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Structural Masonry Design Seminar |
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| Date: |
July 17, 2008 |
| Time: |
7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 12:00 Seminar
12:00 Lunch |
| Cost: |
$150** SPECIAL PRICE
$350 Regular Price - ($770 value! )
**$200 per Attendee graciously sponsored by the Masonry Association of Florida, Inc - Central Chapter! |
| Location: |
Mid-Florida Tech
2900 West Oak Ridge Rd.
Bldg. 1600
Orlando, Florida 32809 |
| Questions? |
info@masonryeducation.org |
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All attendees will receive [4] Four CEU's and receive a complete set of speaker’s notes, 8 example problems AND the National Concrete Masonry Association’s newly updated (Version 4.1) Masonry Wall, Column and Lintel Design Software (a $370 value)
Provider number: FBPE Provider # 0004507 Credit Code: 0000107 For more information about CEU's please contact Deb Bartolucci.
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 Structural Masonry Design Brochure
Software Brochure | |
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| Course Objectives:
This intensive half-day course will help you:
- LEARN the design software’s analysis capability, including exploration of all required loading combinations, and design for the most critical case.
- EXPLORE & COMPARE different design codes (including IBC 2006 & MSJC 2005), strength design and allowable stress designs.
- MAKE design decisions using a wealth of graphically displayed information.
- DESIGN masonry walls & lintels more accurately and give your clients more economical designs.
- REDUCE design time and potential for error.
- UNDERSTAND un-reinforced & reinforced masonry, shear walls, columns, design of reinforced concrete or masonry lintels, and valuable design fundamentals.
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| About the Instructor:
Russell Brown, P.E., Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at Clemson University and chaired the Flexure and Axial Loads Subcommittee of the Masonry Standards Joint Committee during the 2005 code cycle. He is immediate past chair of the ASTM C-15 committee on Manufactured Units. Dr. Brown is Secretary/Treasurer of The Masonry Society. He has conducted research on behavior and design of masonry structures and components, and several of the current code provisions are based on his research. He teaches a course in structural design of masonry and has conducted over 150 seminars on masonry design and codes. Dr. Brown is a co-author with Dr. James K. Nelson of the software being distributed at this seminar. |
| Agenda: |
| 7:30 AM |
Registration & Breakfast |
| 8:00 AM |
- Overview of software scope and capabilities
- Discussion of Code Provisions
- Masonry lintel design
- Reinforced concrete lintel design
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| 10:15 AM |
Break |
| 10:30 AM |
- Design of walls for out-of-plane loads – reinforced, un-reinforced, and with un-centered reinforcing, strength design and allowable stress design.
- Design of shear wall – reinforced and unreinforced, strength and allowable stress design
- Design of masonry column (time permitting)
- Questions & answers
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| 12:00 |
Lunch & Adjourn | |
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