Tuesday, April 23, 2024
2pm - 3:30pm ET

Credits: 1.5 LU/HSW/PDH CEUs

Understanding the behavior of wood or timber as an historic engineering material is essential for making well-informed repair and replacement decisions. Wood species and the variability of related strength and stiffness properties affect the performance of the material. Having material information, coupled with assessment technologies and thoughtful interpretation of the information and data, a better picture of what is working in light of engineering parameters is possible. This presentation of technical data and discussion of the behavior and means of assessing wood and timber will enable a better understanding of timber in preservation engineering.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Attendees will learn about various wood properties important to engineering.

2. Attendees will learn about the role of variability of wood properties.

3. Attendees will be introduced to wood assessment technologies.

4. Attendees will learn about interpreting wood assessment information.

Ron Anthony, FAPT
Anthony & Associates, Inc.
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Ron Anthony, President and Wood Scientist for Anthony & Associates, received an M.S. in Wood Science and Technology from Colorado State University. He has focused on evaluating the performance of wood in historic structures and conducting forensic investigations. He has authored over 125 publications; participated in conferences and seminars; and consulted throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the South Pacific. He is the 2002 recipient of the James Marston Fitch Foundation Grant for his approach to evaluating wood in historic buildings; he is a Fellow in the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT), a recipient of APT’s Harley J. McKee Award, APT’s Arthur J. Femenella Award for Distinguished Mentorship, and APT’s Martin E. Weaver Award. 

Note: A limited-access recording of this session for your personal use will be available exclusively to those who register for the webinar. Video access and viewing cannot serve as attendance to meet the requirements of AIA CEUs.