Dr. Ece Erdogmus has been named a Fellow Member of The Masonry Society (TMS) in recognition of her outstanding achievements to TMS and to masonry education.Some of her many accomplishments during her 20 years of service to The Masonry Society were noted including her service as a member of TMS 402/602 (where she now Chairs a Subcommittee), as Associate Editor of the TMS Journal, and as an active member of the Technical Activities Committee (TAC). And of course, she successfully lead the 14th North American Masonry Conference (NAMC) in June that was both educational and extremely enjoyable. She authored a chapter of the 2022 Masonry Design Guide, regularly reviews theses for Research Committee awards, taught structural masonry design for 15 years at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and has 76 peer-reviewed papers purely related to masonry research. She is currently a professor and chair of the School of Building Construction at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Read more about her contributions and achievements here. This honor was announced during TMS's Virtual Town Hall on April 10. TMS will formally recognize Dr. Erdogmus at its annual meeting in Portland, Maine on October 17th, 2024.

Spring Virtual Meeting Opens with Town Hall & More

Participate in Most Committee Discussions through April 26

The Masonry Society's 2024 Spring Meetings started on April 10th with its Town Hall virtual meeting where President David McLean and other officers updated attendees on TMS accomplishments and plans. Immediately following that, a special Student Session was held on the importance of including masonry in one's education. Several committees then met and the night closed with an enjoyable virtual Happy Hour so that attendees could catch up with one another and make new acquaintances.

Through April 26th, various TMS Committees will continue to meet. If you want to listen in to discussions the schedule is posted here, and registration remains open.

We hope you'll be ale to join us!

TMS 402/602-22 Now Available Online

The Masonry Society has recently made available TMS 402/602-22 online, which has additional features not available with the download version, including:

• Copy – Copy text, equations, tables, and figures
• Print – Print sections from the standard and commentary
• Internal linking – Quickly jump to a referenced sections, figures, tables, or equations
• Share – Share links to specific sections within the standard or commentary
• Highlight and annotate – Highlight, annotate, and add notes to refer to later
• Notation and definition tooltips – Hover over terms and notation to display helpful tooltips with definitions
• Multi-user options
• and more!

TMS 402/602-16 is also available and in the next few weeks additional TMS standards will be offered on Masonry Standards Online.

Presenters Needed

Help us Advance the Knowledge of Masonry!

Speakers and topics are sought for several venues:

• 2024 TMS Annual Meeting. TMS is soliciting excellent speakers and topics for presentation at our Annual Meeting (October 16-19, 2024) in Portland, Maine. Presentations will be given on the morning of October 17 and are to be from 15 to 20 minutes in length.

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• Webinars. TMS is seeking excellent presentations for our "2nd Thursday of the month" webinar series this fall and next spring. Topics that can be presented in 1 hour or more are sought. Speakers for these webinars are paid an honorarium.



If you would like a presentation considered for any or all of these opportunities, please complete the Presentation Submission Form, noting your preferred venue in the description, and your preferred length (if different than above).

In addition, Concrete Masonry Presentations are needed to support a TMS-developed Education Hub for the Concrete Masonry Checkoff Program. TMS will be hiring a number of consultants to develop, review, and present content. If you are interested in receiving more information on the needs and plans, and wish to be considered for this work, please complete the form here.

For all of these presentation opportunities, the presentations must be technical, rather than promotional (see options for promotional webinars here), and should be of interest to those wishing to learn more about the design, construction, evaluation, or repair of masonry. A selection committee will consider proposals and will notify accepted presenters this summer.

Call for Journal Authors

TMS is seeking papers for TMS Journal. TMS Journal is the only peer reviewed journal dedicated solely to the masonry industry. Highlight your research or career development in the masonry industry by submitting a paper today. 

Learn more about submitting papers here.

Upcoming Awards & Scholarship Deadlines

The Masonry Society (TMS) is now accepting applications for the following awards and scholarship (click the titles for additional information and to for applications):

• Honorary Member - Accepted at any time
• Outstanding Student Thesis/Dissertation Awards - Due June 1st of each year
• Paul Haller Structural Design Award - Due June 30th of each year
• John B. Scalzi Research Award - Due June 30th of each year
• TMS Service Awards - Due June 30th of each year
• Clayford T. Grimm P.E. Student Scholarship - Applications due July 31
• TMS Fellow – Due February 1st of each year

Best Seller: Masonry Designers’ Guide – 2022

Completely updated to the 2022 TMS 402/602, ASCE/SEI 7-22, and with commentary on masonry provisions coming in the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), the Masonry Designers' Guide -2022 (MDG-22) has quickly become a best seller from The Masonry Society (TMS).

The MDG-2022 is a valuable reference for engineers, contractors, architects, inspectors, building code authorities, and educators. Initial chapters address materials, testing, quality assurance, quality control, and construction methods with reference to specific provisions of the 2022 TMS 402 Code and TMS 602 Specification. Subsequent chapters illustrate fundamental design concepts and demonstrate how to apply Code provisions to structural design of common masonry members.More than 150 design examples are included.

Bundles of the MDG with TMS 402/602-22 are available.