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Do you think sorting through the ever-changing sea of masonry codes and standards can be a daunting task? If so, you aren’t alone.

Our Masonry Code and Specification: Where do they come from?

Do you think sorting through the ever-changing sea of masonry codes and standards can be a daunting task? If so, you aren???t alone.

Article 1: Introduction to Quantum Computing

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The interior walls and labor costs by as much as 30 percent.

Although the company is excited by the progress being made, they do believe there is a place for Mason Bond for some of the conventional masonry market. Several masonry home

With numerous types of anchors on the market, especially for steel stud assemblies, and anchor styles that feature either a single attachment or dual attachment, it can be difficult for designers to verify whether a product will successfully maintain a p

Our Masonry Code and Specification: Where do they come from?
BY RICHARD E. KLINGNER

Note: In this article, the process used to produce our masonry design code and specification in the United States is reviewed, with emphasis on how that pro

Units of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) are most commonly laid using thin-bed mortar and can be used for bearing-wall masonry. Design provisions for AAC masonry are given in the MSJC Code, and construction requirements are given in the Masonry Standar

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contents MASONRY
MASON RY
Autoclaved
Aerated Concrete
Volume 47, Number 6
June 2008

features
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New and Improved:
Adjustable Scaffolding

A look at anything and everything new

ONE-PIECE

Vew
BLOK-FLASH for CMU Exterior Walls
sharper-sloped interior
Surface drains even faster!
by Mortar Net
New built-in "bridge" deflects
descending moisture into adjacent
Blok-Flash pan! (Saves an entire

ADJUSTABLE SCAFFOLDING

jobsite, so you're always going to have an OSHA-compliant mudsill for your scaffolding. On jobsites, wood mudsills tend to get used for things besides scaffolding, leaving masonry contractors without a vital piece to thei

Metal is more durable than wood, and the mudsills stay with the scaffolding when you pick it up to move it," Bridges says. EZ Scaffold also has steel inside boards. "People love these. They are the boards between the towers. They are cut to fit, are more

ADJUSTABLE
SCAFFOLDING

mast climbers, yet the two systems complement each other, Bridges says.

"Adjustable scaffolding works well with mast climbers," he says. "They fill holes in the wall or can be installed next to mast climbers.

Time, labor savers
RECENT IMPROVEMENTS to scaffold systems allow masonry contractors to save time, labor and money. Non-Stop's Rack Brackets let contractors take down their stop towers, and then clamp them together in a compact, four-foot-wide bundl

BLADES
Although technologically advanced blades cost more than standard blades, masonry contractors get more cuts per blade, which offsets the cost.

"What's happening in the industry is, the diamond quality is continuing to improve," Delaha

DMX

The MK-762 DMX (Diamond Matrix) Supreme blade from MK Diamond Products uses an "arrayed pattern" of diamonds to cut a broad range of materials with maximum performance, Delahaut says. "It's designed to give the contractor the ability to cut