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Expenses (2016) $3,955,412. Staff (2016) 23. Website. ncma.org. The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) is a United States trade association of manufacturers of concrete and masonry products. [2] The association was founded in 1918. NCMA publishes methods and specifications, which are used by the industry, and are cited within ...
EN 1996-1-2 deals with the design of masonry structures for the accidental situation of fire exposure, and is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 1996-1-1, EN 1996-2, 1996-3 and EN 1991-1-2. This part only identifies differences from, or supplements to, normal temperature design and it deals only with passive methods of fire protection.
Mortar (masonry) Mortar is a workable paste which hardens to bind building blocks such as stones, bricks, and concrete masonry units, to fill and seal the irregular gaps between them, spread the weight of them evenly, and sometimes to add decorative colours or patterns to masonry walls. In its broadest sense, mortar includes pitch, asphalt, and ...
Bond beam. A bond beam is a horizontal structural element, usually found as an embedded part of a masonry wall assembly. The bond beam serves to impart horizontal strength to a wall where it may not otherwise be braced by floor or roof structure. Bond beams encase steel reinforcing in grout or concrete, binding the structure together ...
Course (architecture) A course is a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall. It can also be defined as a continuous row of any masonry unit such as bricks, concrete masonry units (CMU), stone, shingles, tiles, etc. [1] Coursed masonry construction arranges units in regular courses. Oppositely, coursed rubble masonry construction ...
A cavity wallis a type of wall that has an airspace between the outer face and the inner, usually structural, construction.[1] The skins typically are masonry, such as brick or cinder block. Masonry is an absorbentmaterial that can retain rainwater or condensation. One function of the cavity is to drain water through weepholes at the base of ...
Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar. The term masonry can also refer to the building units (stone, brick, etc.) themselves. The common materials of masonry construction are bricks and building stone, rocks ...
Insulating concrete form or insulated concrete form (ICF) is a system of formwork for reinforced concrete usually made with a rigid thermal insulation that stays in place as a permanent interior and exterior substrate for walls, floors, and roofs. The forms are interlocking modular units that are dry-stacked (without mortar) and filled with ...