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Multi-Story Wood Building Design

Complete Workflow for Multi-Story
Wood Building Design

Multi-Story wood construction is a cost-effective and sustainable solution that is gaining the attention of design professionals nationwide. Currently, the International Building Code (IBC) allows wood-frame construction to exceed five stories for occupancies such as residential, commercial, institution and governmental. As a result, RISA is becoming more popular among structural engineers due to its ability to model, analyze and design wood structures for gravity and lateral loads according to a variety of building codes.

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Advantages to using RISA for
Multi-Story Wood Building Design

MODELING MULTI-STORY WOOD BUILDINGS

Effortlessly create multi-story wood buildings including shear walls, flexible wood diaphragms and specialty wood products (glulam, LVL, joists) in RISAFloor/RISA-3D.

MODEL, MODIFY & ANALYZE WOOD SHEAR WALLS

Easily create and apply complex shear wall layouts by leveraging wall panel templates.

ROBUST FLOOR DIAPHRAGM OPTIONS

Utilize various diaphragm types (flexible, rigid or semi-rigid) for accurate lateral load distribution, no matter what the project requires.

FULL SOLUTION FOR PODIUM BUILDINGS

Designing Podium Buildings? Leverage seamless integration between RISA-3D & ADAPT-Builder for transfer slab design.

DESIGNING WITH WOOD MEMBERS IN RISAFloor

Explore the powerful features of RISAFloor for designing wood members with efficiency and precision, using elements such as sawn lumber, LVLs, glulam and prefabricated wood joists.

 

Other Topics of Interest

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Flexible Diaphragm Load Distribution
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Custom Wood Materials & Schedules
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Using Straps and Hold-Downs
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"Being able to create a cohesive model that integrates wood, steel and concrete all on the same model was really kind of that driving point to purchasing RISA."

Jordan M. Janicki, PE, SE
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