Lightweight concrete masonry unit made with Big River's expanded clay lightweight aggregate Lightweight aggregate can be used in several ways to make concrete lighter and safer while also boosting ...

Concrete masonry units (CMU) have long earned the trust of designers and builders for their strength, fire resistance and unmatched durability. Whether anchoring key civic buildings like fire stations ...

Over recent decades everything to do with construction has been improved to enable the builder to increase the speed of construction, that is, everything except bricklaying. Conventional masonry ...

The American Concrete Institute’s two masonry testing certification programs are now cited in TMS 402/602-16: Building Code Requirements and Specifications for Masonry Structures. The news was ...

Pictured at the National Concrete Masonry Association Midyear Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are (left to right) MSU Associate Professor of Architecture Jacob Gines; MSU architecture juniors Skylar ...

Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...