2016 Haller Award Presented to Samuel M. Rubenzer

Mr. Benchmark Harris, Chairman of the Haller Award Subcommittee of The Masonry Society’s (TMS) Design Practices Committee, and former recipient of the Award (2015) presented the 2016 Paul Haller Structural Design Award to Samuel M. Rubenzer,  owner of FORSE Consulting., at the TMS’s Annual Meeting in Raleigh, North Carolina on October 8, 2016. Harris noted that Rubenzer was selected for his outstanding contributions to Structural Masonry Design and Education that included serving as the structural designer of numerous masonry projects and many load-bearing masonry retail stores. He is also a noted software consultant and expert especially on masonry structural analysis and design using FEM, STAAD, & RAM.