Comprehensive Deck Design From Footings to Guards: Learning from the Past (04-03-23)(Virtual)

Description:

• In this Residential Deck workshop we will look at past deck failures and review the potential root cause of that failure.  We will then look through the comprehensive provisions in chapter 5 of the 2018 IRC, along with some additional guidelines such as the American Wood Council’s DCA-2 2015, to see how current codes and guidelines have evolved in response to previous failures.

Learning Objectives:

• Review past residential deck failures and how the failures led to occupant injury or death.
• Review provisions in chapter 5 of the 2018 IRC that relates to the design and construction of a code compliant residential deck.
• Understand that there are additional guidelines available to assist in the design and construction of a residential deck.
• Review residential deck guard rail testing results and review additional guidelines that can help in the design and construction of safer system for the occupant.

Instructors

• The Pennsylvania Housing Research Center: Christopher Hine & Darrin Wright

Course Schedule
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Instruction time

Registration Fee
$60 (Training manual included)

Credit Hours
3 UCC continuing education credit hours awarded.