Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 – 11:45 am

Lunch (On your own):         11:45 am – 12:45 pm

Afternoon Session:             12:45 – 4:30 pm

Wood Framing Systems, Code, and Special Considerations

   Why wood is different than other materials
   Governing codes and associations
      – International Building Code and International Residential Code
      – National Design Specification for Wood Construction
      – Wood Frame Construction Manual
   Wood framing materials
      – Sawn lumber
      – Structural composite lumber
      – Metal plate connected trusses
   Wood structure considerations
      – Shrinkage
      – Treatment

Wood Frame Design and Construction Techniques

   Project conception and material choice
   Design tools and techniques
      – Roofs, floors, and walls
      – Beams and columns
      – Connections
   Lateral design
      – Horizontal diaphragms
      – Shear walls
      – Prefabricated shear walls
   Case studies/design examples
   Recommended references

Credits

Professionals Engineers
     6.5 PDHs

Architects
     6.5 HSW CEHs
     6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units

International Code Council
     .65 CEUs (Building)

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Alabama.

This seminar is registered with the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 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 event for .65 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.

This program offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to Alabama construction contractors. It has not been submitted to any state contractor licensing entity for course 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

Jason Partian

MBA Engineers

MBA Engineers, BirminghamMr. Partain, an associate with MBA Engineers, Inc., is a consulting structural engineer with experience in structural engineering design, forensics, and condition assessments for single and multi-family residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial structures. His design experience includes designing buildings using steel, concrete, masonry, cold-formed steel, and wood. Much of his project experience focuses on wood materials and, in 2014, his design of the Habiframe, Inc., wood-framed residential tornado storm shelter was awarded the US Wood Design Awards Juror’s Choice Award. Mr. Partain is also active in engineering standards work, including with the American Wood Council, and he has published articles in both regional and national publications. Mr. Partain earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama and he holds professional engineering licensure in multiple states. Mr. Partain is the 2018 president of the Structural Engineer’s Association of Alabama.