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TMS Centralized Education Hub Approved
Consultants Needed to Create, Review, & Present
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 |  | A proposal from The Masonry Society (TMS) to create a Centralized Education Hub for the Concrete Masonry Checkoff program has received preliminary approval and contracting is underway, with hopes to begin development in early 2024. This proposal is the result of recommendations from the Masonry Education Summit hosted by TMS this past spring, and surveys distributed by TMS last winter. TMS will create 3 sub-hubs to help educators at colleges and universities, students studying architecture, engineering, and construction management, and Architects, Engineers, and Construction Managers (AEC) with how to design, specify, detail, and construct concrete masonry systems. TMS will also be creating at least 20 1-hour long educational sessions, and at least 10 "shorts" on various concrete masonry design and construction topics. The centralized hub will have an "Education and Events Calendar" so that those presenting educational sessions, seminars, workshops, and events can post notices on these sessions in a common area so that architects, engineers, construction managers, and others living in other areas are aware of them. Recorded sessions will be posted in all of the sub-hubs for easy access.
To develop these resources, TMS will be hiring a number of consultants to develop content, review it, and present it. If you are interested in receiving more information on the needs and plans, and wish to be considered for this work, please complete the form here.
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Sustainability E-News Sponsors Sought
An Economical Way to Reach Thousands 24 times a Year
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Started more than a dozen years ago, the Sustainability E-News is looking forward to another successful year that will feature 24 issues, distributed twice monthly to a direct list of over 5,000 with widespread sharing by others. Considering the large distribution, the regular releases, and open rates that typically greatly exceed industry averages, please consider sponsoring this valuable and widely read resource.
Sponsors are recognized in every issue as well as on the website for the electronic newsletter with both a logo and a link.
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Spring Virtual Meetings: April 10-25
Mark Your Calendars!
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The Masonry Society's 2024 Spring Meetings will be held virtually from April 10 through the 25th, which hopefully will allow more members to attend and engage. To reduce virtual meeting "fatigue", there are typically only a few meetings being held each day. A draft schedule is posted here, and registration information will be sent in early 2024.
In addition to the "work" schedule shown, a social event (perhaps a trivia night, or escape room) are being planned. We may also be introducing TMS's new Executive Director at Town Hall, and we may have a virtual send off for our current Director later in the meetings.
Watch the website for details in early 2024 for updates and registration information, but mark you calendars now!
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MDG-22 Published - Order Now! | |
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Completely updated to the 2022 TMS 402/602, ASCE/SEI 7-22, and with commentary on masonry provisions coming in the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), the Masonry Designers' Guide -2022 (MDG-22) is now available. The MDG-2022 is a valuable reference for engineers, contractors, architects, inspectors, building code authorities, and educators. Initial chapters address materials, testing, quality assurance, quality control, and construction methods with reference to specific provisions of the 2022 TMS 402 Code and TMS 602 Specification. Subsequent chapters illustrate fundamental design concepts and demonstrate how to apply Code provisions to structural design of common masonry members.More than 150 design examples are included.
The MDG-22 is available in both printed and electronic format. Bundles of the MDG-22 with TMS 402/602-22 are also available.
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Masonry Educators Workshop Scheduled
Mark Your Calendars for June 5-7 in Buffalo, NY
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The Masonry Society, along with industry sponsors and supporters, is planning a 2024 Masonry Educators' Workshop (MEW) at the University at Buffalo, NY on June 5-7. The MEW is a forum for faculty who are teaching masonry or who are interested in adding masonry to their curriculum, learn about the design, specification, construction, and evaluation of masonry. Effective and innovative ways to teach this information to their students are discussed. The goal of MEW is simple: to assist educators with teaching masonry so that future designers and construction managers are comfortable using masonry on their projects. | |  |
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Additional information is being loaded to the draft website at https://masonrysociety.org/2024mew/. Watch for updates this winter but save the dates! | |
TMS Accepting Proposals for 15th North American Masonry Conference | |
The Masonry Society (TMS) is accepting proposals for the 15th North American Masonry Conference (NAMC) to be held in 2027. Those interested should contact Phillip Samblanet for a sample proposal from the highly successful 14NAMC to help guide them on key aspects to include in their proposals. Organizers are compensated for their leadership efforts. | |
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Masonry Standards Online
TMS 402/602-16 Available. Work nearly complete on TMS 402/602-22
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The Masonry Society (TMS) is pleased to offer TMS 402/602-16, Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures on its new Masonry Standards Online (MSO). The MSO platform offers easy access to TMS’ masonry standards, enhanced commentary, complete internal linking, deep searching capabilities, and numerous other features and options. Additional standards will be offered this winter. Read more about special features here!
Work on posting the 2022 Edition of these standards is underway, and could be available by years end. Watch the website for details.
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Women in Masonry Award Fund Growing
Donate Today!
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Over $12,500 has already been donated to the newly created Women in Masonry Award Fund, which was created in June to increase female participation with The Masonry Society, with a focus on new members. The Women in Masonry Award is a great opportunity for TMS Members & Friends to nominate a local woman to learn more about masonry and all that TMS has to offer. By providing this opportunity, the Women in Masonry award aims to increase the number of professionals familiar with masonry.
The goal in this fundraising effort is $25,000 by the Fall 2024 annual meetings and $100,000 by the fall of 2028, which would be held as permanently restricted corpus funds so that only earned interest will be used to support awards.
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Existing Masonry Pre-Standard Development | |
The Existing Masonry Guidelines (EMG) Task Group of The Masonry Society’s Existing Masonry Committee is holding a group summit in the first quarter of 2024. This 4-day long summit of key technical personnel from the United States and Canada is being planned to draft a comprehensive set of guidelines for existing masonry, written as a draft pre-standard. This draft will be submitted to TMS’s Existing Masonry Committee and will be subjected to the rigorous balloting and public comment process following TMS rules. If supported, the draft will be fine-tuned into a mandatory language standard for Existing Masonry, similar to TMS 402/602 for new construction and similar to ACI 562 for concrete. Once completed, TMS would suggest it for possible adoption by the International Existing Building Code (IEBC), and for cross-reference in other standards, such as ASCE 41. The Summit is full at this time and cannot accept additional participants; however, TMS welcomes corporate, individual, and industry sponsorship in support of this effort as described more fully here. Those interested in the outcomes of the Summit should apply for membership in the Existing Masonry Committee. For additional information, contact Heather Sustersic, Task Group Chair. | |
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Dues Renewal reminder: If you haven't done so yet, please renew your membership dues for 2024 before the end of the year to continue to receive member benefits including discounts on publications and events, a free listing in the Masonry Consultant & Speaker Directory, and more, while helping to support the Society and its mission to advance the knowledge of masonry. If you aren't a member, please consider joining here.
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Donate to Scholarship Funds: As 2023 comes to an end, please consider donating to one of TMS' Scholarship Funds.
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Learn and Earn on TMS's Masonry Education Hub!
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TMS Members receive:
- TMS Journal
- TMS Responds
- Access to the Paper Database
- Free Recorded Webinars
- Free Listing in the Consultant and Speaker Database
- Discounts of 25% or more on TMS Publications, Meetings, Seminars, Webinars, and more!
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Welcome New Members of TMS! | |
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Member
Bruce Augustin, Masonry Institute of St. Louis
Eric Borchers, KAI Hawaii, Inc.
Elizabeth A. Clarke, Structure Groups
Ryan Cyr, Wright-Pierce
Francisco De Caso, University of Miami
Larry J. Foster, Foster Inspections LLC
Michael D. Hovar, Raba Kistner, Inc.
John Kelly, KDG, Inc.
Justin Lanier, Apex Technology
Tyler Meek, McLaren Engineering Group
Everet Megli, Respec
Brian Mucha, BME Engineering, Inc.
Dawn Peterson, Neumann/Smith Architecture
Denise Poeltler, The Flying Buttress
Semsi Rakici, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gregory Ranft, PS&S
Donald Schehl, TBA & Associates
Dustin Stibal, WT Construction Inc.
Jeff Tew
Terry Viness, Sto Corp.
John Wells
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Junior
Esther Baas, MSS INC
Angel Hsu
Ana Lopez, Buehler Engineering, Inc.
Sydney Johnson Morgan, Shear Structural
Student
Po Bailou, Ohio University
Nicholas Divilbiss, Kansas State University
Jacob Doub
Morgan Hecker, Kansas State University
Zachary Kelvington, Kansas State University
Ryan Leong, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
George Luetje, Kansas State University
Angie Marin, University of Alberta
Deirdre Rafferty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sama M. Saleem, Kansas State University
Ben Schulz, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Brisa Silvestre, Kansas State University
Abigail Snyder, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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