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 Values and Equations for Structural Engineered Lumber

Reference design values and adjustments
• Bending members
• Compression members
• Solid columns
• Tension members
• Combined loads
• Bearing capacity

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

Fire Design and Finishing of Exposed Members

Credits

Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs

Architects
7.0 HSW Contact 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 PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW contact hours to architects in all states, excluding Florida architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for engineers in North Carolina.

This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for North Carolina architects. 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.

The International Code Council has approved this event for .7 CEUs in the specialty category of Building.

This seminar also offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.

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

Theodore O’Donnell

O’Donnell Structural Consulting, LLC

Owner of O’Donnell Structural Consulting, LLC in Bayse, VA
O’Donnell Structural Consulting, LLC, was formed in 2011 by Theodore O’Donnell to provide professional engineering services with special emphasis on design of wood structures. Mr. O’Donnell graduated in 1988 from Youngstown State University with a BSCE degree with a structural concentration. Upon graduation he went to work for Inter-Lock Steel doing wood truss design and computer programming. In 1991 Inter-Lock was bought by MiTek Industries where he continued his truss design work. In 1995 he relocated to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia to become a field engineer with MiTek. In 1999 he took over as chief engineer at MiTek’s Ohio office and then moved back to Virginia in 2001 to become vice president of engineering with Blue Ridge Truss & Supply.