The Masonry Society 2016 Annual Meeting 

The 2016 Annual Meeting of The Masonry Society will be held in Raleigh,North Carolina at the Doubletree Brownstone Hotel October 7-11, 2016. A stimulating and educational program has been planned for your enjoyment and professional development. Network with other masonry professionals at the exciting social events (separate registration fees may apply). For detailed information on the Annual Meeting and Events, please see the brochure here.

Social Events include:

• Arrival Day Event
• TMS Member / Guest Reception
  
• TMS Awards Luncheon
• An Evening of Bluegrass, BBQ, and Beer 
• North Carolina Art Museum and Park Tour
• An Informal Walking Tour of NCSU with Patrick Rand

General Session (Saturday, October 8) topics include:

• Sustainable Cladding: Comparison of Masonry and Other Cladding Materials in Terms of Embodied Energy and Carbon Dioxide “Costs”
• Masonry and Energy Codes - Effective Compliance Methods
• Sustainable Self-Consolidating Grout
• Repairing Historic Masonry Facades: How to Navigate Contemporary Standards 
• TMS’s New Cast Stone Standards 
• Treating Historic Masonry Gently at Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina
• Assessing the Compressive Behavior of Dry-Stacked Prisms with Experimentally Informed Numerical Models
• Masonry Shear Strength Prediction Models 
• Performance of Masonry Buildings Durng the April 16, 2016 Muisne Earthquake in Coastal Ecuador
• Development of Masonry Wall Resistances and Fragilities for Wind Loads 
• Preview of the 2016 TMS 402/602
• Finite Element Software for Masonry Design 
• Ben Harris 2015 TMS Haller Award Recipient

Daniel P. Abrams: Masonry Research “Giant”(Sunday, October 9)

The Research Committee of The Masonry Society is hosting a special Technical Session to honor Dr. Daniel P. Abrams of the University of Illinois for his significant and lasting contribution to masonry research. Dr. Abrams, is TMS’s newest Honorary Member, and a noted re­searcher and educator. Within TMS, he has served in numerous critical roles (including President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, and Research Committee Chair), began and served as the first chair of TMS’s Investigating Disasters Program, and initiated the PERM (Planning for Enhanced Research in Masonry Program) for TMS. Possibly his most noted contribution to TMS during his term as President was negotiating to use income from the 1st edition of the Masonry Designer’s Guide to hire a full time Executive Director for TMS. He also has served as the chair of the masonry subcommittee for development of the NEHRP Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and the lead author of the ma­sonry chapter of the FEMA 356 Guidelines for Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings. Because of his many contributions to TMS he was given both the President’s Award and the Scalzi Research Award in 1997 and was made a Fellow of TMS in 2005. During this Technical Session, members of TMS’s Research Committee and invited speakers will review a variety of masonry topics in honor of Dr. Abrams’ contributions to masonry research.

For more details on the 2016 Annual Meeting, please use this link.

This registration form can be used for both Full Meeting and One Day/One Committee registrations. Please make sure to register at the correct level - TMS Member or non-member rates. Membership will be checked at the TMS office upon receipt of your meeting registration. For information on becoming a TMS Member, click here. Those registering as Students must be fulltime students for the Fall 2016 semester and should contact the TMS office (tmsmeetings@masonrysociety.org) with a copy of their schedule.

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TMS Meeting Registrant Cancellation Policy

Cancellation requests must be submitted via email to tmsmeetings@masonrysociety.org or by calling the TMS office at 303-939-9700. Cancellation requests will be accepted without penalty up to 10 business days prior to the event. Cancellation requests received between 3 and 10 business days prior to the event will be refunded the price paid less a $75 administrative fee AND no publications or handouts will be sent. No refunds will be given for cancellations received 3 days prior to the event or for "no shows". Publications and handouts will be sent upon request.