Education Webinar
Day 4 of the Mastering Masonry Series: Masonry Detailing for Seismic Resistance
September 23, 2025 | Tue 12:00 America/Chicago
Duration: 1.5 Hours
CE Credits: 1.5
$300
Detailing of masonry members for seismic resistance involves requires the engineer to make many decisions, such as:
- Should the member be treated as participating or non-participating?
- If the member is non-participating, should it be isolated or not?
- What deformations need to be accommodated? What cracked properties should be used in determining deformations?
- Where will joints be located? How will the joints affect behavior and detailing?
This presentation will explore each of these decisions and how the Seismic Design Category influences the resulting details.
- Course will award 1.5 hours of continuing education
- This course is Diamond Review approved in 49 states. New York does not accept hours from recordings.
Please note: This webinar is part of the Mastering Masonry: Designing, Constructing, and Sustaining Resilient Masonry Structures and is not included in the NCSEA Webinar Subscription.
Detailing of masonry members for seismic resistance involves requires the engineer to make many decisions, such as:
- Should the member be treated as participating or non-participating?
- If the member is non-participating, should it be isolated or not?
- What deformations need to be accommodated? What cracked properties should be used in determining deformations?
- Where will joints be located? How will the joints affect behavior and detailing?
This presentation will explore each of these decisions and how the Seismic Design Category influences the resulting details.
Speaker:
John M. Hochwalt, P.E., S.E., FTMS, is Director of Engineering for the Seattle Structural group of KPFF Consulting Engineers. He has practiced structural engineering for over thirty-five years and is a frequent author and editor of publications about the engineering of masonry structures. His publications include the Reinforced Masonry Engineering Handbook for the Masonry Institute of America (co-author James Amrhein), Strength Design of Masonry for The Masonry Society (co-author Richard M. Bennett), and the Design Guide for Brick Veneer on Steel Studs for the Western States Clay Products Association. John is also active in the building code development. For the masonry building code, TMS 402/602, he serves as chair of the subcommittee for Seismic and Limit Design, and as a voting member of the main committee.
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