When designing wood-framed structures engineers tend to visualize buildings as idealized structures. However, real world construction practices tend to produce results that sometimes stray from what the design engineer had in mind. This paper presents examples from a career in forensic investigations of existing buildings, where construction practices, although technically not in violation of the code, have been consistently found to produce installations that may be less than what the design engineer intended. Examples are given broken into sub-categories of horizontal diaphragms, shear wall construction, shear transfers, and foundation anchorage. These examples are accompanies by exemplary photographs of real-life installations. The information would be of particular interest to young engineers learning their craft, as well as to engineers involved in the design of wood structures.
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