Publisher's Synopsis
"This Handbook provides a direct procedure for the structural design of single-story, reinforced and unreinforeced concrete masonry structures. The procedure is based on the strength design provisions of TMS 402-11/ACI 530-11/ASCE 5-11 Building Code Requirments for Masonry Structures and ASCE 7-10 Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures. The document is applicable to both residential and commercial structures. ... This Handbook was developed as a consensus standard and written in mandatory language so that it may form a part of a legally adopted building code as an alternative to standards that address a much broader range of masonry construction."--(title. page verso).
