National Building Code of Canada-Part 4 Structural Design

Interactive Online Course

Tentative Starting Date: Dec. 16th

Duration: 8 weeks (16 hours)

Day/Time: Wednesdays: 8-9:45 pm EDT

Important Notes: 

• A “Certificate of Completion” will be awarded to you, if you complete at least 60% of the course.
• The full price of the course is $120. 
• With early bird registration for the first 10 registrants, you pay only $80.
• The course has a cap of 15.

Course Description

Course Outline:

• Introduction, Types of Loads, Method of Analysis, Types of Limit States, Load Combinations in Different Limit State, Importance Factor…
• Structural Integrity, Load Path, Structural System, Tributary Area… 3- Dead Load
• Live Load (Full and Partial Loading, Live Load Reduction, Load on Guards…)
• Snow Load (Specified Snow Load, Drift Accumulation, Full and Partial Load, Ice Loading, Rain Loading, Ponding…)
• Wind Load (Introduction, Static Procedure, External and Internal Wind Pressure/Suction, Partial Loading…)
• Earthquake (Damage Cause Earthquake, Dynamic of Structure, Definition, Structural Irregularity, Method of Analysis, Equivalent Static Force Procedure…)

Recourse: National Building Code of Canada (NBCC 2015) Division B, Part 4 – Structural Design Structural Commentaries (User’s Guide-NBCC 2015)