Envelope #8: Spot these common challenges in wood lateral system during schematic design

Happy ‘it’s-almost-Friday’ day! This is Back of the Envelope, where I help you become 1% smarter each week.

In today’s email, I will quickly summarize what I learned from a recent webinar called “Common Challenges in Wood Lateral System Layout.” It was presented by Terry Malone, Senior Technical Director at WoodWorks, who has decades of experience designing structures.

The webinar’s goal was to help us recognize things that we need to watch out for during schematic design (so that we can be prepared to face the challenges… or propose alternatives to the client).

Let’s dive in:

• 💭 Terry’s thought process

• 📝 Common challenges

• 🤔 My non-technical takeaway

(Estimated read time: 4 minutes and 10 seconds )