Publish Date – 1 June 2013
In his Kenneth Severn 2013 Award-winning paper, Joshua Macabuag advocates the adoption of a systems approach to the delivery of resilient buildings and infrastructure.
The three forms of masonry are brick, concrete block and stone. This note introduces the first two as the most common forms of cladding – at least for concrete and steel-framed structures in the UK.
This note concerns the design of masonry walls subject to lateral loads (i.e., those used as a cladding element). It discusses material assessment, restraint, geometry and exposure conditions.