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Residential Decks - Component Testing, Code Requirements, Prescriptive Design, and Performance Issues - January 31 - February 1, 2008 - Dulles, VA
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Virginia Tech Continuing and Professional Education

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for deck contractors, building officials (plan reviewers and inspectors), design professionals, home inspectors, and manufacturers and suppliers of deck related construction materials. Plan reviewers and building inspectors are encouraged to attend as their participation in the course, as well as the information obtained at the course, could be used to improve residential deck construction and commensurate deck safety in their locality.

What Will You Learn

The course objectives are to:

  • Discuss code requirements for guardrail systems, stairs, handrails, landings, and lighting,
  • Using examples, discuss common deck problems from the field,
  • Review numerous cases of deck, balcony, and railing failures to bring focus to some of the primary problem areas in the design and construction of exterior building appendages,
  • Present load test data on four ledger to band-joist connection details using bolts and lag screws,
  • Present and discuss tests of code conforming guardrail-post-to-deck connections,
  • Demonstrate the value and importance of testing complete guardrail and deck substructure system,
  • Discuss industry recommendations for the selection of corrosion resistant fasteners and connectors,
  • Review and discuss the requirements and recommendations for the design and construction of code conforming decks per the new AF&PA Prescriptive Residential Deck Construction Guide.
  • Learn how to select code conforming non-wood (wood-plastic-composite, plastic) decking and railing systems.
underside of deck Participants will learn why the extremely unsafe joist framing detail shown (left) is excluded in the application of the IRC (2007) deck ledger fastener spacing table using ½” bolts or ½” lag screws.

Cost

The registration fee is $425 per person and includes a course notebook and refreshment breaks each day.

Participants will receive a certificate for 0.8 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) that is equivalent to 8 hours of instruction.

For More Information Contact:
Frank Woeste
(540) 951-0469
Email: fwoeste@vt.edu



 


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