OMA AIA Education Opportunities

NCMA AIA Accredited Health Safety Welfare (1) Hour Courses
Offered and Presented by: Josh Naragon, Ohio Masonry Association ED

Contact OMA's office at 800-443-6779 to schedule your next educational presentation.

• Proper application of aesthetic design measures into concrete masonry wall systems
• Features of recent award winning projects
• Sustainable attributes of concrete masonry
• Specifications, tolerances and other requirements for concrete masonry construction 

• Production of Concrete Masonry Products
• Concrete Masonry Codes and Standards
• Masonry Terminology and Unit Configurations
• Overview of Masonry Mortars
• Masonry Grout Materials and Uses

• Causes of cracking in concrete masonry
• How to minimize cracking potential
• How to control cracking through the use of reinforcement and control joints
• How to maintain the fire resistance rating of a concrete masonry wall at a control joint

• Fire statistics and trends
• Concepts of balanced design for fire safety
• Methods of evaluating fire ratings for concrete masonry
• Code approved calculated method for determining fire resistance rating of concrete masonry assemblies

• Terminology and components of a Segmental Retaining Wall system
• Proper construction process of an SRW system
• Construction requirements of the NCMA TR-127 Design Manual for Segmental Retaining Walls and TR-146 Segmental Retaining Wall Installation Guide.
• Principles, statements, tables, and illustrations from those manuals.