continuing education
“The fact that our most popular webinar focused on changes to AWC’s flagship 2018 NDS standard highlights the needs of busy building code officials and design professionals to stay current,” said AWC Senior Director of Education Michelle Kam-Biron. “AWC is committed to providing these education resources for free to help ensure the code and design community has easily digestible information related to wood design. We will continue to build on these popular topics this coming year with our live webinar series.” Additional webinars on 2018 changes to codes and standards, as well as on various aspects of mass timber buildings, are also planned through the year. Check AWC’s events page (http://awc.site-ym.com/events/event_list.asp) for the schedule and to register. AWC is approved as a Preferred Provider through ICC’s education Preferred Provider Program. Fifty percent of the CEUs required for certification renewal must be earned from training by ICC or an ICC Preferred Provider. AWC is also an approved provider of continuing education through the AIA Continuing Education System, and its education programs are registered with NCSEAs’ Diamond Approval Program.
Top wood webinars American Wood Council is an ICC Preferred Provider for continuing education.
An overview of significant changes for wood design in the 2018 National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction topped the American Wood Council’s 2017 webinars. Following are the top five webinars by attendance in 2017: • 2018 NDS for Wood Construction - NDS Changes • Resolving Wood Shear Wall Design Puzzles with FTAO • 2015 NDS Connections Primer • Cornucopia of Classic Connection Conundrums • Evaluation of Recommended Allowable Design Properties for Wood Existing Structures All American Wood Council (AWC) webinars are available on the organization’s website (www.awc.org/education/ecourses) as self- directed study programs to earnAmerican Institute of Architects (AIA), International Code Council (ICC), or National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) credit.
Information provided by the American Wood Council (www.awc.org).
Foundation research
• Effect of Nails Orientation and Length on Soil-Nailed Retaining Structures Stability, Alireza Askari, MS, Arash Gholami - Islamic Azad University. An online subscription to the DFI Journal is included with DFI membership. Members and nonmembers can order printed copies of the 2007-2013 volumes of the Journal from the publications page of www.dfi.org; members at preferential rates. Subscriptions to the online journal are available at www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/ydfi20. To contribute a manuscript, visit www.dfi.org/dfijournal.asp for information and instructions. The DFI Journal is an official journal of the Deep Foundations Institute, meaning research will be available to all international members. In addition, DFI Journal articles are abstracted and indexed in Scopus, so research will be available in one of the world’s most prestigious databases.
DFI Journal offers the latest peer-reviewed technical papers.
Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) announced the availability of the most recent edition of the DFI Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of high-quality technical papers. Volume 11, Number 1 includes the following papers: • Numerical and Experimental Simulation of T-Walls Supported by Battered Piles within a Levee Embankment, J. B. Johnson, USACE; F. Vahedifard, Mississippi State University; P. Kokkali, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; A. F. Tessari, University at Buffalo; T. Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and R. J. Varuso, USACE Risk Management Center. • A Critical Review: State of Knowledge in Seismic Behavior of Helical Piles, Amy Cerato, University of Oklahoma; Tatiana Vargas, Carollo Engineering; Shawn Allred, University of Oklahoma. • Axial Load Transfer of Drilled Shaft Foundations with and without Steel Casing, Q. Li, Oregon State University; A. W. Stuedlein, Oregon State University; and A. Marinucci, V2C Strategists LLC.
Information provided by the Deep Foundations Institute (www.dfi.org).
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