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The 2008 Annual Meeting and Business Meetings of
The Masonry Society will be held at Sheraton City Centre Hotel
in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 16-21.
An exciting and educational program is being planned for your
enjoyment and professional development. There will be numerous
opportunities to learn about historic masonry, new masonry, and
masonry systems of the future. Plan to attend these significant
meetings today!
This page provides information regarding registration,
accommodations, general sessions, educational seminars, and social events. If you
would like more specific information, please contact TMS.
Registration
Accommodations
The Masonry Society's 2008 Annual Meeting
will be held at the Sheraton City
Centre. Contact information for making
reservations and for setting your travel plans is:
Sheraton City Centre
150 West 500 South,
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone-Reservations: 801-534-3459
Phone-Main: 801-401-2000;
Fax: 801-531-0705.
Sleeping rooms have now almost all been sold
out. If rooms are still available, The Masonry Society has a
room block rate of $129.00 Single or Double occupancy under
Because some nights at the hotel are now
sold old, we have contracted with an alternate hotel for
sleeping rooms:
Royal Garden Inn
154 West 600 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
800-521-9997
Rates are $89 Single or Double using the TMS Room Block until
October 9, 2008.
Educational Seminars and
General Session Topics
A number of educational
opportunities will be available for attendees in addition to the
Society’s Committee Meetings, Member/Guest Reception, and Awards
Luncheon. Descriptions of General Session presentation topics
and Special Educational Seminars are provided on TMS’s website (www.masonrysociety.org).
Some of the general session presentation topics include:
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Seismic
Upgrade and Restoration of Utah’s State Capital Building, by
Craig Child
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Preview of
the 2009 “I-Codes”, by Jason Thompson
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LEEDTM
2009, by Shahnaz Jaffari
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Remediation
Options for Moisture Infiltration through Single-Wythe
Concrete Block Walls, by Donald W. Harvey
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Adhered
Manufactured Stone Masonry Veneer (AMSMV) -What it is and
How to Use it Properly, by Brenda Harris
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Lateral
Load Tests on Full-Scale Partially Grouted Masonry Shear
Walls by Ehsan Minaie, F.L. Moon, & A.A. Hamid
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NSF-NEES
Project on "Performance-based Design of New Masonry", by
Richard E. Klingner
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Joint
Reinforcement as Shear Reinforcement for Masonry Shear
Walls, by Max L. Porter and Greg Baenzinger
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Self
-Consolidating Grout - Advantages & Concerns - A Panel
Discussion
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Computer
Software Session with overviews of QuickMasonry: Masonry
Design Software by IES, CMD06, Structural Masonry Design
System Version 4.1, and Bentley Software for Masonry and
Steel Hybrid Systems.
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and many
more..
TMS will also present the
following educational seminars and workshop prior to the
meetings:
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Design of Masonry Structures
to the 2008 MSJC & 2009 IBC, October 16
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Inspection
of Masonry Construction, October 16
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Disaster Investigation
Workshop, October 19
Besides the business meetings and
educational sessions, a number of social events are also
available for attendees and their guests, including the TMS Member/Guest Reception, The Awards Luncheon, Game Night, and a walking
tour of Salt Lake City.
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TMS's 2008 Annual Meeting will be held in beautiful Salt Lake
City this
October 16-21. (Photo above courtesy of Jason Mathis and the
Salt Lake City Convention & Visitors Bureau).
We'll be staying at the lodge-like
Sheraton City Centre hotel (below) near the heart of downtown
Salt Lake City.
Make your plans today to participate in TMS's Annual Meeting
while taking time to enjoy Salt Lake City and some of what Utah
has to offer!
To become a sponsor for
the meetings,
contact the office at 303-939-9700 to learn how your
contributions can help ensure the success of the
meetings and to find the benefits to you and your firm.
We would like to
especially like to thank the following
Annual Meeting Sponsors for
their continued support of TMS!
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