MCAA Strategic Partners

Provider: Mason Contractors Association of America
Discipline: Codes & Standards
Credits: 4

This intensive seminar will guide you step-by-step through the recently updated masonry specification provisions included in the consensus masonry standards.

Specification for Masonry Structures (ACI 530.1-05/ASCE 6-05/TMS 602-05) and pertinent details in the Masonry Code and the IBC 2006. At the same time, it will cover basic masonry design and construction examples that contractors need to know, using both the Code and the Specification. This seminar is intended for contractors who will be applying for Certification and who use the Specification to erect masonry structures.

Many changes have been made to the 2005 Masonry Specification along with some important changes in the 2006 IBC. This seminar will familiarize you with these new provisions, and how they may affect your masonry construction projects.

By the end of this seminar, you will have a real feel for the Code, so that you can put the new Masonry Code into practice.

This online webinar will be held Wednesday, July 14, at 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CT.

Purchase Books

Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures

MCAA Members: $95.00
Non-Members: $115.00

The Masonry Standards Joint Committee's (MSJC) 2005 Building Code for Masonry Structures (ACI 530/ASCE 5/TMS 402), Specification for Masonry Structures (ACI 530.1/ASCE 6/TMS 602) and Commentaries is now available from TMS. This new Code and Specification has been substantially revised and many new requirements have been added. Some of the major updates include:

• Strength design procedures for Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) Masonry
• Complete revision in Prestressed Masonry design philosophy to a strength design basis with service load checks
• Revised maximum reinforcement limits for Strength Design
• Harmonized splice length requirements for Allowable-stress Design and Strength Design
• Clarification on limits for Empirical Design in high wind areas This book is essential for all mason contractors

Standard Practice for Bracing Masonry Walls Under Construction

MCAA Members: $25.00
Non-Members: $50.00

This Standard was developed to provide mason contractors, general contractors, architects and engineers with a detailed definition of adequate bracing for masonry walls. The Standard was developed to clarify the existing OSHA code. It was written by engineers, mason contractors and others familiar with the masonry industry to provide for the health and safety of our industry's employees.

The Standard Practice for Bracing Masonry Walls provides:

• Design requirements during the initial and intermediate periods
• Design requirements for three different types of bracing systems - wood, steel pipe or cable
• Tables and illustrations showing adequate bracing
• Definitions of common wall bracing terms
• Sample solutions to a number of design conditions
• Commentary for further definition of the Standard