1. WoodWorks: A Pilot Initiative to Expand
Structural Wood Share in the Commercial
Construction Market
No Longer a Pilot
Dwight Yochim, RPF

2. Original Pilot Regions
North Central
California
Southeast

3. Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Existing MSAs Top 3 New Secondary MSAs
(16%) MSAs (18%) (19%)
2% Central
1%
3%
4%
3%
2% 3%
1% 6%
3%
5% 2%
East
4%
West
10% 4%

4. WoodWorks Regions
West
Bryan Schuyler –
Regional Director
Michelle Kam-Biron, Lisa Podesto, PE – Scott Holman –
PE, SE – Senior Senior Technical Technical Director
Technical Director Director

5. WoodWorks Regions
Central
Duane Schantz –
Regional Director
Cheryl Ciecko, AIA, Archie Landreman –
ALA, LEED AP –Senior Regional Director
Technical Director (National Accounts)

6. WoodWorks Regions
Pat Schleisman, PE –
Regional Director
East
Scott Lockyear, PE – Bruce Lindsey –
Senior Technical Director Technical Director

7. Technical Director Vacancies
Central
East
West

8. Strategies that have proven successful
Educating/Training specifiers
Technical assistance
Addressing issues
Support from design through construction

9. Educating/Training secifiers
Lunch-and-learns
30 different topics
Delivered over 450 to over 7,600 specifiers
Workshop/Luncheon/Seminars
Delivered over 160 to over 9,700 specifiers
Includes 42 webinars
Wood Solutions Fairs
Delivered 16 to over 6,100 specifiers

10. Technical assistance
Received over 1,300 calls
Resolved in anywhere from a few minutes to
several hours sometimes requiring
assistance from AWC and APA.

11. Addressing issues
Fire
Seismic
Durability
Wind
Sustainable Design
Structural
Code

12. Support – design through construction
Over 500 building conversions
Value of over $128 million

13. New Focus Area
National Accounts
Mid-rise
Schools
Building Systems
Wood Champions

14. National Accounts
One client – multiple buildings
Success with a major fast food restaurant
– 200 buildings last year.
Key drivers – Cost savings during
construction and energy conservation.
Green/sustainability slowly building

15. Mid-rise
Success in Canada – BC @ 6 stories
Seattle/Minneapolis pushing 5-5.5 stories
Huge growth potential with large
volumes of wood per building
Includes multi-family, offices, extended
care
Technology may allow us to go higher

16. Schools
Where wood isn’t restricted and where it is
Arkansas – Rules changed to allow wood,
six schools under construction savings
reported on two are $2.6 and $2.9 million

17. Building Systems
Includes:
Cross Laminated Timber
Tall walls
Panelized roofs
Supports the other initiatives

18. Wood Champions
Convert one architect or engineers =
multiple buildings
Mainstream of the conversions
Efforts here influence/impact other
initiatives

19. Tools used to convert

20. Carbon/Forest Growth Calc.
Richmond Olympic Oval

21. Simplified Carbon/Forest Growth
Calculator

23. Online Resource

24. Questions ?