Report of the Council for 2004/5
ANNUAL REPORT for 2004
. COUNCIL
President: Mr N.E. Beningfield Secretary: Dr K. Fisher
Imm. Past President: Dr J.F.A. Moore Treasurer: Mr P.E. Wood
President-Elect: Professor G.J. Edgell Honorary Editor: Mr G. Engledow MBE
Executive Editor: Mr G. Thompson
To serve until 2005
Dr P.R. Bingel C. Hawkins
Dr R.C. de Vekey J.N. Tutt
T.L. Knight Dr A.J.M. Soane (co-opted)
To serve until 2006
Professor A. Baratta C.R. Marshall
Dr A.J. Bell G.C. Mills
C.A. Fudge A. Trueman
To serve until 2007
B. Clamp Dr J.R. Riddington
I. Harrison P. Rogatzki
Professor C. Melbourne P. Watt
PAST PRESIDENTS
Professor Emeritus A W Hendry
B A Haseltine
Dr J B Menzies
G Thompson
Dr G Somerville OBE
Dr J H Armstrong
Dr D R F Spencer
P Race
Eur. Ing.A L Taylor
Professor N J Bright MBE
Professor J J Roberts
B Bird
Dr H W H West
A.S.M. Edye
D.T. Walters
Professor M.E. Phipps
M.J. Robinson
Dr J.F.A. Moore
COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Mr N.E. Beningfield (Chairman) Dr K. Fisher
P.E Wood Dr J.F.A. Moore
Professor G.J. Edgell
F & GP and Council Meetings: 26th April, 2nd November
REPORT OF COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 2004
1. The Society
Membership continues to reflect the international basis of the Society, with the website now generating response. Development of the website forms an important part of the Society strategy. News items from Masonry International are now also placed on the site, and work is progressing to develop the technical content of the site by reference to Masonry International papers. This work has received considerable input from the Executive Editor, Mr G. Thompson.
Society finances highlight the need to address generation of income for the future.
During the latter months of the year effort has been concentrated on the planning of future meetings, specifically the roadshows to be held in Birmingham, Leeds and London, in conjunction with RICS, in May/June. Presentation at these venues is a first for the Society. Preparations have also commenced for the 7th International Masonry Conference (7 IMC) to be held in London on 30/31 October – 1 November 2006. The success of such meetings is vital to the future welfare of the Society.
2. Publications – Masonry International
Three issues of Volume17 have been produced in 2004. The number of pages in the three issues was 50, 59, 49. The contents of Volume 17 comprised 26 pages of ephemerals and a total of 132 pages of papers.
The papers produced in Volume 17 are given, with page numbers, below:
No 1
Bulletin
Plea for an EN Standard Test of Floor/Wall Joints
S Sahlin 1
Restoring and Strengthening a Brick Building
Gao Jianping and Jin Xinian 7
Journal
Analytical Research into Mechanical Characteristics of Old Brick Masonry
C Ignatakis and K Stylianides 9
Informal Masonry Structures, Seismic Vulnerability and GIS Maps
Ahmed Mebarki and Nathalia Valencia 18
Masonry Shear Response Characterisation
GPAG Van Zijl 26
Transient Bond Strength in Calcium Silicate Facing Brick Masonry
TJ Wijffels and OCG Adan 33
No 2
Bulletin
Properties of Burnt Bricks and Mortars in India
KS Gumaste, BV Venkataramam Reddy,
KS Nanjunda Rao and KS Jagadkish 45
Journal
Analytical Research into Mechanical characteristics of Old Brick Masonry
C Ignatakis and K Stylianides 53
Evaluation of the Early Shrinkage of Structural Concrete Infill
Luiz A Pereira de Oliveira 66
Full-scale Testing of Vertically Restrained Clay BrickworkCladding
Panels – Part 1
PR Bingel, JP Forth, JJ Brooks and A Bown 71
Modelling Discrete Cracking on Masonry Walls
J Alfaiate and JR de Almeida 83
No 3
Journal
FRP-Confined Masonry Columns Under Axial Loads: Experimental
Results and Analytical Model
F Micelli, L de Lorenzis, A la Tegola 95
Horizontal Bending of Unreinforced Clay Brick Masonry
CR Willis, MC Griffith and SJ Lawrence 109
Lateral Strength of a Dry-Stack Wall System
HC Uzoegbo and JV Ngowi 122
On the Sliding Behaviour of the Brick-Mortar Interface:
An Experimental Study
L Abdou, R Ami Saada, F Meftah and A Mebarki 129
3. Meetings
There were two Society meetings in 2004. The Spring meeting was held at the Institution of Structural Engineers, London on 27th April. Organised jointly with the Institution, the seminar topic was ‘New European Standards for Masonry: what do they mean for specifiers’.
The AGM and Annual Luncheon were held at the now traditional venue of the RAF Club on 1st July. Guest speaker athe the Luncheon was Mr David Lunts, Urban Policy Director from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
4. Membership
Members as at 31st December 2004 were as follows:
CORPORATE MEMBERS
Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Products Association (Founder Member)
BRC Building Products
Brick Development Association (Founder Member)
British Cement Association (Founder Member)
British Ceramic Research Ltd (Founder Member)
Building Research Establishment (Founder Member)
Buxton Lime Industries
Caradon Catnic
English Heritage
GB Geotechnics Ltd
Hanson Brick Ltd (Founder Member)
H + H Celcon Ltd (Founder Member)
Hyderabad Industries Ltd
Jenkins & Potter, Consulting Engineers
Lafarge Cement UK (Founder Member)
Mortar Industry Association (Founder Member)
National House-Building Council
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Tarmac Topblock Ltd (Founder Member)
HONORARY MEMBERS
Professor Emeritus A.W. Hendry
BSc(Eng), PhD,DSc, CEng, FICE,FIStructE, FRSE, HonFBMS
Barry A. Haseltine
BSc(Eng), FCGI, DIC.FR Eng, FICE. FIStruct E, F ConsE, Hon FBMS
LIFE MEMBERS 3
FOUNDER MEMBERS AND MEMBERS 203
5. Secretarial
Council wishes to record its thanks to Dr N.E. Sanderson, Chief Executive, British Ceramic Research Limited for continued provision of facilities and address. The Administration Department of the Society continues to provide efficient and effective professional support. Mrs Julie Wood has provided day to day accounting services and Miss Julie Parker support for Meetings as required, and setting of papers for Masonry International.
6. Obituary.
The following member died during the year:
Jan Korf
A tribute appeared in Volume 17. No. 3 of Masonry International.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
Total Income for 2004 was £26,600, £5,772 lower than the 2003 figure of £32,372. This is mainly as a result of a lower level of subscriptions. Expenditure for year was £35,160 compared with £23,535 last year. The main reason for this was expenditure on website development of £9,198. The result of the reduction in income and the increase in expenditure was Net Expenditure of £8,560 compared to Net Income in 2003 of £8,837.The Net Assets of the Society have reduced to £85,382 with cash balances at £93,908, £7,429 lower than last year.
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