ASTM International Committee on Manufactured Masonry Units Honors Daniel Zechmeister with Award of Merit

W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., May 8, 2012—Daniel S. Zechmeister, executive director of the Masonry Institute of Michigan, Southfield, Mich., has received the ASTM International Award of Merit from Committee C15 on Manufactured Masonry Units. The Award of Merit and its accompanying title of fellow is ASTM’s highest organizational recognition for individual contributions to standards activities.
 
A member of ASTM International since 1987, Committee C15 honored Zechmeister for his contributions to standards for manufactured masonry units of fired clay and shale, concrete and sand-lime units. He has served terms as recording secretary and membership secretary on the main C15 committee and works on several subcommittees. He was recognized with a C15 Award of Appreciation in 2005 for his term as awards chairman. Zechmeister is also a member of Committee C12 on Mortars and Grouts for Unit Masonry.
 
A registered professional engineer in the state of Michigan, Zechmeister joined the Masonry Institute of Michigan, a non-profit institute dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the masonry industry, in 1986 and assumed his current role in 1990. Prior to that, he was an associate civil engineer for the City Engineering Department Inspection Bureau in Detroit, Mich., and a structural engineer at Albert Kahn Associates and Campbell Associates, both in Detroit.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Wayne State University.
 
Outside ASTM International, Zechmeister is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Masonry Society and its Masonry Standards and Joint Committee, the Building Enclosure Council of Greater Detroit and the Structural Engineers Association of Michigan. He was named an honorary affiliate member of the American Institute of Architects Detroit in 2008. 
 
ASTM International is one of the largest international standards development and delivery systems in the world. ASTM International meets the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles for the development of international standards: coherence, consensus, development dimension, effectiveness, impartiality, openness, relevance and transparency.  ASTM standards are accepted and used in research and development, product testing, quality systems and commercial transactions.
 

The Michigan Mason Contractors' Association will be having it's 2012 Spring Outing on May 8th at The Majestic in Hartland.  For more information download the flyer and registration form or visit www.mmca-mi.com.

The Annual Meeting for West-Michigan has been rescheduled for Wednesday, MARCH 28, 2012 at The BOB from 11:00-2:30pm.  Please register by March 21st.  For more information and to register download the flyer.

The recently released 2011 TMS 402/ACI 530/ASCE 5 (commonly referred to as the MSJC) has been adopted by the new 2012 edition of the International Building Code and International Residential Code. It represents a major update from the 2008 edition both in technical requirements and in layout.  2011 updates are consistent with the requirements in ASCE 7-10, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, which includes a new strength basis for wind loads. 
To provide a quick update on the major changes, The Masonry Society, with support from the National Concrete Masonry Association and the International Masonry Institute, is developing a seminar that will be presented this fall.

Washtenaw Community College (WCC) Offers MIOSHA Part 2 Masonry Wall Bracing Restricted Zone Online Training

Earn your written training record for the MIOSHA Part 2 Masonry Wall Bracing Construction Safety Standard in this online training.

Effective May 28, 2010, a written training record is required for anyone entering the restricted zone of a masonry wall under construction:

• Any construction trade employee (mason, plumber, ironworker, excavator, etc.)
• Any construction trade professional (inspector, architect, engineer, etc.)

For more information download the flyer or register online.

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