Engineered Lumber Design and Construction
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Engineered Lumber Products and Design Guidance
Examining types of engineered lumber products
• Structural and non-structural
National Design Specification for Wood Construction
ASCE Standard for Load and Resistance Factor Design for Engineered Wood Construction
Building codes
Design criteria
Design Values for Structural Engineered Lumber
Reference design values and adjustments
• Bending members
• Compression members
• Solid columns
• Tension members
• Combined loads
• Bearing capacity
• Flitch beams
Structural Glued Laminated Timber
Types of members
Applications and design values
Adjustments and special considerations
Timber Poles and Piles
Types of members
Applications and design values
Adjustments and special considerations
Pre-fabricated Wood I-Joists
Types of members
Applications and design values
Adjustments and special considerations
Structural Composite Lumber and Wood Structural Panels
Types of products
Applications and design values
Adjustments and special considerations
Connectors and Fasteners
Mechanical connections
Dowel fasteners
Split ring and shear plate connectors
Timber rivets
Structural Design
Software
Roof framing
Floor framing
Beams and joists
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs (HSW)
Architects
7.0 HSW PDHs/CE Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
International Code Council
.7 CEUs (Building)
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 HSW PDHs to professional engineers and architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Kansas.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.
The International Code Council has approved this activity for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.
This seminar provides a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing board for mandated continuing education credit.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Vincent F. Fratinardo, P.E. S.E. RRC
Civil/Structural Engineer and Roof ConsultantMr. Fratinardo is a civil/structural engineer and roof consultant. His over 20 years of experience includes civil and structural engineering analysis, design, construction administration, field investigation, and project management, and 13 years of experience specific to forensic engineering and the investigation and analysis of building damage and failures. Mr. Fratinardo has designed numerous new buildings, building additions, building renovations, and mechanical platforms and supports. He has designed and analyzed roof, wall and floor framing systems utilizing steel, concrete, masonry, and wood construction. Mr. Fratinardo has vast expertise in commercial, industrial, agricultural, municipal, educational and residential building damage investigations, including on-site investigations after 25 different tornado events, and Hurricanes Irene, Sandy, Matthew, Harvey, Irma, Maria and Florence. He has legal experience in depositions, arbitration hearings and trials. He has prepared and performed numerous continuing education presentations, including on an array of topics in forensic engineering, structural engineering and building codes for HalfMoon Education Inc., in multiple states since 2014. Mr. Fratinardo graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering, and he also holds a master of engineering degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a registered professional engineer in multiple states and a licensed structural engineer in Illinois.