EleMasonry Version 6.1 is the latest update to the Concrete Masonry & Hardscape Association’s innovative structural analysis and design tool for masonry construction. The new version introduces support for the International Building Code 2024 and TMS 402-2022, ensuring engineers and designers have access to the most current standards for safe and efficient masonry design. Along with the timely code content,…
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Paying attention to the carbon footprint behind the wood curtain
“Determining the Carbon Footprint of Wood” (PCA R&D 3287) is a valuable work based on Portland Cement Association-sponsored research. The timely report tracks trees and forests’ carbon dioxide-sequestering capacity, one of the value propositions wood building product interests channel to green-building practitioners; paints rationale for the wood industry to document carbon accounting methods transparently, especially when product is not sourced from a sustainably managed forest; and, helps cast-in-place concrete, precast and masonry construction practitioners respond to competitors’ claims of environmental mettle.
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