Building knowledge and connections
Approximately 1 hour
For some applications, building codes provide for the use of fire-retardant-treated (FR) wood products as an alternative to noncombustible materials. To ensure that FR wood products are properly specified, it is important to understand how these products are made, their formulations, and the building code references that guide their use in construction. This course offers a review of FR wood products, including their manufacture, the applications and types of fire retardants that are available, and the factors that must be considered to ensure FR wood products are properly specified for code compliance.
Presented by Butch Bernhardt on behalf of Western Wood Preservers Institute.
This course is ONLINE: SELF-PACED. Experience it on your own schedule, at your convenience.
This course is registered with 27 industry association(s). Show credit and registration information.
This course IS Health, Safety and Welfare eligible.
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This course contains minimal sustainable design information.
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The majority of this course is made up of sustainable design information and this course may qualify for USGBC approved GBCI CE Hours, please check course details pages for particulars.
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Name: Butch Bernhardt
Title: Senior Program Manager, Western Wood Preservers Institute
Butch Bernhardt is the Senior Program Manager for the Western Wood Preservers Institute. His responsibilities include product education, technical publications, standards, distance learning, and digital design tools for preserved wood products.
Bernhardt has extensive experience in wood promotion, providing product support, user education, and international market development for more than three decades in positions with WWPI, Western Wood Products Association, Softwood Export Council, and Western Red Cedar Lumber Association.
