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  • About
  • The Guide
    • 401 - SCOPE
    • 402 - GENERAL
    • 403 - MASONRY
    • Definitions
    • Tables
  • Calculators
  • PNNL Energy Study
    • PNNL - Florida Residential
  • Masonry Resources
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|I| Table of Contents

|II| ​TMS 402/602-16
TMS 402/602-16 Codes Book (Handout)
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 White Paper: Increased Design Strength of CMU

|III| ​Florida Building Code - 7th Edition Chapter 21 - Masonry

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FBC 7th Edition Chapter 21 - Masonry Mark-up

FBC 7th Edition - Chapter 14 - Pages: 14.1 - 14.5

​​7th Edition FBC Sections 722.3 & 722.4

|IV| Clay Brick Masonry
​ASTM C 216-15 - Standard Specifications for Facing Brick (Handout)
 
ASTM C 652-15 - Standard Specification for Hollow Brick (Handout)
 
BIA Technical Notes on Brick Construction 28 - Anchored Brick Veneer Wood Frame
 
BIA Technical Notes on Brick Construction 28A - Adding Brick Veneer to Existing Construction
 
BIA Technical Notes on Brick Construction 28B - Brick Veneer Steel Stud Panel Walls
 
BIA Technical Notes - Subject Index
 
SBI Flashing and Weepholes - Residential Brickwork (English)
 
SBI Flashing and Weepholes - Residential Brickwork (Spanish)
 
SBI The Loadbearing Brick Home
 
Sustainability & Brick - TN48
 
Brick Revisited: Just how GREEN is it?
 
FBC 7th Edition - Chapter 14 - Pages: 14.1 - 14.5|

V| Concrete Masonry
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ASTM C 90-14 - Standard Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units (Handout)
 
NCMA TEK 2-5B: New Concrete Masonry Unit Configurations Under ASTM C90
 
ASTM C 140-15 - Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry  Units and Related Units (Handout)
 
Conceptual Errors - It is calculated...not measured
 
ASTM C 426-15e - Standard Test Method for Linear Drying Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry Units (Handout)
 
ASTM C 1314-14 - Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Masonry Prisms (Handout)
 
TABLE 1 - Influence of Major Testing Variables on the Indicated Compressive Strength of Concrete Masonry Units
 
Illustration of the difference between "Net Area" and "Gross Area"
 
NCMA TEK 18 - 01D - Evaluating the Compressive Strength of Concrete Masonry –2015 IBC

NCMA TEK - Unit Strength Calculator Companion Sheet (Excel)|VI| MortarASTM C 270-14a - Standard Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry (Handout)
 
ASTM C 144-14 - Standard Specifications for Aggregate for Masonry Mortar (Handout)
 
ASTM C 780-20 - Standard Test Method for Preconstruction and Construction Evaluation of Mortars for Plain and Reinforced Unit Masonry (Handout)
 
PCA Masonry Information - Masonry Mortars
 
PCA Trowel Tips- Field Testing Masonry Mortar
 
Lafarge Experiment - Type S Mortar
 
Concrete Materials Engineering Council - Mortar and Grout Test Reporting
 
NCMA TEK 9-1A - Mortars for Concrete Masonry
 
MAF Tech Note 2001 - 1 - Mortar - Design Strength vs. Field Strength  
 
ASTM C 1586-20  Standard Guide for Quality Assurance of Mortars (Handout)
 
Table 3. Mortar Types for Classes of Construction
 
ASTM C 270 Lab Test - O'Leary
 
ASTM C 780 - O'Leary

|VII| Grout

​ASTM C 476-19 - Standard Specifications for Grout for Masonry (Handout)
 
ASTM C 1019-16 - Standard Test Method for Sampling and Testing Grout (Handout)
 
GROUT - The Third Ingredient
 
FIG 14-2 - Slump Test for Consistency of Concrete
 
MAF Tech Note 2001-2 - Grout for Masonry Walls
 
MAF Tech Note 4200 - Grout Confinement - Grout Stop
 
NCMA TEK 3-2A  Grouting Concrete Masonry Walls
 
NCMA TEK 9-4A: Grout for Concrete Masonry
 
NCMA TEK 18-8B: Grout Quality Assurance|

VIII| ​Reinforcing Steel, Anchors & Ties


​Masonry Construction - Preventing Corrosion

Corrosion: The use of Metal Within Masonry Wall-Systems and Associated Life Cycle Issues - By Edward Gerns, RA, LEED AP

Bar Markings
 
Wire Type Conversion Chart
 
Wire and Sheet Metal Gages - Equivalent Thickness in Decimals of an Inch
 
Masonry Reinforcement - Embedment & Laps
 
Masonry Beams - Shear Steel Parallel to the Load
 
Stirrup Spacing - Shear Steel
 
Columns - Vertical Spacing of Lateral Ties
 
Product Catalogs: WireBond Products | Hohmann & Barnard Product Catalog
 
NCMA TEK 12-3C: Design of Anchor Bolts Embedded in Concrete Masonry (2013)

NCMA TEK 12-3C MSJC2013 Masonry Anchor Bolt Design Ver1.1 (xlxs)
 
NCMA TEK 12-4D - Steel Reinforcement for Concrete Masonry
 
Scale Drawing - #5 rebars in old (2 ½”) bond beam block
 
Scale Drawing - One #7 rebar in old (2 ½”) bond beam block
 
Scale Drawing - #5 rebars can be stacked in new (2 ¾”) bond beam block|

IX| ​Crack Control – Control & Expansion Joints

Location of Control Joints - Type I Block
 
Masonry Construction - Where do you Need Joints? “October 88”
 
Bury the Myth - There are NO Type I Block in Florida
 
Function of a Control Joint - Illustrations of Control Joint and Expansion Joint
 
Control Joints - Illustration of the Four Most Common Control Joints
 
NCMA TEK 10-1A - Crack Control in Concrete Masonry Walls
 
NCMA TEK 10-2D – Control Joints for Concrete Masonry Walls – Empirical Method
 

NCMA TEK 10-3: Control Joints for Concrete Masonry Walls - Alternative Engineered Method|

X| Inspection & Quality Control

​11 Key Inspections Points
 
Relationship Table - Concrete – Block – Grout – Mortar
 
NCMA TEK 18-3B– Concrete Masonry Inspection|

XI| Miscellaneous Reference Section-0- TEK Index

NCMA TEK INDEX - Manual for Concrete Design and Construction

-1- ​Building Codes & SpecificationsNCMA TEK 1-4 - Glossary of Masonry Terms (2004)
 
MAF Determining ASTM Standards used in this Course

-2- ​C/M Unit Properties, Shapes, & Sizes

​MAF C-90 - Modified for Florida Architectural Concrete Masonry
 
MAF Design Information - For Architectural Concrete Masonry Walls
 
Metrication Policy:: GSA - Agrees to Rewrite Metrication Policy

-3- Construction​

Construction Schedule - Masonry vs. Tilt Construction
 
Cost Comparison Masonry vs. Steel
 
NCMA TEK 3-4C - Bracing Concrete Masonry Walls During Construction

-6- ​Energy

5 Common Myths About Energy - Don Beers, PE
 
Florida PNNL Energy Research Report - Don Beers, PE
 
National PNNL Energy Research Report - R Hart, PE
 
NCMA TEK 06-02C: R-Values and U-Factors for Single Wythe Concrete Masonry Walls
 
Thermal Catalog of Concrete Masonry Assemblies 2nd Edition
 
MAF Tech Bulletin: Integral Insulation in Concrete Masonry Construction
 
Masonry & Net Zero
 
NCMA TEK 06-3: Shifting Peak Energy Loads with Concrete Masonry Construction
 
NCMA TEK 06-10A: Concrete Masonry Radiant Heating/Cooling Systems​

-7- Fire Resistance

​7th Edition FBC Sections 722.3 & 722.4
 
MAF Technical Note 899 – Concrete Masonry Fire Rating – Florida
 
You Can Get Full Credit for Fire Ratings - FC&PA
 
Calculated Fire Resistance for Concrete and Concrete Masonry - FC&PA 
 
NCMA TEK 07-01D - Fire Resistance Ratings of Concrete Masonry Assemblies
 

NCMA TEK 7-2 - Balanced Design Fire Protection


​-8- Maintenance & Cleaning

​NCMA TEK 8-3A - Control and Removal of Efflorescence
 
NCMA TEK 08-4A: Cleaning Concrete Masonry​

-9- Mortar, Grout, & Stucco

​NCMA TEK 09-3A: Plaster and Stucco for Concrete Masonry
 
Stucco on Solid Base
 
MAF Technical Note 0101- Concrete Masonry - Stucco Bond to Block
 
BIA TN8 - Mortars for Brickwork
 
BIA TN8B - Mortars for Brickwork Selection & Quality Assurance​

-13- Sound

​NCMA TEK 13-1C- Sound Transmission Class Ratings for Concrete Masonry Walls
 
NCMA TEK 13-02A: Noise Control with Concrete Masonry

-14- Structural - General​

Shear Wall Load from Roof or Floor Diaphragm – Illustration
 
Moment Resistance Head Joints in Un-reinforced Masonry – Illustration
 
MAF Technical Note 200 - Missile Impact Test - Concrete Masonry Wall
 
Structural Engineer- The most common misunderstandings -Jim Gulde
 
Lateral Bracing at Top of Wall Provides Critical Connection - Don Beers, PE
 
NCMA TEK 14-01B: Section Properties of Concrete Masonry Walls
 
NCMA TEK 14-5A - Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Wall Design

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-17- Structural - Beams, Columns & Lintels

​NCMA TEK 17-1D: ASD of Concrete Masonry Lintels Based on the 2012 IBC/2011 MSJC
 
NCMA TEK 17-2A - Precast Concrete Lintels for Concrete Masonry Construction​

-19-Water Penetration Resistance

NCMA TEK 19-2B: Design for Dry Single-Wythe Concrete Masonry Walls
 
NCMA TEK 19-4A: Flashing Strategies for Concrete Masonry Walls
 
NCMA TEK 19-5A: Flashing Details for Concrete Masonry Walls

​-21-Wall Performance

The Perfect Wall - Joseph Lsitburck, PhD., PEng, FASHRAE
 
Building Smarter Schools: Are YOU Making an Educated Investment?
 
Double Wythe Cavity Wall Masonry ... the EDUCATED Decision
 
The Double Wythe Cavity Wall System...is the World's BEST Wall System!​

-22- Workshop Presentations & Tests
1-Introduction to the Masonry Workshop.pdf
2 - Masonry Mortar & Grout.pdf
3 - Clay Brick Masonry.pdf
4 - Concrete Masonry.pdf
5 - Stucco on a Solid Base.pdf
6 - 2008 - 2016 TMS Plus 7th Edition FBC.pdf
7 - Preventing Moisture Penetration.pdf

1 - Introduction to the Masonry Workshop - Day 2.pdf
2 - Masonry vs. Hurricanes Plus Irma.pdf
3 - TMS 405-602 Advanced Review.pdf
4 - Key Inspection Points.pdf
​5 - The Role of the Mason.pdf
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    • 401 - SCOPE
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