Required and Recommended References

 

Required Documents

Design of Wood Structures-ASD/LRFD, 6th edition, by Donald Breyer, Kenneth Fridley, Jr. Pollock and Kelly Cobeen, McGraw Hill, 2006.

2005 Wood Design Package, by American Wood Council, which includes:

  1. National Design Specification for Wood Construction with Commentary and Supplement: Design Values for Wood Construction  (password required)
  2. Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic with Commentary  (password required)
  3. Structural Wood Design Solved Example Problems – ASD/LRFD  (password required)
  4. ASD/LRFD Manual for Engineered Wood Construction
  5. Addendum to the 2012 and previous versions of the Design Values for Wood Construction

The 2012 NDS is available in the S&T library.  It's called "2012 wood design package," and the call number is TA666.W628 2012 v.1-4.  The link is http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu/search~S5/?searchtype=Y&searchscope=5&searcharg=nds+wood+design+package.  It is in the reference section on the right side as you go in the main entrance.

 

Recommended Documents

2006 International Building Code

2005 ASCE 7 – Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures

Timber Construction Manual

Building Construction Illustrated

Graphic Guide to Frame Construction

Wood Handbook – Wood as an Engineering Material

Wood-Framed Shear Wall Construction: An Illustrated Guide 

IBC Handbook: Structural Provisions

 

Optional Items

videos

free publications from the American Wood Council, including:

artisans

designers/builders information Missouri