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March 2024 #16296 Page #64
Substantial Wood Truss Content at Virginia Tech Course
By Frank Woeste
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ponsored by the Virginia Tech Continuing and Professional Education program, a three-day program on light-frame and mass timber construction design topics will be offered on May 14–16, 2024 in Blacksburg, VA. Joining me as instructors this year are Scott D. Coffman, PE, John Holland, MBA, John “Buddy” Showalter, PE, and Scott Miller, PE. Together, we will address twelve topics, most of which relate to light-frame design with an emphasis on wood trusses and walls, including the following. •
Artificial Intelligence Potential and Challenges for Wood Truss Design and Manufacturing
This unit will focus on demystifying some of the magic around the process of artificial intelligence (AI). Participants will leave with a practical understanding of how machines can “learn” and of the exciting potential of this technology in the wood truss industry. Participants will be led through industry-specific machine learning optimization examples that will illustrate some of these possibilities as well as current limitations of AI today. •
IBC 2021 Code Conforming Wood Design
Based on the publication Code Conforming Wood Design, this unit will address design of wood structures for fire resistance and height and area allowances for different types of wood construction. Reference will be to the 2021 International Building Code (IBC). •
Design of Load-Bearing Tall Wood Studs for Wind and Gravity Loads
Proper design of wood structures to resist high wind loads requires the correct use of wind load provisions and member design properties. A loadbearing stud wall design example based on the allowable stress design methods outlined in AWC’s 2018 National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction and 2018 Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM) along with ASCE 7-16 Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures will demonstrate standard design checks for limit states of strength and deflection. Tall wall stud residential application Continued next page
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