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

Architects
     7.0 HSW CEHs
     7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units

Professional Engineers
     7.0 PDHs

International Code Council
     .7 CEUs (Building)

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.


Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Colorado. This course also offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states (non-mandatory in Colorado).

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 deemed an architect continuing education sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.

This seminar is approved by the International Code Council for .7 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.

This event also offers a continuing education opportunity to construction contractors, but it has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education approval.

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

Alexander Charvat

Alexander Structures, LLC

Professional Engineer at Alexander Structures, LLCMr. Charvat is a professional engineer licensed in multiple states. He has worked as a forester in the Pacific Northwest, and he spent two years working at the United States’ Forest Service’s Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, assisting with large research products for both engineered and natural wood. Mr. Charvat has engineered and designed hundreds of homes ranging from $20,000 cabins to $18 million ranches. He is the engineer of record for NAHB’s Log Home Log Grading Program, and he is also the engineer of record for over 30 threaded fasteners used in log home and residential construction, many found at big box stores. Mr. Charvat has hosted his own log cabin renovation show on DIY network called Cabin Rescue, has consulted on log cabin renovations featured on HGTV, and is the instructor for an internet-based class about building and buying a log home. He is the owner of Alexander Structures, Inc., based in Conifer, Colorado, which has been in business since 2002, www.alexanderstructures.com. Mr. Charvat holds a bachelor of science degree in Forest Science and a master of science degree in Agricultural Engineering—Structures, both from the University of Wisconsin. He also competed on History Channel’s TV reality series Top Shot for two seasons, including the final all-star season.