October 5, 2015 lunchtime
Masonry Monday: Tornado and High Wind Sheltering With Masonry
Location: IMI Illinois, 2140 Corporate Drive, Addison, IL.
Program Details: https://goo.gl/6QZIgp
Registration: https://goo.gl/h7q2gg
Education: 1.0 LU, HSW, 1.0 PDH
Cost: Free with pre-registration.
Description: Masonry can provide safe, practical and cost effective solutions for sheltering from tornados and high wind events. With the 2015 edition of the International Building Code (IBC) comes requirements that most schools and emergency facilities located in areas where the design wind speed for tornadoes is 250 mph, must contain a storm shelter meeting the requirements of the ICC 500, Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters. For areas that will use the 2015 IBC, this new requirement will impact the majority of new school and emergency facility construction spanning as far north as central Minnesota, as far south as southern Mississippi, and stretching to western Pennsylvania in the east and western Texas to the west. Come learn about these new requirements, how masonry can be used to provide safe, affordable storm shelters, and new tornado missile testing that has opened the doors for additional masonry options.
Presenter: Diane Throop, International Masonry Institute.
