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AWC provides an extensive collection of manuals, design specifications and code requirements for the appropriate and responsible use of wood products.

Updates & Errata: 2024 WFCM

Updates & Errata: 2024 NDS

Updates & Errata: 2024 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 2022 FDS

2024 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

2024 Span Tables

Florida Mass Timber AMM Guide

Understanding the Mass Timber Proposals: A Guide for Building Officials

TMT Fire Testing

2024 Fire Design Specification

Updates & Errata: 2021 SDPWS

1944 National Design Specification (NDS) for Stress-Grade Lumber and Its Fastenings

RISE Compartment Fire Tests Report

TMT Fire Testing

RISE Compartment Fire Tests Summary Report

TMT Fire Testing

RISE Predictive Modeling Report

TMT Fire Testing

RISE Post-Fire Repair Video

TMT Fire Testing

RISE Façade Exposure Report

TMT Fire Testing

RISE Post-Fire Repair Report

TMT Fire Testing

Is Your Deck Safely Connected to Your House?

Residential Wood Deck Design (Structure Magazine)

Why Decks Fall Down

Manual for the Inspection of Residential Wood Decks and Balconies

Tested Guardrail Post Connections for Residential Decks

Virginia Tech Deck Publications List

Strong Rail-Post Connections for Wooden Decks

Use of Wood Structural Panels to Resist Combined Shear and Uplift from Wind Summer 2010

2008 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (Structure Magazine) June 2011

Anchorage Requirements for Wood Frame Shear Walls – Structure Magazine

Cyclic Tests of Engineered Shear walls Considering Different Plate Washer Sizes – Oregon State University

Cyclic Tests of Engineered Shear Walls with Different Bottom Plate and Anchor Bolt Washer Sizes (Phase II) – Oregon State University

Cyclic Tests of Long Shear Walls with Openings – Virginia Tech

Monotonic Tests of Long Shear Walls with Openings – Virginia Tech

Wood Shear Wall Design Examples for Wind

Perforated Shear Wall Design

Perforated Shear Wall Design

Perforated Shear Wall Design Method

Perforated Shear Wall Design Approach

Timber rivets in structural composite lumber – USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Simplified analysis of timber rivet connections – USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Timber rivet connections in U.S. domestic species – USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Timber Rivets – NCSEA/CASE/SEI Structure Magazine

Timber Rivet Connections – Design Process for a Hanger Connection – Forest Products Society

Is Your Wood Connection All Stressed Out? – It Needn’t Be (Appendix E Provisions)

2018 IBC and 2018 IEBC Changes Related to Wood Construction (Structure Magazine)

2018 Fire, Energy, and WUI Code Changes Related to Wood Construction

Energy Efficiency

2018 International Residential Code Changes Related to Wood Construction

Wood Construction and the International Building Code

Special Inspections for Wood Construction (Structure Magazine)

Height and Area Considerations for Commercial Wood Buildings

Codes and Standards – 2012 IBC Changes for Wood Design

Special Inspections for Wood Construction

International Code: More Options with Greater Opportunity for Wood-Frame Design Building

Evaluation of Fastener Head Pull-Through Strength of Wood

Code-Prescribed Limitations of Conventional Construction and How to Mix Conventional with Engineered Design

International Residential Code

The International Building Code and Its Impact on Wood-Frame Design and Construction

The International Building Code and International Residential Code and Their Impact on Wood-Frame Design and Construction

Changes to the 2015 National Design Specification (NDS) for Wood Construction

Design of Bolted Connections per the 2015 NDS

Changes to the 2018 NDS®

Changes to the 2018 Wood Frame Construction Manual

Changes to the 2015 Wood Frame Construction Manual

Changes in 2001 NDS for Wood Construction

New Wood Materials: Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)

Introduction to Cross Laminated Timber

The ABC’s of Traditional and Engineered Wood Products

Code Updates – Fire Design of Exposed Wood Members

Guide for Partial Sprinklering of Unfinished Basement Areas, in accordance with 2012 IRC, R501.3, Exception 1

Calculating the Superimposed Load on Wood-Frame Walls for ASTM E119 Standard Fire-Endurance Tests

Addition of Generic, Tested Fire Assemblies in the 2001 ASD Guideline for Wood I-Joists

Shear Design Values for Glulam Member Design at Connections

Round Timber Poles and Piles

Wood Products and Resilience of the Built Environment

Seismic Design Forces: ASCE 7-16 Revised Capping Provision for Short Period Regular Structures

Seismic Equivalence Parameters for Engineered Woodframe Wood Structural Panel Shear Walls

Benchmarking Seismic Base Shear to Historical Practice

Seismic Requirements for Wood Building Design – Recent Changes to ASCE 7 and IBC

Changes to the 2015 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic

Changes to the 2021 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic

Engineer’s Notebook: Design of Tall Walls in Wood Structures

Technical Aspects of ASCE 7-16: Determining Components and Cladding Roof Design Pressures

ASCE 7-10 Wind Provisions and Effects on Wood Design and Construction (Structure Magazine)

TR 3 – Comparative Fire Test of Timber and Steel Beams

Fire Design Code Acceptance

Considerations in Wind Design of Wood Structures

ASCE7-10 Wind Provisions and Effects on Wood Design and Construction

Snow Provisions in ASCE 7-05

Keeping Pace with Evolving Load Standards: Recalibration of LRFD for Wood

LRFD versus ASD for Wood Design – Load Combinations Lead to Efficiencies

Structural Wood Design Using ASD and LRFD

Designing with LRFD for Wood

LRFD versus ASD for Wood Design

Basis of IRC Membrane Protection Provisions

Building Materials and Climate Change

Chart: Is Wood Allowed in Buildings Classified as non-combustible per IBC?

Treated Wood Council: Facts on CCA-Preseved Wood

Code Requirements for Structural Composite Lumber (SCL)

Code Requirements for Prefabricated Wood I-Joists

Part II: Design Values for Structural Members

ATF Compartment Fire Tests Videos

TMT Fire Testing

ATF Compartment Fire Tests Report

TMT Fire Testing

Tall Mass Timber Construction Comparison

TMT Fire Testing

DCA 6 – (Spanish) 2015 Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide

Literature Review Tall Wood Fire Safety, September 2016

TMT Fire Testing

Cross Laminated Compartment Fire Tests, February 2018

TMT Fire Testing

Performance-based Design – Engineering Methods, March 2018

TMT Fire Testing

Quantification of CLT Delamination, March 2018

TMT Fire Testing

Wind Effect On Compartment Fires, December 2018

TMT Fire Testing

2015 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

Fire Resistance Testing of CLT Floor/Ceiling Assemblies to Establish Contribution of Gypsum Protection

TMT Fire Testing

SwRI Adhesive Qualification Tests Final Report

TMT Fire Testing

SwRI Penetration Firestop in CLT Report

TMT Fire Testing

SwRI NLT/CLT Compartment Fire Report

TMT Fire Testing

CLT/NLT Compartment Fire Test Result Videos

TMT Fire Testing

ASTM E119 Wall Test NGC/CLT Report

TMT Fire Testing

2018 Manual for Engineered Wood Construction

Updates & Errata: DCA6

Updates & Errata: 2021 Span Tables and DVJR

Updates & Errata: WFCM High Wind Areas Guides

Updates & Errata: 1995 WFCM

Updates & Errata: 2001 WFCM

Updates & Errata: 2012 WFCM

Updates & Errata: 2015 WFCM

Updates & Errata: 2018 WFCM

Updates & Errata: Wood Structural Design Data

Errata 1996 LRFD Manual & Workbook

Errata 2000 LRFD Manual & Workbook

Updates & Errata: 2001 ASD Manual

Updates & Errata: 2008 SDPWS

Updates & Errata: 2015 SDPWS

Updates & Errata: 1991 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 1991 NDS

Updates & Errata: 1997 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 1997 NDS

Updates & Errata: 2001 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 2001 NDS

Updates & Errata: 2005 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 2005 NDS

Updates & Errata: 2012 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 2012 NDS

Updates & Errata: 2018-2015 Design Example Problems

Updates & Errata: 2015 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 2015 NDS

Updates & Errata: 2018 NDS Supplement

Updates & Errata: 2018 NDS

160 MPH Exposure C High Wind Guide

150 MPH Exposure C High Wind Guide

150 MPH Exposure B High Wind Guide

140 MPH Exposure C High Wind Guide

140 MPH Exposure B High Wind Guide

130 MPH Exposure C High Wind Guide

130 MPH Exposure B High Wind Guide

120 MPH Exposure C High Wind Guide

120 MPH Exposure B High Wind Guide

115 MPH Exposure C High Wind Guide

115 MPH Exposure B High Wind Guide

2005 ASD/LRFD Manual

WCD 1 CAD Drawings

DCA 3 Fire Rated Wood Wall Assemblies CAD Drawings

Fire Design Code Acceptance

DCA 3 Floor/Ceiling and Wall Assemblies CAD Drawings

Fire Design Code Acceptance

2001 WFCM Chapter 3 CAD Drawings

2001 WFCM Chapter 2 CAD Drawings

2001 WFCM Chapter 1 CAD Drawings

DA 8 – Interior Shear Walls

DA 6 – Beam Design Formulas with Shear and Moment Diagrams

DA 5 – Inscribed versus Separate Structures in the WFCM

DA 4 – Post Frame Rink Shank Nails

DA 2 – Toenail Connections

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

Appendix to TR 9 – Fire Performance Characteristics of Protected Wood and Steel Floor-Ceiling Assemblies (Legacy 1987)

Fire Design Code Acceptance

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

Fire Design Code Acceptance

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

Energy Efficiency

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

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

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

TR 12 – General Dowel Equations for Calculating Lateral Connection Values

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

Fire Design Code Acceptance

WCD 1 – Details for Conventional Wood Frame Construction

2005 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

2005 Span Tables

2012 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

2012 Span Tables

2015 Span Tables

Addendum to Table W-1 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

2021 Design Values for Joists and Rafters

2021 Span Tables

Tutorial for Understanding Loads and Using Span Tables

DCA 7 – Meeting Residential Energy Requirements with Wood-Frame Construction – 2012 IECC Version

Energy Efficiency

DCA 6 – (English) 2015 Prescriptive Residential Wood Deck Construction Guide

DCA 5 – Post-Frame Buildings

DCA 4 – CAM for Calculating and Demonstrating Assembly Fire Resistance

Fire Design Code Acceptance

WCD 6 – Design of Wood Frame Structures for Permanence

WCD 5 – Heavy Timber Construction

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

WCD 2 – Tongue and Groove Roof Decking

Wood Structural Design Data

DCA 3 – Fire-Resistance-Rated Wood-Frame Wall and Floor/Ceiling Assemblies

Fire Design Code Acceptance

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

Fire Design Code Acceptance

2015/2018 Structural Wood Design Examples

2022 Fire Design Specification

1991-1997 NDS Commentary

2018 NDS Supplement

2024 NDS Supplement