Join us for an afternoon of structural masonry education with Sam Rubenzer and Pat Conway!

Date: Thursday, December 5

11:30am-12noon: Lunch & registration
12:00 - 1:00pm: Masonry Design Checklist
1:00 - 2:00pm: Innovations in Structural Masonry Design
2:15 - 3:15pm: An Architect’s Perspective of Structural Masonry

Location
North Liberty Community Center
Gerdin Conference Center #2 (lower level)
520 W Cherry Street
North Liberty, IA 52317

Attendees will earn up to 3 hours of learning units for attending. AIA credit for AIA/HSW have been submitted.

CLICK TO REGISTER: Half Day Seminar: Structural Masonry Engineering

PROGRAMMING DESCRIPTIONS

Masonry Design Checklist – Sam Rubenzer, PE, SE,  FORSE Consulting
In this session, we develop a checklist for masonry design. The important part of the checklist is that the designs be: optimal and efficient, safe and reliable, and constructible. Each item from the checklist will be supported by current industry standards.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop Checklist of important items for masonry design and construction
• Review important aspect of masonry design criteria
• Discuss best practices for element design
• Consider the impact of efficient and effective designs in case studies
  
  

Innovations in Structural Masonry Design – Sam Rubenzer, PE, SE, FORSE Consulting 
Join us for a discussion on innovative masonry techniques by leading experts in the field. They will showcase the interrelationship between masonry materials, architecture, engineering, and construction. Explore innovative structural masonry solutions that can positively impact constructability issues, schedule, and cost. We’ll explore masonry prefabrication, low carbon mix designs, and innovative attachment methods.

Learning objectives:

• Discuss how prefabrication masonry can help achieve challenging constructability issues.
• Discover how masonry can be prefabricated on or off site to impact delivery.
• Hear how collaboration across different disciplines and project teams lead to successful innovative solutions.
• Get inspired by innovative masonry case studies that add value, usefulness, and appreciation to masonry design and construction.
  
  

An Architect’s Perspective of Structural Masonry – Pat Conway, AIA, International Masonry Institute

While an architect’s focus is on the overall vision and design aesthetics, engineers bring their technical expertise to ensure the structural soundness of masonry structures. In this program, you will hear what engineers should understand about masonry design from the architect’s perspective. Attendees will review the masonry wall assembly as well as evaluate the architectural implications of proper structural masonry design.

Learning objectives:

1. Review masonry wall assembly options: pros and cons
2. Acquire insights into architectural implications of proper structural masonry design
3. Learn how veneer lintel design impacts moisture, movement, and thermal control
4. Understand challenges of steel & masonry interfaces

Speaker Bios:

Sam Rubenzer: Sam has 20 years of experience in structural engineering. Sam founded FORSE Consulting in January of 2010 and continues to assist structural engineers with designs on a wide variety of projects, building types, and uses of software programs from Bentley, RISA, TEKLA, IES, SCIA, and others.  He and his staff work hard to master each of the programs used by structural engineers and create presentations comparing the attributes of different software tools.

Pat Conway: Pat is a registered architect in Wisconsin. He is a distinguished national masonry author and speaker. He is a prolific presenter on masonry wall system topics, including flashing, movement control, high-performance masonry wall systems, air barriers, efficient wall design, structural masonry concepts, masonry drawings and specifications review, modern open-jointed rainscreen veneer systems, creative masonry design, masonry lintels, single-wythe masonry walls, lessons-learned from the job site, and adhered veneers.