In a course coing up at Virginai Tech very soon (October 14-15, 2002),

http://www.conted.vt.edu/wood-design/index.html

we will be spending 6 hours designing an example house with the new ANSI/AP&PA WFCM-2001 Wood Frame Construction Manual for One-and-Two Family Dwellings.

For another 4 hours, we will be covering the NDS and wood truss design, primarily of interest to engineers and truss people.  Then the last 4 hours will be spent on:

design of decks (structural)

designing wood joist floors to support ceramic tile

truss bracing

wind loading design for traditional timber-frame construction with SIPs , and

repair of residential floor trusses from the top only.

We will have a “full” two days.  Frank Woeste, Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg