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Structural Design Criteria for Permanent Wood Foundations

Course No. C-4003

Credit: 4 PDH

Course Fee: $115.80 Purchase course

Subject Matter Expert: Tomas Orihuela, P.E.

Overview

A Permanent Wood Foundation (PWF) is an innovative building system that saves on home construction costs, provides for warm living areas, and adds to the home’s marketability. A PWF is an engineered foundation construction system that is a load-bearing, lumber-framed foundation wall sheathed with plywood that can resist and distribute earth, wind, and seismic loads and stresses that may crack other types of foundations. All lumber and plywood used in the construction is pressure-treated with preservatives to withstand decay from moisture and insect damage.

Use of PWF construction is accepted by major building codes, federal agencies, as well as lending, home warranty, and insurance institutions. Its acceptability comes from years of use in more than 300,000 homes and other structures throughout the United States. The construction system is very durable as demonstrated by long-term in-ground tests conducted by the U.S. Forest Service where the PWF withstood severe decay and termite conditions.

In this course, the student will review the Southern Pine Council’s publication “Permanent Wood Foundations – Design & Construction Guide” (2000). The referenced document is reproduced by permission of the Southern Pine Council.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty-five (25) questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.

 

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Advantages of using permanent wood foundations
  • Agencies and regulatory bodies that accept permanent wood foundations
  • Site considerations use in the design and construction of PWFs.
  • Material and design requirements, installation procedures, and foundation type required for the construction system

 

Course

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Permanent Wood Foundations

 

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