ITW (Illinois Tool Works) www.itw.com has acquired Cullen Building Products www.cullen-bp.com and its subsidiary companies in Canada, France and Ireland. The Glenrothes family business has established itself as a leading company in the development and manufacture of ancillary components for connecting timber to timber and timber to masonry. (11 November 2008)

New BS guide for specifying precast concrete masonry units

BS 6073-2_2008 Precast concrete masonry units. Guide for specifying precast concrete masonry units has just been published by BSI. It gives guidance on specifying precast concrete masonry units conforming to BS EN 771-3 and BS EN 771-4.

28/11/2008 ~ Comparing design outcomes from EC6 with design outcomes from BS 5628

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Volume 04

Cyclic Compressive Loading Response of Brick Masonry

A Numerical Model for the Prediction of Frost Damage to Brickwork

The In-situ Properties of Packing Materials Used in Compression Tests

The Compressive Strength of Clay Bricks Ground or Mortar Capped

The Analysis and Design of Slender Brick Walls

A Study of the Behaviour of Concrete Hollow Block Masonry Walls using a Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis

Stress Relaxation in Brick Masonry with and without Moisture Expansion

A Study of the Dimensional Deviations of Clay Bricks — Part II: The Construction of Specifications

A Study of the Dimensional Deviations of Clay Bricks — Part I: Experimentation and Results

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ITW acquire Cullen Building Products

New BS guide for specifying precast concrete masonry units

28/11/2008 ~ Comparing design outcomes from EC6 with design outcomes from BS 5628

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