What Non-Engineers Need To Know About Structural Masonry
Presented by Sam Rubenzer, SE, PE, Forse Consulting
This seminar is for architects, contractors and building owners who would like to be more knowledgeable about typical and not-so-typical structural masonry applications. You will learn basic structural masonry concepts, current structural masonry design methods, review case studies, explore myths and gain a better understanding of structural masonry attributes and how engineers tend to think about masonry. This seminar presents overall concepts of structural masonry to be used in the conceptual phase of a project. If you desire to use tall thin wall profiles or produce economical and aesthetically pleasing masonry designs for your next project, then this is a good seminar for you. At a minimum we will teach you how to spot a masonry design that may be over-designed or where the masonry is being under-utilized. You will also learn how to potentially save money by using structural masonry in foundations, load-bearing and non-load-bearing walls, shear walls, perforated shear walls, shaft walls and fire walls.
At the end of the program, participants will:
- Review basic structural properties of masonry
- Explore masonry misconceptions and myths
- Discover updated design criteria and methods for masonry and realistic height limitations
- Learn how properly designed masonry can be more economical than other systems.
