FTAO Survey

Please answer each question in our survey. Your responses help will help us continue to improve how we support you and your FTAO projects.

 

1: What is your current discipline?

Architectural

Builder

Codes

Engineer

Other

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If you selected other, please describe discipline.
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2: What is your current role? (select one)

Principal, Director, Corporate Manager

Project Manager, Site Superintendent, Foreman

Designer, Drafter, Estimator, Framer

Building Code Plan Check or Reviewer

Building Code Inspector

Other

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3: Which best describes your wood design experience? (select one)

Expert (typically advise colleagues)

Dabbler (completed a project or two)

Novice (generally know how to design in wood but have never completed a design)

Green (never thought much about wood as a building material)

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4: What types of projects do you typically work on? (select all that apply)

Detached homes

Townhomes (3-stories or less)

Multi-family

Commercial

Educational

Institutional

Healthcare

Other

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5: Are you interested in learning more about any of the following topics?

Shear Exhilaration: Shear wall solutions for wood-framed structures

After the Storm: Building for High Wind Resistance

Energy Efficient Framing

Frame it Right! Back to Basics for Big Buildings

Wall Bracing in the Residential Code

Portal Frames

Advancements in Engineered Wood Beams

Connection Design for Wood-frame Structures

Wood as a Sustainable Building Material

Other

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6: Do you have an Engineered Wood Product question that you'd like APA to follow up with you on?

Yes

Not at this time

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7: APA publishes newsletters that will keep you up to date on APA resources and the latest information about wood-frame construction. For which APA newsletters would you like more information on registration?

Yes! I'm interested in receiving the APA Updates (monthly)

Yes! I'm interested in receiving the APA Designers Circle newsletter (quarterly)

I already receive these newsletters.

No. I do not want to be added.

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8: On a scale of 1-10, how well did this training cover the content you expected?

9: Is there anything that could have been done to make this training better?
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10: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your understanding of FTAO before this presentation?

11: On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your understanding of FTAO after this presentation?

12: Please help us understand which session you are reviewing. Who was your speaker?
Please select... Matthew Brown Aleeta Dene Roy Frederick Warren Hamrick Noah Humberston Robert Kuserk Cory McCambridge Run Nuttall Larry Oenning Stephanie Rees Kyle Tilley Van Wilfinger *

13: Which method(s) would you consider using to design your next shear wall with an opening? (select all that apply)

APA FTAO Calculator

Perforated Wall Method

Finite Element Analysis

Other

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If you selected other, what method would you use?
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14: I plan to use the APA FTAO Calculator
Please select... On a current project I'm designing I have already used it and will continue to do so On my next wood-framed project I already have a method that meets my needs Other *

15: When do you opt to design a shear wall with an opening? (select all that apply)

All the time.

If the holddown size gets too large.

If the wall piers available are too narrow for code.

Only if I get blindsided with an opening after the fact.

Other

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If you selected other, please give an example.
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16: In order to calculate shear wall deflection, which equation do you use?

3-term equation (from SDPWS Sec. 4.3.2)

4-term equation (from IBC Sec. 2305.3)

I don’t design shear walls

I don’t calculate the deflection

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