Masonry Magazine May 2002 Page. 38
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# MASONRY ALLIANCE FOR CODES AND STANDARDS MEETS IN WASHINGTON, DC
On March 14th and 15th, the Masonry Alliance for Codes and Standards (MACS) met in Washington DC at the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA). This was the first MACS meeting since the selection of the new executive board. The President is Charles Clark of the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA), the Vice-President is Mark Kluver of the Portland Cement Association (PCA), the Secretary is Waseem Kahn of the Brick Industry Association (BIA), and the Treasurer is Tom Wimp of the Kentuckiana Masonry Institute. MACS consist of over The majority of the time was spent tracking the progress of the MACS submitted code changes to the International Building Code (IBC) and the International Residential Code (IRC). The IBC is finishing its current code cycle for the 2003 International Codes; therefore it was critical that these changes be made soon. It was also decided at this meeting which code changes submitted by other organizations MACS would either support or oppose. Other topics of discussion included the OSHA steel erection standard.
The Masonry Society (TMS) decided over a year ago, that they would enter the code arena in order to support the reference of all TMS Standards, including the ACI 530/TMS 602/ASCE 5 Masonry Standards Joint Committee Code (MSJC). This decision has sparked quite a bit of debate over the past year and this meeting was no different. Mr. Phillip Samblanet, the Executive Director of TMS, came to the MACS meeting in order to share and exchange information concerning TMS's position on code changes. When Mr. Samblanet mentioned that there might be times when TMS may be opposed to MACS on some code changes that were not consistent with the MSJC, the members of MACS were upset. There was considerable conversation about this possible public division of the masonry industry on the ICC Code floor. Some felt as though there should never be any instance where there should be a public division of the industry. TMS held the position of consistency. They felt as though if they were to stand in opposition to some MSJC challenges and not all, their integrity may be questioned. This debate is one that was not resolved at this meeting, however, both sides agreed to continue to work together when working on the ICC Codes.
# FOURTH ANNUAL NEW PRODUCTS FORUM SETS ATTENDANCE RECORD
St. Louis, MO-"What's new?" was the question and the Masonry Institute of St. Louis (MISL) had the answers on display at its Fourth Annual New Products Forum, held February 12-13 at the Masonry Centre in Richmond Heights. All things masonry held center stage while hundreds of local architects, engineers, mason contractors and building code officals browsed the attactive displays.
"I'm happy to see that the interest in this annual event continues to grow," said Edgar F. Glock, Jr. executive director of the MISL and organizer of the Forum. "The strength of the turnout illustrates why St. Louis remains in the forefront of the national masonry industry."
Industry exhibitors included Acme Brick, Kirchner Block & Brick, Carter-Waters, Dennis Morgan & Assoc., Raineri Construction Products, Cold Spring Granite, Richards Brick Co., Thermal Corp. of America, Classic Stone, RNC Enterprises, Masonry & Glass Systems, Indiana Limestone Institute, Simpson Materials, Advanced Building Products, Lehigh Portland Cement Co., Semco Distributing, Mason Contractors Assoc., Arriscraft, J.S. Keller & Assoc., M & L. Sales Co., Goedecke Co., David Hackett & Assoc., Irwin Products, Enloe Enterprise and Construction Marketing Assoc.
The Masonry Institute of St. Louis (Masonrystl.org) serves as an educational and informational resource for those interested in masonry design and construction.
# TIME TABLE
May 16-18, 2002
MSJC Meetings
Holiday Inn Downtown
Calgary, Cananda
June 25-26, 2002
ASTM Committee Meeting
C12-Mortars
Little America Inn
Salt Lake City, Utah
June 25-28, 2002
ASTM Committee
Meeting
C15-Masonry Units
Little America Inn
Salt Lake City, Utah
June 27-30, 2002
CSI Show
Las Vegas, Nevada
March 12-15, 2003
2003 Masonry Showcase/
MCAA Annual Meeting
Tampa, Florida
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