CFS Shear Wall Design Examples and Solutions (Recording)
- Layout of shear walls in a structure: tips for avoiding field problems
- Deflection and stiffness calculations for shear walls
- Where type I and type II shear walls make sense
- Examples with both structural wood and steel sheathing
- Boundary element design and sheathing attachment methods
- Collectors and connection design do’s and don’ts
- Appropriate use of hold-downs
- Challenging wall-floor intersection details
Don Allen has been involved in cold-formed steel framing design since 1990, and currently serves as Director of Engineering for Super Stud Building Products. He chairs the Education Committee of the American Iron and Steel Institute, and is actively involved in the development of ASTM and AISI standards. Having spent more than a decade in private practice and served over nine years as technical director for both the Steel Stud Manufacturers Association and the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute, Allen has seen firsthand what works and what does not in CFS lateral design. Allen lectures and writes about CFS design and construction issues regularly, and is the 2013 recipient of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) Distinguished Service Award. Allen is a Registered and Board Certified Professional Engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional.