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2025 North Central Region Conference
Wed 3/26 - Fri 3/28, 2025
Omaha Marriott Downtown at the Capitol District
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High-Performing Masonry Building Enclosures
CEU Credit:
1 AIA LU/HSW
Program Description:
Masonry can play a vital role in the safety and comfort of building occupants. When properly designed and detailed, high-performing masonry exterior wall enclosures can enhance the building user experience while managing basic building science principles of moisture, movement, and thermal control.
Learning Objectives:
Review various definitions of “high-performance” and associated benefits.
Understand basic building science principles of exterior wall control layers to manage moisture,
movement, and thermal usage and occupant comfort.
Explore wall assembly component material choices and impacts
wall performance/durabilty, constructability, cost, and aesthetics.
Gain practical insight into how masonry wall assemblies are constructed in the field.
Education Session Speaker
Mark Swanson, AIA, CSI, LEED AP
North Central Regional Director
International Masonry Institute
Mark is a licensed architect with decades of experience working for architectural and design/build firms. As IMI’s North Central Regional Director, Mark champions technological solutions to assist in the design, detailing, and documentation of masonry in contract documents and building information models.
Mark has brought innovative solutions that keep masonry content and knowledge at the fingertips of the design and construction community. In addition, he promotes efficient and sustainable masonry strategies to lessen our impact on our environment and infrastructure.
Mark has run masonry workshops at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture and has over 9 years of ACE mentorship involvement, working with public high school students in Maryland and Minnesota. Mark hosts IMI’s monthly Structural Masonry Webinar Series local and provides resources and design support to structural engineering firms, architects and contractors on how to design structural masonry efficiently.
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