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TEK: These are a series of technical topics for industry professionals that focus on specific issues developed to ensure concrete masonry and hardscape design and construction. ​ DETAILS: These downloadable details will help your design professionals reduce their design and detailing time and effort on your next CMU or hardscape project. ​ SOFTWARE: Various free design software packages for designing different components of concrete masonry and hardscape systems plus links

ECH TALK: RECENT CHANGES TO ASTM STANDARDS AND CODE FOR CONCRETE BLOCK Posted by Bronzella Cleveland | May 1, 2017 ​ Whether you realize it or not, the concrete block you are using is stronger than it was a few years ago! The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) conducted an extensive test program of modern concrete block assemblies, and determined that the unit compressive strength properties that have been in the Code for decades were based on more variable test me