1. Project Engineer, Fire Tower Engineered Timber, 60 Valley St. Unit 1, Providence, RI 02909 (corresponding author).
2. Professor and Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Univ. of Wyoming, 1000 East University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071.
3. Professor and Chair, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological Univ., 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931.