M R. WEGMANN'S treatise has been before the public for so long that we imagine its general features will be more or less familiar to all who are engaged in the domain of waterworks engineering. The ...

When designing a loadbearing masonry structure, certain rules of thumb can help building designers, owners and contractors estimate typical loads and sizes that walls and columns experience. Keeping ...

Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...

PCA's sixth edition of the "Concrete Masonry Handbook for Architects, Engineers, and Builders" highlights recent advancements in concrete masonry, enabling the design and construction of residential, ...

What will concrete masonry structures look like in the future? That’s a question for Khaled Galal, professor and associate chair of Concordia’s Department of Building, Civil and Environmental ...

The relationship between architects and masonry design has undergone a fundamental shift. Traditionally, architects could rely on builders and specialist subcontractors to sort out the technical ...