Design Guide 37
Hybrid Steel Frames with Wood Floors
Smarter.Stronger.Steel.
Design Guide 37 Hybrid Steel Frames with Wood Floors
David Barber PEngDenis BlountJohn J. Hand PE SE LEED APMichelle Roelofs PELauren Wingo PE LEED GAJordanWoodson PEFrances Yang SE LEED AP BDC
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American Institute of Steel Construction
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Authors
David Barber PEng is a Principal with Arup who specializes in the fire safety of mass-timber buildings. For more than 25years David has assisted with fire testing developing new timber technologies authoring fire safety design guides working withtimber product suppliers and pleting fire safety solutions for mid-rise and highrise timber buildings. David leads a global team within Arup that works with researchers architects and developers in the fire safety of timber and hybrid structures.
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John J. Hand P.E. S.E. LEED AP is an Associate with Arup. His background includes the structural design of Arup’s first steel and CLT project in the Americas. Since then he has continued to work on numerous steel mass-timber and hybrid mass-timber building projects across the United States.
projects showcasing innovative use of materials. She is an advocate for the use of hybrid structures that leverage the strengths of different materials for highly efficient structures.
Lauren Wingo PE. LEED GA is a Senior Structural Enginer with Arup in Washington D.C. Lauren is a regional expert instructural sustainability and applies this knowledge to her projects focusing on reinvigorating existing building assets and utiliz-ing low carbon structural materials.
Jordan Woodson PE. is a Senior Engineer with Arup in Washington D.C. Over the last decade Jordan has worked in steel timber and concrete to provide innovative structural solutions for design-focused projects.
the Sustainable Materials Practice for the Americas region. She uses her structural and environmental background to drive down Frances Yang S.E. LEED AP BDC is a Structures and Sustainability Specialist in the San Francisco office of Arup and leadsembodied carbon in the built environment through projects and external collaborations. She serves on the board of the CarbonLeadership Forum co-chairs the ASCE/SEI SE 2050 Commitment Program and had lead authorship of the ASCE Whole Barild- ing LCA: Reference Building Structure and Strategies handbook.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Ben Loshin an acoustic consultant in Arup's Seatle office specializing in the acoustic design of mass- timber structures for his contributions. They also wish to thank the American Institute of Steel Construction and the followingreviewers who provided valuable insight throughout the development of this Design Guide:
Eric BolinMark Braekevelt Jacinda CollinsDon DaviesJim DeStefano
Larry KruthMargaret MatthewPaul RichardsonMegan Stringer
Cindi DuncanLucas EppBen Johnson Ted HazledineJohn Klein
