By Robert Marshall. Course Number WW0L142, Year Created 2020. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. This course provides solutions for fire protection, smoke protection, sound control, minimum thermal bridging and tightness functions in mid-rise buildings.
Codes & Standards
150. Encapsulated Mass Timber: a new construction type for the 2020 NBC
By Marc Alam. Course Number WWOL150. Year Created 2020. Format: PowerPoint Video – Length: One Hour – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, EIC – Handout: Yes. This webinar will discuss the fire-related national building and fire code changes related to a new construction type called Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction (EMTC) to be used for wood buildings up to twelve storeys.
167. Fire Safety in Mass Timber: 2020 Code Updates and Requirements
Sponsored by BC Housing, Presented by Wood WORKS! BC, Format: PowerPoint Videos – Length: 2 Hours – Credits: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Handout: Yes. Encapsulated Mass Timber (EMTC) as permitted under the 2020 National Building Code, 2019 British Columbia Building Code (jurisdictional basis) , e possibilities, construction efficiencies and construction safety.
179. Fire Prevention for Wood Buildings
By Ineke Van Zeeland and Dr.Steven Craft. Course Number WWOL179, Year Created 2014. Format: Two PowerPoint Videos – Length: 1.5 Hours – Credit: AIA, all Canadian Provincial Architect Associations, BC Housing, EIC – Downloadable Handout: Yes. This course will discuss two aspects of fire prevention: tools that may be used to develop solutions to meet the building code’s fire-resistance rating requirements for wood buildings and fire prevention during the course of construction.
