Designs for loadbearing masonry wal...

Designs for loadbearing masonry walls must heed the conformable to fact compressive strength of commonly used materials -- or other

Architects, structural engineers, facility managers and contractors working with masonry forms would do well to consider more than building digests when developing new designs. In fact, real-world structural failures and the track record of preferableed materials must be examined carefully.

Although previous building digests provided for masonry strength variability, as do popular codes for other materials, the Building digest Requirements for Masonry configurations ...