Focuses on select cities throughout Region 2, highlighting the following key core message aspects of concrete masonry construction: resilience, durability/versatility, energy efficiency, environmental benefits, and design support and confidence.
Focuses on select cities throughout Region 2, highlighting the following key core message aspects of concrete masonry construction: resilience, durability/versatility, energy efficiency, environmental benefits, and design support and confidence.
The Masonry Design Summit assembled leading experts alongside architects and engineers to advance education on concrete masonry construction. The Summit offered up to six hours of AIA Accredited Continuing Education credits, specifically tailored to provide architects and design professionals the necessary knowledge and skills to engage with masonry in construction projects. The event also served as a dynamic platform for fostering interactions among architects, designers and other key industry players, including masonry manufacturers and contractors. The Summit also established a partnership with the Texas A&M University School of Architecture.
This program was designed to educate structural engineers on the strength design of concrete masonry, with the overall goal of more economical building design. The Strength Design of Concrete presentation showcased the strength design of masonry specific to Region 3. The presentation was given to the Minnesota Structural Engineers Association, structural engineers in the Chicagoland area, at the annual meeting of the Structural Engineers Association of Michigan and to the National Council of Structural Engineering Associations. The topics discussed in the Strength Design of Concrete presentation have been used to revise structural masonry designs on six load-bearing concrete masonry projects, resulting in approximately $200,000 in project savings.