© 2022 The Masonry Society. All Rights Reserved.
Custom website design by RunLocal Marketing, Longmont, CO
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).
This course is free to TMS Members. See more membership benefits and become a member here. If you’re already a Member, log in to access this course from your Course Dashboard.
$75.00
Description
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.
Related products
-
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.
$75.00 -
Design of Masonry Shear Walls
The design of reinforced masonry shear walls using both the Allowable Stress Design method and the Strength Design method is covered in this lesson.
$75.00 -
An Overview of the Role of Masonry in Sustainable Design and LEED v4
This lesson will address LEED v4 credit categories, with particular emphasis on the Materials and Resources credits, and identify how masonry products can contribute to sustainable design and LEED.
$75.00 -
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.
$75.00