I'd like to welcome everybody to the
Project Inspector Overview Training,
Masonry Section.
My name is Michael Green,
I'm a district structural engineer
for the San Diego office of DSA.
I've been with DSA for 20 years, 18 of
which as a district structural engineer.
Prior to that I spent 18 years
working for the Los Angeles Department
of Water and Power, 12 of those
years I was a supervising structural
engineer for the design and construction
of the power distribution system.
Some of the responsibilities were
five years as the lead structural
engineer for the rebuilding of the
1994 Northridge earthquake and the lead
structural engineer for the repowering
of the Harbor Generating Station.
Today I'll be covering the Masonry
Section of the California Building
Code, 2019 edition, Chapter 21A. 
Today we'll be covering 13 topics from 
General Standards, References, Applicable
DSA 152s, Plans and Specifications, 
What's New, Special Inspection, 
Materials and Testing, 
Handling and Storage, Hot and Cold 
Weather Construction, Placement, 
Core Testing, Other Topics 
and Community Colleges.
Okay.
Let's get started.
Section 1, General Information
and New Items.
The code sections that
govern DSA include the 2018
International Building Code,the
2019 California Building Code and the
California Code of Regulations Title 24. 
The updated masonry standards are
covered in the TMS 402-16
Building Code requirements, TMS 602.16
Specification for Masonry Structures.
These are both available in one
publication with commentary and
notes, and there's a summary
of changes available online.
The plans and specifications
are the contract documents.
This is covered in the TMS 402-16
Section 1.2.1. This covers
the compressive strength of the masonry,
the size and location of the members,
anchorage details, reinforcing details
including size, location,
grade, lap splice, etc., the
rebars, the welding requirements
if there are any,
the size and location of the
conduit, pipes and sleeves, and
special testing requirements.
Documenting the inspection for
masonry is covered in the DSA form
152, the Project Inspection Card.
This is referenced in detail
on PR 13-01 Appendix.
It is covered in the Section 2 of
the vertical and horizontal framing.
Block 10 is the Masonry Vertical, Block
2A is Material Testing and
Block 2B is Special Inspection.
So what's new with masonry?
The TMS has been reorganized and
reformatted concerning masonry testing
and special inspection requirements.
DSA has made clarifications to their
nonstructural masonry walls in the IR.
The CBC explicitly references the TMS
for prism method and unit strength tests.
Also the CBC amendments 
incorporate some DSA IRs.
IR concerning the
unidentified rebar and maximum
horizontal reinforcing spacing.
They have also increased the height
for low-lift grout for wider CMU.
The TMS 402-16 and
the 602-16 have both been
generally reorganized and reformatted.
Under the 402-16
has had revisions to the definitions and
terminology such as beam, cavity, collar
joint, pilaster, walls and piers.
If you recall under Section 2107A.4
it adds TMS 402.8.3.8
for walls and pier definitions which
govern. Also terminology has been changed
replacing any element with the word
member throughout. 
Also what's changed in the TMS 
402-16 are the anchor bolt 
strength equations. You may see 
fewer and smaller anchor bolts than before.
The anchor veneer cavity has been
increased from 4-1/2
inches to 6-5/8 inches.
They have removed the
quality assurance tables
which have since been consolidated
in the 602-16,
and they've consolidated the
reinforcing requirements from
Chapters 8, 9, & 11 to 6.
What's new in TMS 602-16
is they have added cast
and manufactured stone materials.
They've added qualifications and submittal
requirements for special inspection.
They've added requirements for
field and laboratory technicians, and
they've organized and reformatted
the QA Tables. Table 3 is for tests,
Table 4 is for special inspections.
