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| American
Wood Council Staff |
| Building Codes and Standards |
| AWC's Building Codes and Standards staff works closely with model,
state, and local building code organizations, as well as
with many standards developing groups to gain the broadest
possible acceptance of wood products in the marketplace. Field
staff is dispersed into 5 primary regions of the US. |
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| Engineering and Research |
| AWC Engineering
develops state-of-the-art engineering data, technology, and
standards (like the National Design Specification® (NDS®)
for Wood Construction) on structural wood products for use
by design professionals and building officials, to assure
safe, efficient design and use of wood structural members. AWC
also reviews, coordinates, and conducts research on the structural
and fire performance of wood products, systems, and assemblies
in support of the industry's code and regulatory programs
to faciliate performance-based acceptance of wood products. AWC
also represents the wood industry to many other codes, standards,
and regulatory organizations, and staff are active in the
industry's international effort to remove overseas technical
barriers to the use of wood and wood products. |
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| Technology Transfer |
| AWC
Tech Transfer provides technical information, educational seminars,
technical publications, and distance learning on wood design for
engineered and traditional wood products. The Help Desk provides
a personal response to technical inquiries on building codes, standards,
and other design information regarding traditional and engineered
wood products. |
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