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Standards

National Design Specification® (NDS®) for Wood Construction

1991-1997
Commentary

Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM)

ttp://beta.awc.org/codes-standards/publications/wfcm-1995

Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS)

http://beta.awc.org/codes-standards/publications/sdpws-2001

Permanent Wood Foundation Design Specification (PWF)

Resources/Design Tools

Design for Code Acceptance (DCA) Series

Fire

DCA 1 - Flame Spread Performance of Wood Products Used for Interior Finish

DCA 2 - Design of Fire-Resistive Exposed Wood Members

DCA 3 - Fire-Resistance-Rated Wood Floor and Wall Assemblies

DCA 4 - CAM for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly Fire Resistance

Structural Systems

DCA 5 - Post-Frame Buildings

DCA 6 - Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide

Energy

DCA 7 - Meeting Residential Energy Requirements with Wood-Frame Construction

Wood Construction Data (WCD) Series

WCD 1 - Details for Conventional Wood Frame Construction

WCD 2 - Tongue and Groove Roof Decking

WCD 4 - Plank-And-Beam Framing for Residential Buildings

WCD 5 - Heavy Timber Construction

WCD 6 - Design of Wood Frame Structures for Permanence

Design Aid (DA) Series

DA 1 - Application of Technical Report 12 for Lag Screw Connections

DA 2 - Toenail Connections

DA 4 - Post Frame Rink Shank Nails

DA 5 - Inscribed versus Separate Structures in the WFCM

DA 6 - Beam Design Formulas with Shear and Moment Diagrams

DA 8 - Interior Shear Walls

Code Conforming Wood Design

2018, 2015, 2012, and 2009 CCWD

Span Tables

2015 Span Tables for Joists and Rafters &
2015 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

2012 Span Tables for Joists and Rafters &
2012 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

2005 Span Tables for Joists and Rafters &
2005 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

Wood Structural Design Data, 1986 Edition with 1992 Revisions

Technical Report (TR) Series

TR 10 - Calculating the Fire Resistance of Wood Members and Assemblies

TR 12 - General Dowel Equations for Calculating Lateral Connection Values

TR 14 - Designing for Lateral-Torsional Stability in Wood Members

TR 15 - Calculation of Sound Transmission Parameters for Wood-Framed Assemblies

TR 5 - The Wood Frame House as a Structural Unit (Legacy 1965)

TR 8 - Energy Conservation Study - A Performance Comparison of a Wood-Frame and a Masonry Structure (Legacy 1975)

TR 9 - Heat Release Rates of Construction Assemblies (Legacy 1989)

Appendix to TR9 - Fire Performance Characteristics of Protected Wood and Steel Floor-Ceiling Assemblies (Legacy 1987)

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