WoodWorks: A Pilot Initiative to Expand Structural Wood Share in the Commercial

Construction MarketNo Longer a Pilot

Dwight Yochim, RPF

Original Pilot Regions

California

North Central

Southeast

Metropolitan Statistical AreasExisting MSAs(16%)

Top 3 New MSAs (18%)

Secondary MSAs(19%)

2%

1%

5%

10%

1%

3%

4%

2%

4%

3%

2% 6%

4%

3%

3%

West

Central

East

WoodWorks Regions

WestBryan Schuyler –Regional Director

Michelle Kam-Biron, PE, SE – Senior Technical Director

Lisa Podesto, PE –Senior Technical Director

Scott Holman –Technical Director

WoodWorks Regions

Central

Duane Schantz –Regional Director

Cheryl Ciecko, AIA, ALA, LEED AP –Senior Technical Director

Archie Landreman –Regional Director (National Accounts)

WoodWorks Regions

East

Pat Schleisman, PE –Regional Director

Scott Lockyear, PE –Senior Technical Director

Bruce Lindsey –Technical Director

Technical Director Vacancies

West

Central

East

Strategies that have proven successful

Educating/Training specifiers

Technical assistance

Addressing issues

Support from design through construction

Educating/Training secifiers

Lunch-and-learns30 different topics

Delivered over 450 to over 7,600 specifiers

Workshop/Luncheon/SeminarsDelivered over 160 to over 9,700 specifiers

Includes 42 webinars

Wood Solutions FairsDelivered 16 to over 6,100 specifiers

Technical assistance

Received over 1,300 callsResolved in anywhere from a few minutes to several hours sometimes requiring assistance from AWC and APA.

Addressing issues

Fire

Seismic

Durability

Wind

Sustainable Design

Structural

Code

Support – design through construction

Over 500 building conversions

Value of over $128 million

New Focus Area

National Accounts

Mid-rise

Schools

Building Systems

Wood Champions

National Accounts

One client – multiple buildings

Success with a major fast food restaurant – 200 buildings last year.

Key drivers – Cost savings during construction and energy conservation.

Green/sustainability slowly building

Mid-rise

Success in Canada – BC @ 6 stories

Seattle/Minneapolis pushing 5-5.5 stories

Huge growth potential with large volumes of wood per building

Includes multi-family, offices, extended care

Technology may allow us to go higher

Schools

Where wood isn’t restricted and where it is

Arkansas – Rules changed to allow wood, six schools under construction savings reported on two are $2.6 and $2.9 million

Building Systems

Includes:Cross Laminated Timber

Tall walls

Panelized roofs

Supports the other initiatives

Wood Champions

Convert one architect or engineers = multiple buildings

Mainstream of the conversions

Efforts here influence/impact other initiatives

Tools used to convert

Carbon/Forest Growth Calc.

Richmond Olympic Oval

Simplified Carbon/Forest Growth Calculator

Online Resource

Questions ?