Tuesday AM - First Session: Advanced Framing for Wood Framed Construction. As energy codes become stricter, builders and designers are seeking options for energy-efficient construction that maintain strength, durability, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. Advanced framing is a system of construction framing techniques designed to optimize material usage and increase energy efficiency. The primary purpose for most advanced framing techniques is to eliminate unnecessary framing members, reducing construction costs, while simultaneously minimizing thermal bridging and increasing insulation volume in the thermal envelope of the building. Second Session: Frame for Success. Based on hundreds of job site inspections, APA – The Engineered Wood Association staff have identified the most common wood construction framing and sheathing challenges and errors found in today’s wood framed construction. This session will examine the consequences of the errors and provide practical solutions for avoiding them in future construction.

Instructor:

Roy Frederick – APA
Roy Frederick is an Engineered Wood Specialist for APA-the Engineered Wood Association. He is a resource for builders, engineers, architects, and code officials providing training on the use and installation of engineered wood products. Roy is an experienced home builder having worked for over 25 years in all aspects of residential construction, estimating, and design, including code compliance, design changes, and plan performance. He has worked for Brighton Homes, Trendmaker Homes, and most recently David Weekley Homes throughout the major markets of South Central and Southeast Texas, as well as Indianapolis, IN, Denver, CO and Salt Lake City, UT. Roy is based in New Braunfels, Texas and is a graduate of Lamar University.