Time:  5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Location:  Kent ISD, Educational Services Building, Rouge Room

Topic: The Canadian Wood Tour – we will be a host site for this event.  They will also be visiting and presenting in the Detroit and Chicago regions.  There will be presentations on the following topics:

Wood Solutions to Sustainability Questions by Peter Moonen, Sustainability and Special Projects Coordinator,  British Columbia Wood WORKS! Case studies with a special emphasis on the sustainability aspects for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will be presented.

Innovative Applications of Wood in Large Scale Building Designs by Marianne Berube, Executive Director, Ontario Wood WORKS! Over the past several years Ontario has been recognized for significant development in large scale building designs using wood. Changes to the building codes, engineered wood products and the benefits to sustainable building have made it possible to integrate wood with other construction materials on large and complex projects. This presentation will walk through several case studies that have illustrated the challenges and opportunities for using wood in health care (hospitals and long term care facilities), community centres and libraries

AGO Transformation:  Advanced Use of CNC Technology, Sophisticated Connection Design  by David Moses, PhD, P.Eng., PE, LEED®AP, Equilibrium Consulting Inc. In 2008, the Art Gallery of Ontario re-opened after a significant expansion and renovation by architect Frank Gehry.  A significant part of the new construction is the glass curtain wall supported by glued-laminated timber. A five-storey tower and an extensive 3,600 sq. ft. central skylight feature rectilinear glulam mullion grids, while the feature Galleria running for 500 feet along Dundas Street is entirely curvilinear. Creating this complex geometry where no two pieces are alike, with slender cross sections and significant forces was made possible by the use of CNC machines and the 3D CAD systems that feed them. The challenging fabrication procedure, erection sequence and hidden connection design were all possible thanks to the tremendous advances in these technologies in the last 10 years.

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