Concepts - Case Studies
APA - The Engineered Wood Association
Beaverton City Library
A forest of curved glulam columns support the Douglas-fir ceiling in this city library in Beaverton, Oregon. Form A115.
Wieden and Kennedy Corporate Headquarters
Glulam beams and plywood play key roles in the renovation of an old warehouse that now houses an advertising agency. Form A120.
Albert Lea High School
Features use of glulam beams and laminated decking in high school construction. Form EWS B115.
Santa Maria Water Reservoir Cover
A glulam wood roof structure covers a 57,600-square-foot water reservoir. Form EWS C115.
Palmer Events Center
Glulam trusses support the Center’s wood roof canopy. Laminated decking adds aesthetic appeal to the underside of the canopy. Form EWS C120.
Van Norman Reservoir
Describes 665,000 square foot wood reservoir cover. Form V110.
Wisconsin Visitors Center
Glulam beams and exposed wood roof decking used in 10,000 square foot structure. Form W110.
Washington State History Museum
HDO plywood in 6,800 gang forms used to construct 11 arches. Form W115.
Investco Financial Corp
Open office design exposes elements of wood construction. Form W125.
Disney Ice
Ice arena features arched Southern Pine glulam girders and 1-1/8 in. plywood roof sheathing. Form W120.
Home Depot
Plywood panel deck pallets for the automated storage and retrieval systems at this warehouse. Form X145.
Bear Hill Condominiums
Cost and labor advantages of a multifamily development that used oriented strand board instead of gypsum wallboard. Form X160.
Microtel Inn Hotels
Highlights a Microtel Inn owner’s decision to switch from gypsum wallboard to oriented strand board wall sheathing. Form X165.
Liberty High School
Glulam, I-joists, and plywood used for a high school campus complex of 19 buildings. Form Y115.
Northgate Mall
Aesthetics and shear design values of engineered wood products in a shopping mall renovation. Form Y120.
Canadian Wood Council
Case Studies
9 different case studies of wood frame buildings highlighting schools, recreational facilities, commercial and residential buildings.
CWC Case Studies - North Shore Film Studios, Vancouver, BC
CWC Case Studies - Rockett Lumber Warehouse/Office Building, Mississauga, ON
CWC Case Studies - Forintek Western Research Facility, Vancouver, BC
CWC Case Studies - Beullah Alliance Church, Edmonton, AB
CWC Case Studies - Villa Youville Seniors Complex, Ste. Anne., MB
CWC Case Studies - Université de Moncton Student Centre, Moncton, NB
CWC Case Studies - Abbotsford Recreation Centre, Abbotsford, BC
CWC Case Studies - Howard Johnson Hotel, Canmore, AB
CWC Case Studies - Southridge Senior School, South Surrey
Fact Sheets
Concise 1 page fact sheets illustrating wood use in 70 different buildings. Use of wood is highlighted in schools, recreation buildings, office buildings and 4 story condominiums.
Outstanding Wood Buildings
This series of Case Studies demonstrates how building designers are finding new, innovative uses for wood products in commercial construction.
Southern Pine Council
Case Study: Restaurants
Engineered wood roof systems used in restaurant designs for Burger King, Hardee’s and Shoney’s.
Case Study: Hotel
Engineered wood systems for a three-story Marriott Courtyard Hotel.
Case Study: Office/Retail Centers
Engineered wood systems save time and money for developers of three projects in different parts of the country.
Case Study: Todd Warehouse
A contractor switched to an engineered wood roof system for his 18,000 square-foot warehouse.
Case Study: Banks
Construction of four banks in different regions of the country using Southern Pine products.
Case Study: Institutional Buildings
Nursing homes and other life-care facilities are saving up to 35% using engineered wood systems.
Case Study: Hotel/Motel
Engineered Southern Pine components and framing speed construction of moderately priced lodging.
Case Study: Educational Buildings
Engineered wood components for building schools.
Post-Frame Construction Case Study
Engineered wood systems for equestrian structures.
Case Study: Treated Joists Help Create Lifetime Floor
Treated Southern Pine in moisture-prone areas, around and beneath kitchens and baths.
Case Study: Assembly Buildings
Southern Pine engineered components, plus glued-laminated timber, used to build restaurants, a church, transit station, and nature center. 8 pages. #253.
Western Wood Products Association
Multi-Story Wood Frame No. 1 (MS1)
Copperfield Hill, a retirement community in Minneapolis, received a Senior Housing Award of Excellence for its outstanding atrium design.
Multi-Story Wood Frame No. 2 (MS2)
The Delancey Street Foundation Triangle is a three-story wood-frame rehabilitation center in San Francisco in a Seismic Zone 4. It suffered no damage in the October 17, 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
Multi-Story Wood Frame No. 3 (MS3)
One McKnight Place, a retirement community in St. Louis is a three- and four-story multi-wing structure over one story of post-tension concrete. It won NAHB’s award for best Low-Rise Senior Housing facility in 1989.
