Economic Benefits of Building with Wood
Sponsored by Think Wood
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the economic, design, health, and structural safety benefits of building with wood.
- Discuss how building with wood can help architects, engineers, and developers achieve more versatile and resilient designs.
- List the most common mass timber products currently on the market today.
- Describe how innovation in the manufacturing of wood products has allowed for new systems and products to support new and traditional building markets.
Credits:
1 AIA LU/HSW
0.1 IACET CEU*
SAA 1 Hour of Core Learning
As an IACET Accredited Provider, BNP Media offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
This course is approved as a core course
This course is approved as a core course
This test is no longer available for credit
This presentation will discuss the economic, design, and structural benefits of building with wood, including mass timber products like cross-laminated timber and nail-laminated timber. For the learner, this course will provide an overview of the mass timber industry, the current environmentally responsible harvest strategy, and the financial benefits that building with softwood lumber provides. In addition, this course will describe how innovation in the manufacturing of wood products has allowed for greater design options and financial rewards for building with wood.
Photo courtesy of Alex Schreyer
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Originally published in October 2017
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