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WFCM vs. SDPWS

WFCM vs. SDPWS

WFCM vs. SDPWS

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I've taken a lot of my wood engineering methodology from "Design of Wood Structures" by Breyer which heavily references the NDS, NDS Supplement and SPDWS as well as a handful of APA references for most of its design problems. Up until now I've never really used the WFCM. This morning out of curiosity I thumbed through the entire engineered section of this reference and found what appeared to be a lot of parallels and overlap with my other standard wood design references. I am just wondering what other residential structural engineers opinion of the WFCM is and what information from this reference (engineered and prescriptive) is actually utilized in their daily practice.

RE: WFCM vs. SDPWS

I've used it for simple residential design as it's got a handy checklist that makes it easy to start and stop a project and be able to pick up where you left off. It's useful, especially if you're not as comfortable with wood design as other materials.

Maine EIT, Civil/Structural.

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