Shear Wall Design Methods – 2024 WFCM and 2021 SDPWS (Learn Live)

Two AWC standards utilized throughout the nation for a code compliant design of wood shear walls are 2024 Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM) for One- and Two-Family Dwellings and 2021 Special Design Provisions for Wind and Seismic (SDPWS). The WFCM contains both a prescriptive and engineering design approach. While the prescriptive design method will readily yield solutions that tend to be more conservative, the engineered design method will often yield more efficient design solutions. This seminar includes examples of seismic and wind shear wall designs for segmented and perforated shear walls, utilizing the WFCM and the SDPWS along with a comparison of the results.