Windstorm Inspection Program - Education

• Windstorm Main Page
• Ricowi Presentation - October 2006  (.zip)
• Public Education Seminar Information
• Independent Wind and Wood Engineering Education
• Don't Be Caught Without Windstorm Coverage Presentation  (.zip)
• TAB Presentation 2006
• TDI/FLASH Presentation (.zip)
• Windstorm Awareness and Education Program Presentation
• Understanding TDI Building Specifications and Product Evaluation Reports Presentation
• Windstorm Awareness and Education Program Presentation
• IRC/IBC Public Education Presentation
• IRC/IBC Public Education Presentation - Spanish Version
• Education for Engineers on Fundamental Elements of High Wind Design and the Windstorm Process
• Education on Building Specifications ADOPTED BY the TDI and Wind Resistant Building Product Requirements Presentations

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Independent Wind and Wood Engineering Education

The following classes and seminars have course material relevant to wood design engineering and/or high Wind design. This listing is not intended to be complete, nor is it an endorsement by the Texas Department of Insurance to any of the organizations presenting the material.

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Understanding TDI Building Specifications and Product Evaluation Reports Presentation

• This is a Power Point Presentation the TDI used at a Building code seminar at Architectural Testing, Inc. in Southlake, TX on November 11, 2004 and at the National Accreditation and Management Institute's fall meeting on November 18, 2004.
  
  
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Windstorm Awareness and Education Program Presentation

• This is the PowerPoint Presentation TDI will be using for the informational meetings being held along the coast in July 2004.
  
  
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• Windstorm Awareness and Education Program Outline

IRC/IBC Public Education Presentation

• This is the PowerPoint Presentation TDI will be using for the public Education seminars being held in February 2003 on the adoption of the IRC and IBC in the designated catastrophe areas.
  
  
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IRC/IBC Public Education Presentation - Spanish Version

• This is the Spanish PowerPoint Presentation TDI will be using for the public Education seminar being held on June 3, 2003 on the adoption of the IRC and IBC in the designated catastrophe areas.
  
  
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Education for Engineers on Fundamental Elements of High Wind Design and the Windstorm Process

• These are the PowerPoint Presentations TDI will be using for the public Education seminars being held in Summer 2003 on the "Education for Engineers on Fundamental Elements of High Wind Design and the Windstorm Process".
  
  
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  Introduction - Windstorm Process download
  Session 1 - Wind Loads on Structures download
  Session 2 - Wind Load Applications download
  Session 3 - Uplift Load and Lateral Load Effects and Resistance Mechanics download
  Session 4 - Design Examples download
  

Education on Building Specifications Adopted by the TDI and Wind Resistant Building Product Requirements Presentations

• These are the PowerPoint Presentations TDI will be using for the public Education seminars being held in Winter 2003.
  
  
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• Begin IRC and IBC code requirements download
  Begin Product Requirements II download
  

For more information contact: Windstorm@tdi.state.tx.us