To find out more about the publications listed below, or to order them, visit
TMS's E-Store
and search for the publication by name, type or author. *TMS Members - be sure to access the E-Store via the TMS Member Area to receive Member discounts on qualifying publications. Also note that some publications are available electronically through the Download Store made available through Techstreet.
Masonry Designers' Guide 2013
(TMS 2112E-15)
(TMS 402-13 and TMS 602-13)
Or purchase for immediate download by clicking
here
(TMS-0403-13)
(TMS-1700-12)
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March 20-22, 2016 University Professors Masonry Workshop, University of California at San Diego
April 5-9, 2016, TMS 2016 Spring Meetings, Denver, Colorado
October 6-11, 2016, TMS 2016 Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina
April 18-22, 2017, TMS 2017 Spring Meetings, Denver, Colorado
November 2-7, 2017, TMS 2017 Annual Meeting, La Jolla, California
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Award Nomination/Application Deadlines
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June 30, 2016
Nominations accepted at any time:
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The TMS Members Area provides access to resources including TMS Journal, TMS Responds, Member Logos, member lists and much more! In addition, the Members Area is the portal for Members to receive special discounts on publications, seminars, and events.
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Our Best Wishes this Holiday Season
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2015 has been an extremely busy and productive year for The Masonry Society. Click here to review some of what we accomplished or to review Phillip Samblanet's Christmas Greeting. Thank you for being part of our year. We wish you a happy holiday season, a very Merry Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.
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Bennett to lead TMS 402/602 through 2022
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Re-A
ppointed as Chair for 6-year Cycle
TMS's Technical Activities Committee unanimously reaffirmed Dr. Richard Bennett to serve as Chairman of TMS 402/602 for a second term this past November, noting the excellent job he has done as current Chair. While Bennett and the Committee is currently preparing for public comments on the proposed 2016 edition of TMS 402/602, the Committee under Bennett's leadership is already planning for the next revision cycle. That cycle is being scheduled for 6-years, breaking the typical three year revision cycle. This change, which was formally proposed by Bennett and TMS 402/602 Vice Chair David Pierson, was approved for a 1-time trial by TMS's Board at their October meetings. Designers and others have requested a longer revision cycle for codes and standards as the number of changes has increased the cost and time it takes to keep up with the revisions.
Bennett is Professor at the University of Tennessee and he has served on TMS 402/602 for a number of years, currently as Chair, and previously as Vice Chair. He is a member of TMS Board of Directors, a Fellow of the Society, the winner of the 2014 John B. Scalzi Research Award and a recipient of a 2011 Service Award from TMS.
Applications for the 2016-2022 will be accepted in late spring of next year. Watch TMS's website for an announcement.
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2016 Member Renewal Reminder!
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Renew by December 31, to take advantage of Discounts on Publications and to Subscribe to Magazines
If you haven't already renewed your 2016 Membership Dues, do so soon to help the Society, while taking advantage of specail discounts on many TMS publications that are only available to renewing members until December 31st! Likewise, several masonry magazines are offering subscriptions to TMS Members until December 31st as well. If you have questions about your renewal, please contact
Susan Scheurer.
Thank you for your support and membership!
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Masonry Testing Technician Certification for
Boston in January Cancelled
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The Masonry Testing Review Sessions and Certification Examinations that were planned for January 26-29 near Boston have had to be cancelled due to insufficient registrations. Watch TMS's Website for future sessions.
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Faculty/Professor's Workshop (UPMW) Planned for March 20-22 at UCSD
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Registration is now open for the
2016 University Faculty/Professor's Masonry Workshop (UPMW), which will be held at the University of California San Diego for March 20-22. The UPMW, which is hosted by TMS with the support of a number of sponsors, assists faculty teaching or planning to teach masonry. Dr. Benson Shing at UCSD will serve as the host for the Workshop. As part of the excellent sessions that will be held, sessions on Innovative Approaches to Education, Masonry Design, and Masonry Detailing will be offered. Tours of a Concrete Block Manufacturing Plant and UCSD's Shake Table Facility are planned. In addition, attendees will have a chance to lay block units and learn about masonry teaching resources.
The goal of the UPMW is simple: to assist
professors teaching masonry so their students, who will be future designers and construction managers, are comfortable using masonry on their projects.
For additional information on the UPMW, click here.
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Registration for TMS Spring Meetings now Open
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Spring Business Meetings set of April 5-9 in Denver
The Masonry Society has opened registration for its spring meetings, which will be held on April 5-9 in Denver, Colorado. Information on the meeting, and a link to register are posted
here. As part of the meetings, a Training Session for Technical Committee Chairs, Secretaries, and others interested in Committee leadership, has been scheduled. Several subcommittees, that ordinarily conduct business electronically, will be meeting to address ballot comments and TAC comments. In addition,
Benchmark Harris, P.E. of Huckabee & Associates will lead an Investigating Disasters Workshop on Thursday, April 7 from 1:00 - 4:30PM.
Make plans today to attend these important meetings!
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TMS 402/602 Public Comment Period Opens
Comments due by December 29th
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T
he TMS 402/602 Committee (formerly the Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC)) has proposed revisions to the 2013 Edition of its Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures (TMS 402-13/ACI 530-13/ASCE-5-13), Specification for Masonry Structures (TMS 602-13/ACI 530.1-13/ASCE6-13) and their companion commentaries for a planned 2016 edition of the Standards. These standards are now developed solely by the The Masonry Society (TMS) a
s the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and the Structu
ral Engineering Institute of the American Societ
y of Civil Engineers (SEI/ASCE) graciously relinquished rights to the standards to TMS.
In accordance with the rules of The Masonry Society, proposed changes to standardized documents must be open for public comment for a period of not less than 45 days.
A summary of major proposed changes to these documents along with the Working Draft of the proposed provisions can be accessed here.
Comments from the public on the proposed changes will be accepted through 11:59 pm Eastern Time on December 29, 2015 using the form at the link above.
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TMS Journal Vol. 33, No. 1 Published
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The latest edition of TMS Journal is now available on the Member's Area of the website and includes the following papers:
- A Review on the Prognostic Evaluation of Historic Masonry, By: Greg Roche, Saurabh Prabhu, and Sez Atamturktur
- Analysis of Field-Measured Reversible Deformations in Masonry Cavity Walls, By: A. J. Lohonyai, Yassar Korany, and N. Trovato
- Analysis of Shear-Dominated Reinforced Masonry Walls Using Truss Models, By: Mohammadreza Moharrami, Ioannis Koutromanos, and Scott A. Williams
- Effects of Cement Stabilization and Fibers on the Water Resistance of Compressed Stabilized Earth Blocks, By: Ebrima Colley and Ece Erdogmus
- Nominal Shear Strength of Partially Grouted Masonry Walls, By: Patrick B. Dillon and Fernando S. Fonseca
Subscribers to TMS Journal will receive their printed copes in Ja
nuary.
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Welcome New Members of TMS!
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Member: Morgan Wiese, Integrus Architecture
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