Tornado and High Wind Sheltering with Masonry
by W. Mark McGinley, Ph.D, P.E., FASTM
February 16, 2021; 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific Time
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Seminar Description
With the 2015 edition of the International Building Code (IBC) comes requirements that most schools and emergency facilities located in areas where the design wind speed for tornadoes is 250 mph, must contain a storm shelter meeting the requirements of the ICC 500, Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters. For areas that will use the 2015 IBC, this new requirement will impact the majority of new school and emergency facility construction spanning as far north as central Minnesota, as far south as southern Mississippi, and stretching to western Pennsylvania in the east and western Texas to the west. Masonry can provide safe, practical and cost effective solutions for sheltering from tornadoes and high wind events. In this seminar you will learn about these new shelter requirements and how to engineer masonry for the mandated wind speeds. An emphasis on the additional structural observation, inspection and peer review will be cover. We will share the results of new tornado missile testing that has opened the doors for additional masonry shelter options. Join us as we walk through several masonry options for sheltering that result in cost effective and safe sheltering solutions.The views and opinions expressed in this seminar are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect those held by S. K. Ghosh Associates LLC.
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