Roles

Increases in population, urbanization, and changes in climate have placed increasing numbers of the US population into areas that are subjected to higher and more damaging winds.   This increase in risk has prompted a response by the building codes.  In

Masonry Structural Coalitions

In 2011, the Homer, Mich., school district began a building project. The plans included the construction of a new high school/middle school adjoining the existing K–8 building, demolition of the old high school and replacement of the existing brick venee