MSJC Code Cycle
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Masonry Standards Joint Committee Prepares to Enter
New Code Cycle
Building codes, and the documents that support them, are continually
being revised. This ongoing work allows for technology transfer
on a timely basis. In this way, codes remain efficient and effective
so that new structures are built to the best available technology.
It also ensures safe buildings, important to designers and builders
responsible for getting them constructed and to the public who uses
the buildings.
The Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC) publishes the Building
Code Requirements for Masonry Structures and Specification for Masonry
Structures and related commentaries, upon which masonry
codes are based. MSJC is currently addressing public comments for
the 2005-2008 cycle that will result in a 2008 document. Even as
it puts the final touches on the current version, the committee
is readying itself for the next cycle, which will run from 2008-2011.
Dr. Richard Klingner of University of Texas at Austin is finishing
his term as chair of the MSJC and Diane Throop, Consultant (Ohio)
is preparing to step in as new chair. As one cycle ends and another
begins, committees are disbanded and reformed. Many members return
but new members are sought. Interested parties with technical expertise
in masonry—manufacture, design, and construction—are
encouraged to join subcommittees, where much of the work gets accomplished.
A list of subcommittees of MSJC follows:
- Executive Subcommittee
- AAC Masonry
- Construction Requirements
- Flexure & Axial Load
- General
- Infills
- Prestressed Masonry
- Reinforcement & Connectors
- Seismic
- Shear
- Veneer, Glass Block, and Empirical
To learn more about the publications or joining a committee, visit
the MSJC
Web site.
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