TMS Responds

TMS Responds is typically a multi-page brochure containing answers to common, and not-so-common, questions regarding masonry. The goal of the publication is consistent with TMS’s mission – to advance the knowledge of masonry. By providing practical information in an easy to understand way, we are aim to assist designers, specifiers, contractors, inspectors and others with masonry design, construction, evaluation and repair.

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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 1 No. 1

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    TMS Responds Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 2001), which is 2 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • Repairing mortar joints on historic stone masonry buildings
    • Defining “Plain Masonry”
    • Using masonry to control sound
    • What to do when joint reinforcing is inadvertently left out of concrete masonry walls
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 1 No. 2

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    TMS Responds Vol. 1, No. 2 (March 2001), which is 2 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • Explanation of the IBC Maximum Reinforcement provisions (More detailed discussion)
    • Locating reinforcement and grout in existing walls
    • Further clarification on pointing stone masonry
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 1 No. 3

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    TMS Responds Vol. 1, No. 3 (May 2001), which is 2 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • Problems with “clumping” reinforcement at ends of shear walls and in lintels
    • Considerations for banding cmu with brick, and banding brick with cmu.

     

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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 1 No. 4

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    TMS Responds Vol. 1, No. 4 (October/November 2001), which is 4 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • Reusing Existing Brick
    • Hot and Cold Weather Masonry Construction – Definitions and Provisions

     

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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 10 No. 1

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    TMS Responds Vol. 10, No. 1 (March 2012), which is 4 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • Anchor Bolt Error related to Allowable Stress Design
    • 2011 MSJC Update
    • Masonry Provisions in the 2012 IBC
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 11 No. 1

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    TMS Responds Vol. 11, No. 1 (July 2013), which is 4 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • Grout Voids – Finding & Filling
    • Impact of 2011 MSJC Changes to the Allowable-Stress Design of Masonry Walls
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 12 No. 1

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    TMS Responds Vol. 12, No. 1 (April 2014), which is 4 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • How the IgCC applies to masonry
    • IgCC sections that apply to masonry
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 13 No. 1

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    TMS Responds Vol. 13, No. 1 (November 2015), which is 6 pages in length, includes responses to questions on:

    • 2015 IBC Changes related to Masonry
    • 2015 IRC Changes related to Masonry
    • Maximum Reinforcement Requirements in Areas of Low Seismicity
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 14, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair. This issues responds to questions about masonry detailing.

    Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 2016) responds to questions on:

    • Detailing Vertical Reinforcement
    • Masonry Detailing
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 15, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair.

    Vol. 15, No. 1 (February 2017), responds to questions on:

    • TMS 402/602-16
    • Cast Stone Standards
    • Moment Magnifier for Piers/Walls
    • Existing Masonry Terms
    • Air Entrainment in Grout
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 16, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair.

    Vol. 16, No. 1 (April 2018), responds to questions on:

    • Post-Installed Anchors
    • Tornado Sheltering
    • Hooks & SRMSWs
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 17, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair.

    Vol. 17, No. 1 (February 2019), responds to questions on:

    • Tile vs Adhered Masonry Veneer
    • Special Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls
    • Structural Steel Lintels
    • Movement Joints and Arching
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 18, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair.

    Vol. 18, No. 1 (January 2019), responds to questions on:

    • Joint Reinforcement Types
    • Joint Reinforcement – Heavy Duty vs. Standard
    • Allowable Shear for Special Walls
    • Flexural Tension Values
    • Finding Info
      • Previous TMS Responds
      • Past TMS Journals
      • Errata
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 19, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair.

    Vol. 19, No. 1 (June 2021), responds to questions on:

    • Calculating Losses for High and Low Strength Steels in Prestressed Masonry
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 20, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair.

    Vol. 20, No. 1 (September 2022), responds to questions on:

    • Major revisions from the 2016 to 2022 edition of TMS 402/602
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  • TMS Responds, Vol. 21, No. 1

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    TMS Responds is a resources developed to help answer common, and sometimes, not so common questions on masonry materials, design, construction, evaluation, and repair.

    Vol. 21, No. 1 (February 2023), responds to questions on:

    • Corrosion of Embedded Metal Ties
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