ARCH 5334 Masonry Construction IV
Schedule, Spring 2014
Week 1 Jan 15 W Introduction of course, go over syllabus
Jan 17 F First 10,000 years of Masonry
Week 2 Jan 20 M MLK HOLIDAY
Jan 22 W Fist 10,000 years of Masonry
24 F Video WALLS I
Week 3 Jan 27 M Video WALLS II
Jan. 29 W Brick Sizes and details, (read Chapter 2 & 4, Principles of Brick Masonry) Jan 31 F Brick sizes and details, Mortar types
Week 4 Feb. 3 M Concrete Masonry Units types and sizes
5 W Wall Sections and details
7 F Flashing and TOTAL FLASH VIDEO
Week 5 Feb 10 M Brick Masonry Techniques VIDEO
12 W Structural Tolerances
14 F Bearing Wall Details
Week 6 Feb 17 M Structural Frames
19 W CMU Details
21 F CMU Details
Week 7 Feb 24 M ARCHES
26 W Tom Grimm’s MASONRY FAILURES presentation
Feb. 28 F Tom Grimm’s MASONRY FAILURES presentation
Week 8 Mar. 3 M Brick Delineations (corbels, quoins, reveals, etc.)
5 W Guest Lecturer Bobby Ray, Oldcastle Products
7 F JOB FAIR, Guest lecture
Week 9 Mar 10 M stone and marble
12 W Guest Lecture BELGARD PERMEABLE PAVERS LECTURE
14 F stone and marble
Week 10 Mar. 17 M SPRING BREAK
19 W SPRING BREAK
21 F SPRING BREAK
Week 11 Mar 24 M Brick Competition designs due and review
26 W Guest Lecturer, Chris Bupp, Hohmann & Barnard Accessories
28 F Sustainability in Brick manufacturing
Week 12 Mar. 31 M Final Review of Competition drawings
Apr. 2 W BRICK COMPETITION DAY
4 F Discuss competition
Week 13 Apr. 7 M FIELD TRIP
9 W FIELD TRIP
11 F Campus Tour
Week 14 Apr 14 M Brick Examples (Photos)
16 W Brick Carvings
18 F in class presentations of research assignments
Week 15 Apr 21 M EASTER BREAK
23 W In class presentations of research assignments
25 F In class presentations of research assignments
Week 16 Apr 28 M In class presentation of research assignments
30 W In class presentation of research assignments
May 2 F In class presentations of research assignments Student evaluations, LAST DAY OF CLASS
Week 17 May 5 M NO CLASS
6 Tues. Semester classes end Graduate studio final reviews