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Masonry Design and Detailing – Stop Wasting Your Owner’s (Owners’) Money - West Michigan Chapter

When
Tue, October 28, 2025
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location
Conference Room, GMB Architecture + Engineering, 555 4th St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Registration

Non-Members – $25.00
Non-Members (Late) – $30.00
Other Professional Organization (Late) – $25.00
Other Professional Organization Member – $20.00
SEAMi Member (Late) – $25.00
SEAMi Members – $20.00
Student

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Masonry Design and Detailing – Stop Wasting Your Owner’s (Owners’) Money

Join us as we discuss the various ways in which masonry can benefit a project by offering structural support and serving as the exterior envelope. We’ll showcase conditions demonstrating how well designed and detailed masonry has improved project efficiency, led to cost savings, and avoided unnecessary expenses by serving as both the structure and the envelope.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss masonry’s function as both a structure and an outer envelope.
Discover the structural performance benefits and building improvements achieved through masonry.
Identify ways to reduce costs and minimize material waste in masonry design and detailing.
Examine masonry details to help you create functional, durable, and constructible masonry assemblies.

Sneak Peak: Brick Veneer Lintels – eliminate heavy bolted angles or lintel plates or proprietary systems to carry veneer loads over larger openings and with wide cavities. This will be a quick summary of content presented earlier this year at the 15h Canadian Masonry Symposium.

Presented By: Scott W. Walkowicz, PE, FTMS, NCEES

Speaker Bio

Scott Walkowicz, PE, is the owner of Walkowicz Consulting Engineers, Lansing, Michigan and is a former Partner and Structural Department Manager with a multi-discipline firm. He currently conducts structural engineering and investigative work for a variety of project types and structural systems with an emphasis on masonry as structure and envelope. He also consults with other engineers as well as architects, contractors and owners on behalf of regional Masonry Coalitions. Scott is a recognized expert in structural masonry engineering and investigation. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil/Structural Engineering from Clemson University as well as a B.S. degree in Architecture from Lawrence Technological University.

He is a Fellow Member, and Past President, of The Masonry Society and was the 2018 TMS Haller Award winner for enhancing masonry design practice. He is registered in multiple states and has analyzed and designed buildings across the country and overseas including many with unusual or creative uses of structural masonry.

This course will award 1 hour of continuing education.

Agenda:

Registration: 11:30 AM
Lunch: 11:50 PM
Presentation: 12:10 PM

Cost:

$20 SEAMi and NCSEA/ASCE Members
$25 Non-members
Free for students

Note: $5 late charge for registrations received after Friday, October 24, 2025.
Late cancellations may not be refundable.

We look forward to seeing you there!