IMI Webinar Series - Masonry Movement Joints
Join us to examine the movement characteristics of different masonry materials. Learn how to accommodate or restrain this movement with control, isolation, or expansion joints. We’ll provide common placement of these joints to prevent buildings from cracking and explore options to make movement joints more aesthetically pleasing.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover the correct terminology for movement joints as it pertains to different masonry materials.
- Know typical conditions of a masonry building that require movement joints to prevent cracking and learn concepts that dictate typical locations and spacing.
- Understand building code requirements for information describing the movement joints on construction documents.
- Learn from case studies to understand best practices for locating movement joints.
About the Speaker:
Joseph Alberts
Director of Industry Development and Technical Services, IMI
Joseph is a graduate of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 4 Indiana/Kentucky Apprenticeship program and holds an associate degree from Ivy Tech Community College. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Purdue University, Ball State University, and Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.
Previously, Joseph held the position of Masonry Superintendent for over a decade, where he managed and constructed countless masonry projects in the state of Indiana. He was also a State Instructor for the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 4 Indiana/Kentucky Apprenticeship Program, where he trained hundreds of craftworkers in masonry basics, blueprint reading, arches, serpentine wall construction, grout and reinforcement, flashing best practices, and much more.
Joseph is a member of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI). He is also the director of the Indiana/Kentucky Structural Masonry Coalition.