The International Masonry Society Student Project Awards 2024 are now open for entries. The International Masonry Society invites submissions of work in which the principal focus of the work is masonry. The Postgraduate Student Award would be for a project comprising...
The IMS supports and encourages membership from all countries and backgrounds. To reflect this, we have recently introduced a reduced membership rate for those applying from Developing Countries. Residents of any of the Developing Countries listed on the UK government...
The International Masonry Society is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2023 Postgraduate Awards is Ahmed Ahmed of the University of Calgary for his entry Understanding Masonry Compressive Fracture via Fractal Voids. The entry will appear as a paper in a...
At a recent Executive Committee meeting of the European Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Association (EAACA), following the retirement of Cliff Fudge, the Committee voted unanimously to elect Mr Piotr Dauksza as its new Vice Chairman. Piotr is currently Managing Director...
Embodied carbon and measures to minimize it are discussed in a report from the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI). The ‘Driving Action on Embodied Carbon in Buildings’ report explores the state of embodied-carbon data,...
As a next step on the path towards achieving climate neutrality 2050, wienerberger has upgraded its sustainability commitments in accordance with its three-year-rhythm. The new Sustainability Program 2026 builds on its predecessor, integrating lessons learned. Since...
In early September this year, the Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) Industry held its 7th International Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. The theme of the Conference centered around the 100-year anniversary of the invention of AAC. Some 330 attendees from 30...
The Masonry Society have published their Masonry Designers’ Guide 2022 which has been fully updated to the 2022 TMS 402/602 and ASCE/SEI 7-22. The guide serves as a reference for engineers, contractors, architects, inspectors, building code authorities and...
50 projects have been shortlisted for the Brick Award 24, the international prize for brick architecture hosted by Weinerberger. In total 743 projects from 54 countries were submitted and these have now been whittled down to the top 50. The Brick Award is split into...
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released the latest edition of their whole life carbon assessment (WLCA) standard. The WLCA is set to become the world-leading standard for consistent and accurate carbon measurement in the built environment. This...
