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Tall timber design under earthquake and fire loads: Past, Present and Future
2 December 2024
This webinar explores the current state of the art on the performance-based design of tall timber buildings under earthquake, wind, and fire loads.
DescriptionA rapid growth of urban populations and associated environmental concerns are challenging city planners and developers to consider sustainable building systems. In response, with new CLT and glulam timber technology, mid- and high-rise timber buildings are becoming attractive solution. Current objective-based design approaches in the National Building Code Canada (NBCC), however, need additional provisions to cover the unique design challenges posed by such tall timber buildings. These challenges span from: a lack of seismic force modification factors calibrated with the notion of collapse risk to a lack of fire performance design guidelines. In this talk, the current state of the art on the performance-based design of tall timber buildings under earthquake and fire loads is discussed. |
Speakers
Dr. Solomon Tesfamariam
University of Waterloo
