For full details, please visit the course page, hosted on the CMDC learning platform, LearnMasonry.ca

In-class Session Schedule

Friday, January 24th

8:00am to 6:30pm (breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided)

Saturday January 25th

8:00am to 12:30pm (breakfast and lunch provided)

Friday, February 7th

8:00am to 6:30pm (breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided)

Saturday February 8th

8:00am to 12:30pm (breakfast and lunch provided)

Friday, January 28th

8:00am to 6:30pm (breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided)

Saturday January 29th

8:00am to 12:30pm (breakfast and lunch provided)

Topics covered

Click the weekend heading to expand the topics for each.

Please refer to the official course information page for current and up-to-date course details.

Online – Supplemental eLearning

In addition to the in-class component a number of lessons will be made available through our online learning platform. These additional topics are included in your fee and can be taken at anytime during the course. These added lessons will provide designers with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of masonry design and will cover topics such as:

• MASS Design Software:
  • Design of Masonry Beams
  • Design of Out-of-Plane Walls
  • Design of Masonry Shear Walls
  • Shear Wall Load Distribution with Openings and Movement Joints
• General Overview of Changes from 2004 to 2014 CSA Masonry Materials, Construction and Design Standards
• Masonry Materials:
  • Specialty Mortars, Clay Brick, Connectors and Stone Products
  • Case Studies and Diagnostics of Masonry Veneers
• Masonry Beams:
  • Design of Brick Beams, Deep Beams and Prestressed Beams
  • Modified Compression Field Theory and Shear Design of Masonry Beams using the 2014 Standard
  • Support of Masonry and Bearing Design, Using Movement Joints for Structural Applications and Arching of Masonry over Openings
• Masonry Shear Walls:
  • Unreinforced Masonry, Floor Connections and Intersecting Walls
  • Multi-Storey Shear Walls and Introduction to Seismic Design
• Masonry Out-of-Plane Walls:
  • Unreinforced Masonry
  • Intersecting Walls and Stack Pattern Masonry
  • Design Assumptions: Smeared versus Discrete Partially-Grouted Masonry

Full details can be found on the course website on CMDC’s online learning platform: LearnMasonry.ca

We are pleased to announce that the Canada Masonry Design Centre (CMDC) is offering two seminars at the Canadian Concrete Expo. The seminar content includes Locating and Detailing Movement Joints In Masonry Systems and Improved Earthquake Design For New Resilient Masonry Post-Disaster Buildings. These seminars offer an opportunity to network and discuss technical issues directly with CMDC staff. The two seminars will take place at the Canadian Concrete Expo on Wednesday Feb. 6, 2019. To register online for the expo please click here.

For full details, please visit the course page, hosted on the CMDC learning platform, LearnMasonry.ca

In-class Session Schedule

Friday, April 13th

12:00pm to 6:30pm (lunch and dinner provided)

Saturday April 14th

8:30am to 5:00pm (breakfast and lunch provided)

Friday, April 27th

12:00pm to 6:30pm (lunch and dinner provided)

Saturday April 28th

8:30am to 5:00pm (breakfast and lunch provided)

Topics covered

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Weekend 1

• Overview of Masonry Construction, Design and Standards
• Introduction to Masonry Materials and Assemblages
• Masonry Beams:
  • Ultimate Limit States Shear and Flexure
  • Serviceability Limit States
  • Detailing
  • Design Examples
• Masonry Shear Walls:
  • Ultimate Limit States Shear and Flexure
  • Serviceability Limit States
  • Detailing
  • Design Examples

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Weekend 2

• Out-of-Plane Masonry Walls:
  • Ultimate Limit States Shear and Flexure
  • Interaction Diagram
  • Deflection, Second Order Effects, and Slenderness
  • Serviceability Limit States
  • Detailing
  • Design Examples
• Single Storey Buildings:
  • Load Calculation
  • Load Distribution around Openings and Movement Joints
  • Design Examples:
    • Individual Structural Elements
    • Full Structure Example

Online – Supplemental eLearning

In addition to the in-class component a number of lessons will be made available through our online learning platform. These additional topics are included in your fee and can be taken at anytime during the course. These added lessons will provide designers with a deeper and more nuanced understanding of masonry design and will cover topics such as:

• MASS Design Software:
  • Design of Masonry Beams
  • Design of Out-of-Plane Walls
  • Design of Masonry Shear Walls
  • Shear Wall Load Distribution with Openings and Movement Joints
• General Overview of Changes from 2004 to 2014 CSA Masonry Materials, Construction and Design Standards
• Masonry Materials:
  • Specialty Mortars, Clay Brick, Connectors and Stone Products
  • Case Studies and Diagnostics of Masonry Veneers
• Masonry Beams:
  • Design of Brick Beams, Deep Beams and Prestressed Beams
  • Modified Compression Field Theory and Shear Design of Masonry Beams using the 2014 Standard
  • Support of Masonry and Bearing Design, Using Movement Joints for Structural Applications and Arching of Masonry over Openings
• Masonry Shear Walls:
  • Unreinforced Masonry, Floor Connections and Intersecting Walls
  • Multi-Storey Shear Walls and Introduction to Seismic Design
• Masonry Out-of-Plane Walls:
  • Unreinforced Masonry
  • Intersecting Walls and Stack Pattern Masonry
  • Design Assumptions: Smeared versus Discrete Partially-Grouted Masonry

Full details can be found on the course website on CMDC’s online learning platform: LearnMasonry.ca

This seminar will provide a unique overview of the engineering procedures for the out-of-plane design of masonry walls in combination with MASS^TM software. This seminar will include a detailed look at the engineering logic used in the creation of interaction diagrams for masonry walls. Slenderness effects and limits will be discussed with a focus on the application of the moment magnifier method and the determination of service load deflections. Various aspects of the construction of masonry walls and the CSA masonry standards are introduced throughout, creating a holistic view of the masonry design process for out-of-plane walls.

The half day seminar will cover:

• Relevant masonry codes and standards
• Introduction to masonry materials
• Introduction to reinforced masonry design
• Design of reinforced masonry out-of-plane walls with slenderness effects
• Detailed practical design examples of slender reinforced masonry walls

Date

Tuesday, June 6^th, 2017 Noon – 4:30pm

Location

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel

COST

$250+tax—Lunch +Design Seminar
$450+tax—Day Pass: Includes Breakfast, 13^th Canadian Masonry Symposium Tuesday Morning Technical Sessions, Lunch, Design Seminar, and Awards Banquet

Seminar Speakers

Joe Wierzbicki M.A.Sc., P.Eng.
Masonry Design Engineer

Monica Guzman, M.Sc., P.Eng.
Masonry Design Engineer

Please click here to download the Registration Form 

Presented across Canada by RDH Building Science Laboratories experts, this half-day seminar series will provide up-to-date information on new thermal control requirements (and those on the horizon) and how to meet and exceed these requirements with concrete products and systems solutions.

The Canada Masonry Design Centre is excited to announce that the 13th Canadian Masonry Symposium will be hosted in partnership with Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The 13th Symposium follows what have been very successful symposiums in cities including Vancouver, Toronto, Banff, and Hamilton.

The date is set for June 4th through the 7th, 2017 and it will be held at the Marriott Halifax Harbourfront Hotel which is right downtown and also situated along the waterfront. Registration will not open until January 31st, 2017 so be sure to save the date so that you will be able to make it.

For updates as they are announced, be sure to check out the 13th Symposium website at 13thcms.com or check back here, on the CMDC website for all the latest news.