WOOD

STRUCTURES
With thanks to Dr. Y.H. Chui (Alberta) for some slide content.
WOOD STURCTURAL SYSTEM TYPES

LIGHT FRAME CONTRUCTION

Platform Construction
Balloon Construction

HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION

Post and Beam
Mass Timber Panels

HYBRID CONSTRUCTION
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION

The use of closely

spaced members
of dimension
lumber size
combined with
sheathing to form
the structural
elements of the
building.
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
PLATFORM CONSTUCTION
Consists of a floor
platform upon which the
walls are built.

The second story floor is

then built on top of the
first-floor walls.
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
PLATFORM CONSTUCTION
Advantages:
Short, easily handled lumber
Made entirely of 2" lumber
Automatic fire stop
Working platforms
Nail Connections

Disadvantages:
Vertical Shrinkage
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
BALLOON CONSTUCTION
Wall members continue past the
floors.

The joists are then suspended

from the completed wall frames
on a ribbon strip.
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
BALLOON CONSTUCTION
Advantages:
Full Length Studs
Less vertical shrinkage
Reduces variation in settlement of
framing and the masonry veneer

Disadvantages:
Full length studs difficult to handle
Difficult to erect
Firestop is Difficult
LIGHT FRAME APPLICATIONS

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

LIGHT FRAME APPLICATIONS

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
LIGHT FRAME APPLICATIONS

COMMERCIAL
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
DETAILS

TILT-UP
CONSTRUCTION
LIGHT FRAME CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

RAISING A ROOF TRUSS

LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
DETAILS

BRIDGING
LIGHT FRAME CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

FULL FRAMING
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
DETAILS

PLYWOOD
SHEATHING
LIGHT FRAME
CONSTRUCTION
DETAILS

TYPICAL
LIGHT-FRAME
SHEARWALL
DETAIL
HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
The use of large thick timber members or panels for
structure.

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HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
POST AND BEAM Members spaced far apart

Heavy fastener connections

HEAVY TIMBER
CONSTRUCTION Bracing
POST AND BEAM

Shear Wall

Infill
Wall Bracing
HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
MASS TIMBER PANELS
(CLT, NLT, etc)
HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
HYBRID POST AND BEAM WITH MASS TIMBER PANELS
Glulam Post and Beam, CLT Floor CLT Walls, Glulam Beams
HEAVY TIMBER
CONSTRUCTION
HYBRID
POST AND BEAM
WITH MASS TIMBER
PANELS

Glulam Columns
CLT Floor (No beams)
HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
HYBRID STEEL AND WOOD Steel Frame with Light Wood
Steel Frame with CLT Roof Floor and Walls
 CLT Beam with timber
HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
Columns and CLT Floor
HYBRID STEEL AND WOOD
Steel Columns with GLT Deck
 CLT Beam with timber
HEAVY TIMBER
Columns and CLT Floor
CONSTRUCTION
HYBRID STEEL
AND WOOD

Steel Braced Frame

with Light Wood
Infill, Glulam Beams
and CLT Floor
 Concrete Walls with
HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
Glulam Beams
HYBRID CONCRETE AND WOOD
Concrete Walls with Glulam and CLT
HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
HYBRID CONCRETE AND WOOD
CLT Concrete Composite Floor
SELECTING A WOOD STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

COST
SCHEDULE
FUNCTION
CODE REQUIREMENTS
APPEARANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
CONVENTIONAL vs ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTION
CONVENTIONAL ENGINEERED
▪ Light Frame ▪ Based on Engineering
▪ No Engineer Design
▪ NBCC Part 9 ▪ Requires an Engineer
▪ height< 3 stories ▪ All Situations not
▪ area< 600 m2 included in conventional
▪ spans < 12.2 ▪ All heavy timber
▪ floor live loads < 2.4 kPa ▪ What we will learn in
▪ residential, office, this course
mercantile, etc.
WOOD RENAISSANCE
EARTH SCIENCES BUILDING
University of British Columbia
TELUS SOCCER STADIUM
Université Laval
CLOVERDALE RECREATION CENTRE
Surrey, BC
CESM Soccer Stadium
Montreal, QC
STUDENT UNION BUILDING
University of British Columbia
CREE CULTURAL INSTITUTE
Oujé-Bougoumou,
DALSTON WORKS
London, UK
TREET BUILDING
Bergen, Norway
WOOD DESIGN INNOVATION CENTRE
University of Northern British Columbia
BROCK COMMONS RESIDENCE
University of British Columbia
MISTISSINI BRIDGE
Mistissini, QC
MONTMORENCY FOREST BRIDGE
Montmorency Forest, QC