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 05

Deterioration of Masonry Mortars Under Repeated Compressive Loads

Sonic and Ultrasonic Testing of Stone Masonry

The Development of Stability Parameters for the Cracked Section Analysis of Solid Walls at High Eccentricity

Moment-Thrust Limit State Properties of Masonry

Stresses in a Running Bond Brick Masonry 3-D Finite Element Model under Axial Compression

Vertical Load Bearing Masonry — The Danish Approach

Shear Behaviour of Brick-Mortar Joints

The Newcastle Earthquake — Behaviour of Masonry Structures

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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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