About IMS

The Society was founded in 1986 and has quickly gained a considerable international reputation. It has members from countries throughout the world and from all professions and activities associated with masonry construction.

The Society provides a forum for learned discussion and disseminates research information relating to all aspects of masonry in construction. It provides a focus for all those involved in or interested in masonry as a material and as a construction system.

The activities of the Society are managed by a Council formed of members of the Society and elected at the Annual General Meeting.

Membership

The Society is formed of both personal and corporate members. Personal membership is open to construction professionals, manufacturers, academics and researchers involved in all areas of related activity. Corporate membership is open to partnerships and companies engaged in any activity directly related to masonry and masonry construction.

Graduates and students of the construction industry professions and other related activities are particularly welcomed into membership.

Click Here for the Membership Section

Society Objectives

The objectives of the Society are to promote discussion and advancement of the science and practice of masonry as related to its constituent materials, and to all aspects of the design and use of masonry and the construction process. It additionally aims to provide a means of contact for all those involved in masonry science, design and industry, generating published papers having an international circulation.

Masonry International and Conference Proceedings

To further its objectives, the Society publishes a magazine, Masonry International, normally three times a year. Each issue contains papers describing original experimental and analytical research, together with reviews and practical papers including case studies.

Regular technical meetings provide the main forum for presentation and discussion of original work. Major international conferences are also hosted, including the prestigious quadrennial International Masonry Conferences. Papers presented at major conferences organised by the Society are normally published as Proceedings. These are available to all delegates and to Society members.