Masonry Magazine July 2001 Page. 16
Ocala Firm Chooses Structural Brick
Barrineau Engineering, Inc. chose structural brick for their new 5,600 square feet office building in Oakhurst Professional Park. Ocala, Florida has long been known as "Brick City" because of the numerous buildings and city streets that have been constructed with brick. Mr. Barrineau said, "I was looking for that visual appeal that would provide the professional office atmosphere, while keeping with the long standing use of brick in Ocala. I also hired David Pillsbury, Architectural Designer, of Lines of Ocala, Inc. to help me obtain the desired look."
Additionally, as the engineer responsible for the structural design of the building, Mr. Barrineau was interested in the savings provided by the use of structural brick, which allowed the elimination of wood-framed, load bearing perimeter walls. "As the owner, I realized a savings of approximately $8,000."
"The structure has a 6:12 and 3:12 roof pitch and is in a 100 mph wind zone which presented a few special loading conditions from the roof system. The building constructed by Fabian Construction, Inc. of Ocala, has turned out to be the showcase of the Professional Park," Barrineau said.
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Structural brick units also make an excellent choice for privacy walls, entrance walls, and sound barrier walls (see Photos 4, 5, and 6). Again, why lay two or three wythes of brick when you need only one? Single-wythe, structural brick walls can take the place of double-wythe bonded walls or concrete masonry unit (CMU) walls faced on both sides with brick veneer.
Many brick units in standard production today, including wire-cut, and through body units provide a very pleasing look on both sides of the wall. Some manufacturers also produce units which are color-coated on both sides making a single-wythe wall a very attractive and very practical design.
Structural brick walls can be built using one of two different construc- (more on page 18)
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