Detailing Continuity in Building Enclosure Systems
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the four primary, code-based control layers that make up a building enclosure system.
- Define the primary issues related to continuity of building enclosure control layers in wood-framed wall and roof assemblies.
- Review the common choices for products and materials for building enclosure control layers, including critical transitional areas.
- Compare different drawing details and solutions for their use in wood-framed wall and roof assemblies.
Credits:
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
Designing control barriers to manage bulk water, air, thermal bridging, and vapor in building enclosures is only the beginning to an effective exterior. While straightforward along flat, continuous surfaces, it is the noncontinuous conditions, including transitions, penetrations, and interruptions, that present design and construction complexity to maintain effective barrier performance. This course emphasizes critical areas in which detailing continuity in these control barriers are important to address, especially when using today’s integrated sheathing systems.
Photo courtesy of Huber Engineered Woods, LLC © 2017
As manager of Huber Engineered Woods (HEW) Product Engineering Team, Chris Clark is a technical resource providing consulting to contractors on the job site as well as architects and engineers in regards to how HEW products can be incorporated into their designs to meet local building codes. Since graduating with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a focus on structural engineering, his decade of industry experience is centered on the design requirements of wood-framed structures. |