9/7/2022
Wood Construction System
- Wood is one of nature’s most basic
renewable materials
Brief History of Engineered Wood Products
- Plywood was traced back to ancient
egypt and china
- 1860’s 1st patent of plywood
- 1905 - “3 ply veneer work”
- 1920- plywood used in car
manufacturing
- 1935 - first waterproof adhesive
- WWII - plywood in war barracks and
crates
- 1950-60 - new adhesive mechanism
- 1970 - present - OSB
Engineered Wood Products
- Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
- Uses thin sheets of plywood
bonded together with glue
under heat and pressure
- Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL)
- Strands of wood bundled
with waterproof adhesive
- Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
- Strands oriented in right
angles
- Particleboard (PB)
- Wood chips
- MDF
- Small wood particles but
more dense
- Smoother appearance
- Glulam
- Dimensioned lumber glued
together to create a larger
cross section
- I-Joists
- Resembles the letter i
- Flanges made of solid
lumber
- Web made of OSB or
plywood
Connectors
- Dowers
- Bolts
- Nail plates
- Eme
Methods of Construction:
→ Platform Frame (aka softwood
construction)
- Residential application
- Up to 7 stories onli
→ Glulam/LVL beam post frames
- Requires separate bracing for
stability
→ Glulam/LVL Portal Prames
→ Massive Timber
→ SIPS
→ Special structures
→ Engineered trusses
→ Trussed Rafters
→ Stressed Skin Panel
Sample Projects
- Sunnyhills Minami Aoyama Store
- Latticework
- “Jigoku-gumi” with joints
- Treet Buidling or “The Tree”
- Cost efficient modular high
rise
- Prefab
- World’s tallest timber
structure
- Glulam trusswork
- Tamedia Office Building
- Timber as main structural
system
- Structural elements are
visible
- Pinewood structure free from
bolts and screws
- Beechwood pins
- Knarvik Community Church
- Folded timber surfaces
- Pyramidical spire
 - Eme
- Connecting elements:
Pros and Cons - Bolted via steel connectors
Pros - Grouted
- Tensile strength - Required spaces for precastig yard
- Sustainability - Storage
- Simple and speed of construction - Formwork making
- Variation - Maintenance
- Acoustics - Steel reinforcement yard
- Warmth/insulation - Casting area
- Air quality - Curing area
Cons - Stacking area
- Wood rot and pests/fungi - Advantages
- Fire risks - Large number of identical
- Shrinking and swelling components
- Building and structural limitations - Saves construction time
- Quality assurance
Notes from sir: - Disadvantages
- In PH engineered wood is usually - High initial investment
used for finishing only - Structural discontinuity
- Handling difficulties
Pre Cast and Cast in Place Concrete - Transportation issue
Pre cast Concrete (mron ba manufacturer - Sensitive connection works
sa PH) - Modification
- Mixed, poured, and allowed to set - Sample Projects
off-site - Huuhhh why so fast goize
- Application: structural members, - Sydney Opera House
prestressed elements, components
for infrastructure projects, precast Cast in Place Concrete
water tanks and cisterns, can be - Pouring liquid concrete into
molded into many forms detachable forms
- Elements: wall panels, parapet - Temporary formworks until it dries
beams, hollow core slabs out
- Manufacturing process: - Process:
- Poured into moulds - Pre existing metal pipes are
- Admixture added used to pur concrete in the
- Cured in a controlled env formworks
- Transport - May be reinforced
- Installation - Formworks are removed
- High risk activity once fully dried
- Method and sequence of - Methodology:
erection - Preparation (granular sub
- Temp supports base)
- Joint details - Forming
 - Puring placement - Rooms with balconies
- Pre-finish - No furnitures
- Finishing - Columnation and gridlines
- Curing (28 days)
- Concrete batching Plants 2. Perspectives
- Central mix (all ingredients in 3&4. Technical detail drawings
one location)
- Ready mix (all ingredients
are mixed together except Pre-stressed Concrete
the liquid) - Pre determined engineering stresses
- Application placed onto the structural members
- Walls slabs foundations in order to counteract and actively
- Beams and columns resist tension
- Advantages - Extend spans while requiring less
- Strength weight
- Insulation - Usually done off site in a factory
- Aesthetics - Come only in small sections
- Disadvantages Pre Tension
- Labor requirements - Reinforcing tendons are tensioned
- Quality control before casting
- Curing - Used in conjunction with pre cast
- Time consuming concrete
- Sample Post Tension
- Salk institute - Reinforcing tendons are tensioned
- Yale arts complex after casting
Elements
Notes from sir - Solid flat slab
- Tilt up wall system (or built up?) - Hollow core slab
- Waffle slab system - single/double tee slab
- Pre cast floor system - Box eme
- L what slab? Lift? Advantages
- Cast sa GF tas lilift up to - Durability
other floors - Faster and more flexible
construction
Requirements for plate - Reduces risk of corrosions in steel
1. Ground floor plan elements
- Lobby - Tension cracks are mitigated
- Pwd access - Reduces shear stress
- Stairway
- Elev
- Resto
- MRF service, and storage area
- Admin office
2nd Floor
 - PVC Curtain Wall
Advantages
- Lightweight
- Facilitate and control natural lighting
- Aesthetically pleasing
- Provide enhanced protection from
the elements
Notes from sir: Disadvantages
- 14-15 ft lang kaya if regular - Can let in excessive daylight
columns? I deliver ng truck - May contribute to the greenhouse
effect
Skylights and Curtain Walls - Expensive to construct
- Prefab system of glass and - Require regular maintenance and
aluminum hung to their frames are hard to install
- Non loadbearing enclosure
- Can be made of any combination of Notes from sir
non structural materials that mess - Stick system
insulation, wind load, and aesthetic - Piece by piece on site
requirements - Unlike the others na modular
tas iinstall nalang

System Types
- Stick Curtain Wall System
- Unitized Curtain Wall System
- Unit and Mullion System
- Semi unitized system
- Column Cover and Spandrel System
- Point Loaded Curtain Wall System
Categories
- Spider Curtain Walls
- Rubber Curtain Walls
- Fiberglass Curtain Wall
- Photovoltaic Curtain Wall
- Stainless Steel Curtain Wall
- Aluminum Curtain Wall
- TImber Curtain Wall
- Fire Curtain Wall