Wood building and design criteria; design loads; behaviour of structures under load; properties of wood and lumber grades; structural glued-laminated lumber; beam design; axial forces and combined bending and axial forces; plywood and other structural-use panels; horizontal diaphragms; shearwalls; nailed and stapled connections; bolts, lag bolts and timber connections; connection hardware; diaphragm-to-shearwall anchorage.
