Masonry Façade Inspections – Best Practices and Tips
Façade inspections are critical to building enclosure performance and integrity. Discover the best practices in façade inspections through the use of The Masonry Society’s “Guideline for Masonry Façade Condition Assessment” (TMS-1700-17).
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$75.00
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Façade inspections are critical to building enclosure performance and integrity. Discover the best practices in façade inspections through the use of The Masonry Society’s “Guideline for Masonry Façade Condition Assessment” (TMS-1700-17). See examples of how to conduct a façade inspection on an existing building with photos of actual conditions in the field. Learn how to incorporate investigative techniques into a façade inspection to help guide your diagnosis of façade distress and obtain critical information for designing repairs.
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Rational Design of Masonry Veneers and Shelf Angle Supports
Chapter 12 of the TMS 402 2016 includes provisions for the design of anchored and adhered masonry veneer. Although the vast majority of anchored masonry veneer systems are designed using the prescriptive provisions within this standard, veneers in high wind zones, high seismic zones, or constructed with large distances between the backing walls and the veneer cannot be designed using these prescriptive provisions. In addition, the prescriptive provisions do not often provide the most cost-effective solutions for the rehabilitation and retrofit of masonry veneers. The TMS 402 does have provisions for alternative rational design provisions for masonry veneers. These provisions are explained and a method for the rational veneer wall system design are presented. This lesson also describes a method for the design of the vertical Shelf angle support of the walls systems.
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Design of Movement and Control Joints for Masonry
This lesson addresses the movement characteristics of masonry wall systems, and compares the differences between architectural veneer and structural reinforced masonry. Focus is on best practice for design and construction of expansion and control joints to accommodate and/or restrict masonry material movement.
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Specifying the Right Mortar and Grout for your Projects
This lesson reviews current cementitious materials that are allowed by ASTM mortar (C270) and grout (C476) specifications, provides a description of each type of cement, discusses key properties of mortar and grout, and shows how to specify cements for mortar and grout efficiently and effectively.
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Strength Design of Masonry
This lesson reviews the design assumptions for strength design, and look at the design of beams, bearing walls, and shear walls using strength design.
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