CodeCHEK was developed under the Wood Works! Program by the Canadian Wood Council, with funding support from Forestry Innovation Investment, to assist designers to determine if and when lightweight wood-frame, heavy timber, mass timber and/or encapsulated mass timber construction can be used, and to determine what are the applicable construction requirements related to fire safety.
If the evaluation results show that lightweight wood-frame, heavy timber and/or encapsulated mass timber construction is permitted, the least restrictive requirements and applicable code reference(s) are displayed on the screen. Additional options with more restrictive requirements permitting lightweight wood-frame, heavy timber and/or encapsulated mass timber construction are accessible via the Code Articles button on the evaluation screen.
If the evaluation determines that lightweight wood-frame, heavy timber and/or encapsulated mass timber construction is not permitted under a particular building code’s acceptable solutions with the user’s input choices, information is provided regarding:
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