Summer+Winter Session
22nd - 26th of July 2024
3rd - 7th of February 2025
€ 3.500 Pre-booking 24th June (full price € 3.900)
Full pack, register for both courses and get 7% discount.
Build your future in timber construction, become a designer specialising in multi-storey buildings and get your career off the ground.
The complete course offers a knowledge of the material timber, from the basics to an increasingly specific and high level in-depth study.
Calculation codes, CLT structures and seismic calculations are just some of the topics that will be covered during the course.
What are you waiting for?
Program Summer Session - Module 1
Introductory and Basis of design (10.5h)
General Introduction: Sustainability, role of forests, forest-based circular bio-economy, potential for timber constructions.
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
0.5 h
Wood Material: Characteristics, anatomy, physical and mechanical properties of the wooden material.
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
1.0 h
Wood products: Description, types and grading of wood structural materials.
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
1.5 h
Structural forms: Different timber structural types: balloon vs platform framing, heavy vs light-frames, domes, trusses, curved beams, and portal frames
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
1.0 h
Building codes & Design Standards: Description of the various national codes and standards for timber structures: Eurocode, Canadian and American design standards.
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
1.0 h
Design principles for timber structures: Safety concepts, load cases and resistance, structural conception and bracing systems
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa; Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE
2.0 h
Design of simple structural members: Design of beams and columns for basic loading (compression, tension, shear, bending)
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE
2.0 h
Serviceability limit states and vibrations: Design for deflection, stability and vibrations
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE
0.5 h
Exercise: Design of beams and columns
Speaker: Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE
1.0 h
Program Summer Session - Module 2
Connections, Stability & Installation (19.5h)
Design of timber connections: Design of connections with dowel type fasteners, design principles, minimum distances, issues to avoid in the design methods.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE (2.5 h), Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa (2.5 h), Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE (1.0 h)
6.0 h
Stability of members and structures: Beam and column buckling, verification and design solutions
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
2.0 h
Tapered beams, trusses, frames and bracings: Calculation methods, design issues and solutions, structural concepts, and deflection.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE
1.5 h
Exercise: Connection, stability, and bracings
Speaker: Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE
2.0 h
Structural reinforcements of timber elements: Reinforcements for compression and tension perpendicular to the grain, rolling shear, curved beams, tapered beams and penetrations.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE
1.0 h
Composite floors: Types of composite floors, stiffness, connections, different uses and solutions, calculation methods and construction details.
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
1.5 h
Durability of timber structures, part 1: Design of adequate connection to the ground. Details to guarantee durability of timber structures. Corrosion resistance, waterproofing and airtightness.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Paolo Grossi, Rothoblaas
1.0 h
Case study of mass timber structures: Study of a mass timber structure, design challenges, installation methods, innovative solutions.
Speaker: Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE
1.0 h
Fire design of timber structures, Part 1: Physical phenomenon, calculation methods, design solutions, and connection details
Speaker: Eng. Roberto Modena, Rubner Holzbau
1.5 h
Discussion and presentations by attendees: Final design exercise where the attendees carry out design of a timber structure and discuss the design choices with the rest of the group and instructors.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE, Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa, Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE, Eng. Matteo Andreottola, Rothoblaas
2.0 h
Program Winter Session - Module 1
Buildings (15h)
Design of light timber frame structures: General description, design for gravity and lateral load, stiffness, and design of connection systems.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE (2.0 h), Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa (3.0 h)
5.0 h
Design of CLT structures: General description, production and installation, CLT as a structural material, design for gravity and lateral loads, stiffness, and design for connection systems.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE (3.0 h), Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa (1.0 h)
4.0 h
Exercise: structural design of a timber building
Speaker: Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE
2.0 h
Durability of timber structures, Part 2: Details to ensure durability of timber structures. Corrosion resistance in aggressive environment, design of flat roofs, and avoiding condensation risk.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Paolo Grossi, Rothoblaas
2.0 h
Case study of timber bridges and large-span structures, Part 2: Design challenges, installation methods, and innovative solutions.
Speaker: Eng. Paolo Grossi, Rothoblaas
2.0 h
Program Winter Session - Module 2
Extreme loading, dynamic behaviour and modelling (15h)
Introduction to extreme loading: Design of structures subjected to extreme loads (Wind, earthquake, fire, blast and tornadoes)
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
1.0 h
Seismic design: Calculation methods of a structure subjected to seismic loads, connection types, ductility and energy dissipation of energy, and design of shear walls and diaphragms.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE (2.0h) + Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa (2.0h)
4.0 h
Modelling: Modelling of structures using finite elements, calculation of horizontal forces on the different shear walls and on connections.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE (1.0 h), Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa (1.0 h)
2.0 h
Fire design level 2: Calculation methods for structural elements and connections protected and not protected, fire design of CLT.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andrea Frangi, ETH Zurich
3.0 h
Exercise: seismic, modelling and fire
Speaker: Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE
2.0 h
Structural design for Blast and Tornados
Speaker: Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa
1.0 h
Discussion and presentations by attendees: Final design exercise where attendees carry out design of a mass timber structure for fire, seismic actions and extreme loadings and discuss the design choices with the rest of the group and instructors.
Speaker: Dr. Eng. Daniele Casagrande, CNR IBE (1.0 h), Prof. Eng. Ghasan Doudak, University of Ottawa (1.0 h), Eng. Riccardo Fanti, CNR IBE, Eng. Matteo Andreottola, Rothoblaas
