18 story wood building

[rknight111]

As a carpenter and an indoor environmental specialist I’m not in total agreement with this plan.

?https://youtu.be/GHtdnY_gnmE?

 

[S.W.A.T.]

As a carpenter and an indoor environmental specialist I’m not in total agreement with this plan.

?https://youtu.be/GHtdnY_gnmE?

Why not, I think its super cool.

 

[JMCX]

Roman candle.

 

[arff]

Be interesting to see Fire code regulations, sprinklers, material finish and fire rating

 

[rknight111]

Wouldn’t be a good site if there was a fire on any floor. This would go up like a match book. 60% of the buildings built today experience building envelope failure to to improper construction. Wood rot could be an issue in years to come from
Failures. The engineers may have specs products properly but they don’t supervise the installation and watch every move. There is a list why I would not recommend why these should be no more than 5 story’s.

 

[Trashy]

Very interesting..... Could be a roman candle and would like to see the fire supression system in there

 

[ferniesnow]

Follow the money.

 

[X-it]

Scaffolds have all sorts of compensation regulations because of all the failures they have had. I used to know all the heights you could go with the timber sizes... i could look it up i guess. But it is not very high at all for ....large timbers. No where near 18 stories for sure.

 

[X-it]

Come to think of it they must have made some changes to the code book because you could only build 4 storey wood construction. However i think they increased that....no where near 18 storey though.

 

[rknight111]

Hate to hear the creeks in that building from weather changes and heavy winds.

 

[Trashy]

Hate to hear the creeks in that building from weather changes and heavy winds.

And the frost heaves

 

[X-it]

I see it say glulam columns so shrinkage will be more consistent. But man i have changed a lot of glulams beams due to failures.

 

[Director]

Why would they do this?

What would be some of the advantages i guess?

 

[Ronaha]

Those condemned apartments in Fort Mac was mostly due to not having wood stiffners in floor joists at end walls?yeah good luck with 18 stories of miss management.

 

[niner]

I see it say glulam columns so shrinkage will be more consistent. But man i have changed a lot of glulams beams due to failures.

When the beams fail what was the cause?

 

[MarkCos]

-What a hunk of scrap junk

-money vs safety in 20 years

-I guess BC has to many trees if that becomes the norm for buildings

 

[X-it]

When the beams fail what was the cause?

Moisture and heat, causes the glue to fail. When the crown starts to drop on the beam it is failing. Painted or fiberglassing on the beams greatly improves its life.

 

[hdkawi]

i have framed for 30 years and have seen them go up to the max 5 stories wood and 3 lower Concrete parkade .
i think it looks interesting .
wood has a lot of strength in compression on the end grains. it looks like they removed any wood in cross grain that will compress and shrink. wood gluelams and columns have a natural fire protection. that may sound funny but once they start to burn the wood char will suppress the flames.
i will trust a wood beam over a steel beam any day

 

[lilduke]

18 story wood building is the stupidist thing I've heard today I think lol

 

[hdkawi]

I didnt say it was smart lol.
wounder how well it will standup in a earthquake.
every building has a different frequently and wood will flex.