance for design of CLT diaphragms used as part of wind and seismic lateral force-resisting systems following SDPWS provisions. Includes analysis methods, design procedures, constructability considerations, collector and chord details, full design examples, and pre-calculated tables of connection capacities. Addresses practical implementation challenges that were previously handled through alternate means processes with building officials.

Top Challenges Addressed

WoodWorks

#11 - Not Valuing Carbon, #18 - Technical Skill Development, #22 - Carbon Calculation Complexity

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