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TMS Members: See the article to the right on a Special Firesale of most TMS Publications!
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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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
April 5-7, 2018, TMS 2018 Spring Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana
October 3-6, 2018, TMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Likely Cleveland, Ohio or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 14-16, 2019, TMS Spring Meetings, Salt Lake City, Utah
June 16-19, 2019, 13th North American Masonry Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah
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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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Abrams named TMS Honorary Member.
Lourenco and Mujumdar elevated to TMS Fellow Members
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The Masonry Society (TMS) recently announced the elevation of Dr. Daniel P. Abrams of the University of Illinois as its 16th Honorary Member for his significant contribution to masonry research, education, and to the well being of the Society. In addition, TMS announced that Dr. Paulo Lourenco of the University of Minho, Portugal and Dr. Vilas Mujumdar, formerly of the National Science Foundation were also named as Fellow Members of TMS for their contributions to the advancement of knowledge on masonry. Brief backgrounds on these new
Honorary and
Fellow Members are available.
TMS will formally recognize Dr. Abrams, Dr. Lourenco, and Dr. Mujumdar during its Awards Luncheon on Saturday, October 8, 2016 as part of its Annual Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina.
We hope you can join us there to congratulate these special Members!
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Applications being accepted for 2022 TMS 402/602 Committee until June 30, 2016
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The Masonry Society (TMS) is now accepting applications for the
2016-2022 Cycle of its Committee
TMS 402/602 until June 30, 2016.
TMS 402/602 is responsible for the development and maintenance of Building Code Requirements and Specifications for Masonry Structures and their associated commentaries. To review Committee Member responsibilities or to apply, click here.
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Free & Discounted Publications for TMS Members!
Take advantage of Sale until June 22, 2016
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As a thanks to our Members, and to help clear our warehouse, TMS is offering a "Firesale" of most of its publications through June 22, 2016. A number of publications are being offered at no cost (although members must pay shipping and handling expenses) or at substantial discount. To take advantage of this Firesale, download the order form from the
Member Area, complete it, and return to TMS no later than June 22, 2016. Staff will determine shipping costs, and will contact purchasers for payment options. After June 22, 2016, prices return to their pre-firesale levels.
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TMS Annual Meeting set for October 7-11
Mark Your Calendars!
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The Masonry Society's Annual Meeting will be held on October 7-11 in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is shaping up to be an memorable event, with excellent technical presentations and some fun events in addition to important business meetings.
Click here to see preliminary information on the meetings. Also watch TMS's website for additional information and a registration form in the coming weeks.
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Photograph courtesy of the
Raleigh Convention &
Visitor's Bureau
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Masonry Testing Technician Certification to be held near Washington DC in November 2016
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The Masonry Society will be offering review sessions and ACI Certification Examinations on Masonry Field Testing and Masonry Laboratory Testing this November 8-11 at the laboratory of the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) in Herndon, Virginia. For additional information on these review sessions and certifications,
click here. Sessions are scheduled as follows:
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Masonry Field Testing
- Tuesday, November 8 - Review Session
- Wednesday, November 9 - Certification Examination
Masonry Laboratory Testing
- Thursday, November 10 - Review Session
- Friday, November 11 - Certification Examination
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Special Inspection Seminar Planned with WOC/WOM
Mark the date: January 18, 2017
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As requested, TMS will again present its popular Special Inspection of Structural Masonry Construction in conjunction with the World of Concrete/World of Masonry in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, January 18, 2017. More details on this informative course will be posted to TMS's website later this summer.
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Peter Babaian named next TMS TAC Chair
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The Executive Committee of the Masonry Society recently appointed Mr. Peter M. Babaian, who is the Building Technology Division Head for Simpson Gumpertz & Heger's (SGH's) Chicago office, as the next Chairman of the Society's Technical Activities Committee (TAC). As Chair, Babaian will lead one of TMS's most important Committee's which is tasked with directing, coordinating, and reviewing all technical activities of the Society. He will also serve a critical, though non-voting, member of TMS's Executive Committee and Board of Directors in order to provide counsel on technical activities and to forward recommendations from TMS's technical committees. Babaian, who will replace Dr. David I. McLean of Colorado State University as TAC Chair, will begin his term as Chair following the October Annual Meeting. Click here to read more about Mr. Babaian's extensive background and experience.
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Logo Design Contest Closes June 1, 2016!
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The Masonry Society is seeking ideas to create a new logo for the Society and will provide $500 to the Winner of a Logo Design Contest! Anyone may submit their ideas (so please share with students or friends), and we've made it easy. Just download the one page Instructions as background, and then forward your ideas as a jpeg file with a signed Release Form to TMS no later than June 1, 2016. The winning logo (selected in August), and ideas from other submissions, may then be used in a new logo for TMS.
Click here for Background Information and for the Release Form.
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INSERT NEW
TMS
LOGO HERE!
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Technical Papers and General Interest Papers Needed for TMS Journal
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T  he Masonry Society is seeking quality technical papers for publication in the TMS Journal. Both research topics and general interest topics will be considered.
For information on submitting a paper, visit the Journal Page on the TMS website.
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Other Opportunities, Deadlines, and Events
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Below are important reminders and events you may want to be aware of:
- Attention Masonry Researchers. The University of Florida was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant that supports research aimed at improving safety of homes and businesses exposed to hurricanes and tornadoes. UF's Powell Family Structures and Materials Laboratory is among seven labs in the nation with the designation of "Experimental Facilities" under the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) program, and one of only two solely dedicated to studying extreme wind events. The UF facilities are available for use by NSF-funded researchers working on wind engineering projects. The UF Facility includes a Multi-Axial Wind Load System (MAWLS) system designed to test walls, components, or cladding specimens up to 18 ft tall by 24 ft wide. This unique test platform is a large-scale dynamic wind effects simulator that imposes dynamic wind pressure in combination with static in-plane shear or uplift forces. If you are interested in submitting an NSF proposal that makes use of the MAWLS or other equipment at the UF facilities, please contact Dr. Trey Hamilton, MTMS (hrh@ce.ufl.edu).
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Dr. Lawrence F. Kahn, Professor Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology, FTMS, FACI, has received ACI's Henry L. Kennedy Award at ACI's 2016 Spring Convention for "outstanding leadership in the development of a standard for repair of existing concrete buildings and in recognition of his research contributions for repair of concrete masonry structural members.
ASTM International's Committee on Performance of Buildings (E06) has presented its top annual award - the Award of Merit - to
Paul G.
Johnson of
SmithGroup JJ
R
, Inc, MTMS. The prestigious award, which includes the accompanying title of fellow, is ASTM's highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards
Dr. Antonio Nanni of the University of Miami, MTMS, FACI, has been elected to serve on ACI's Board of Direction. His term started at the conclusion of the ACI 2016 Spring Convention.
An ACI Sustainability Award was presented to
Larry Rowland of Lehigh White Cement Co., MTMS, at ACI's 2016 Spring Convention.
Steven M. Talafous of Buildings Consulting Group, Inc., MTMS, has been presented with the Award of Merit from ASTM, which includes the title of Fellow, the highest recognition for individual contributions to developing standards. Talfous was honored for his exceptional contributions in creating water penetration tests for masonry and extraction and testing of clay masonry specimens.
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Welcome New Members of TMS!
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Member
Joaquin Bermudez,
SOHA Engineers
Richard William Morrison,
NCMA
Jay W. Snyder,
Masonry Accessories, Inc.
Junior
Laura Mae Redmond,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Office Closed May 30 & July 4. Order Delays?
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In observance of Memorial Day and Independence Day, TMS's office will be closed on May 30, and on July 4th. In addition, be advised that the office may be unstaffed on other days over the summer due to business travel and vacation of staff members. Thus please leave extra time for orders and for replies from staff.
We hope you have wonderful Memorial Day and Independence Day Weekends and enjoyable summers.
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Interested in Learning More about TMS?
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The Masonry Society is an international gathering of people interested in the art and science of masonry whose mission is to advance the knowledge of masonry. While a relatively small group, TMS's membership is very active and productive, generating standards, design guides, construction specifications, and evaluation and repair recommendations, while sharing masonry knowledge through seminars, papers, and mentoring programs. If you are interested in learning more about what TMS does, or wish to share your own knowledge, please contact us at any time.
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Notice on Unsubscribing & Forwarding Messages
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Important information regarding TMS emails & Constant Contact.
To forward TMS emails, E-Newsletter, and Announcements that are sent via Constant Contact, use the Forward button at the bottom of the newsletters to ensure that if one of your contacts hits the "Unsubscribe" button at the bottom, that they don't unsubscribe you. The problem with the Forward button though is that it only allows you to Forward to a limited number of email addresses (7). For longer lists, you may have to do this several times. Alternatively, you could Forward the email with a personal note at the top, explaining that if they do not wish to receive the TMS forwarded messages from you, that they contact you directly to be removed from your particular email list.
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If you are a TMS Member, sit on a TMS committee, you should not "unsubscribe" as your email is essential to your membership and is used for committee balloting.
Likewise, if you have requested to be on one of our mailing lists, you should also not click unsubscribe because by doing so, you will be removed from the distribution list. If you choose to use the Unsubscribe button on this page, you will not receive future TMS New Briefs, TMS Sustainability E-News, committee news, and notices of upcoming seminars, activities and opportunities. If you have any questions about our email policy or you would like to be added to our mailing list please contact TMS at:
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