The OFNTSC Housing Program will be delivering Part 9 - Structural Requirements training January 26-29, 2010 in Sioux Lookout, ON.This is a four day (30 hour) advanced course dealing with the structural provisions of Part 9 of Division B of the Building Code. The course material describes the provisions, their applications and limitations but does not deal specifically with the design of structural elements.
Topics to be covered include: legal considerations, soil conditions, excavations, footings and foundations (including general principals of concrete mix design and cold and hot-weather placement); transfer of forces acting on a building; masonry construction, trusses as well as spatial separations and exposure protection as they apply to the structural elements of a building. To register for this training please download the training registration form located at the bottom of this page. Complete the form and return it to the Thunder Bay Service Centre.
Prerequisites: a Part 9: The House course
Reference Material: 2006 Building Code Compendium, calculator