List of Contributions

The American Wood Council provides three acceptable methods for designing wood shear walls to resist lateral forces, including Individual Full-Height Wall Segments, Perforated Shear Walls and Force Transfer Shear Walls (Jared Hensley, in the January Structure Magazine). Obviously, each method has multiple ...

How does putting plants (or using plants) on a roof effect the long term structural integrity of the roof. Would the roots cause damage to the roofing material? ------------------------------ Joshua Sims S.M.ASCE Student Falls Church VA ------------------------------