BIA - Brick Industry Association:

Techical Notes:

• 1 - All-Weather Construction,
• 2 - Glossary of Terms,
• 3- Building Code Requirements,
• 3A - Material Properties,
• 3B - Section Properties,
• 4 - Heat Transmission,
• 4B - Energy Code Compliance,
• 5A - Sound Insulation - Clay Masonry,
• 6 - Painting Brick Masonry,
• 6A - Colorless Coatings,
• 7 - Water Resistance - Design,
• 7A - Water Resistance - Materials,
• 7B - Water Resistance - Construction,
• 7C - Moisture Control,
• 7D - Moisture Resistance,
• 7F - Moisture Resistance - Maintenance,
• 8 - Mortars for Brick Masonry,
• 8A - Spec for Portland Cement - Lime Mortar,
• 8B - Mortar Selection,
• 9 - Manufacturing of Brick,
• 9A - Manufacturing, Classification of Brick,
• 9B - Selection of Brick,
• 10 - Estimating Brick Masonry,
• 10A - Modular Brick Masonry,
• 10B - Brick Sizes,
• 11 - Guide Specs,
• 11A - Guide Specs,
• 11B - Guide Specs,
• 11C - Guide Specs,
• 11D - Guide Specifications,
• 11E - Guide Specs, Mortar and Grout,
• 13 - Ceramic Glazed Brick Facing for Exterior Walls,
• 14 - Brick Floors and Pavements - Design,
• 14A - Brick Floors and Pavements - Materials and Installation,
• 14B - Brick Floors and Pavements,
• 15 - Salvaged Brick,
• 16 - Fire Resistance,
• 16B - Calculated Fire Resistance,
• 17 - Reinforced Brick Masonry - Intro,
• 17A - Reinforced Brick Masonry - Materials,
• 17B - Reinforced Brick Masonry - Beams,
• 17L - RBM Curtain and Panel Walls,
• 17M - Reinforced Brick Masonry Girders,
• 18 - Volume Changes and Movement,
• 18A - Movement Joints,
• 19 - Residential Fireplaces,
• 19A - Residential Fireplaces,
• 19B - Residential Chimneys,
• 19C - Contemporary Fireplaces,
• 19D - Russian-Style Heaters,
• 19E - Fountain and Contemporary Heaters,
• 20 - Cleaning Brick,
• 21- Cavity Walls - Intro,
• 21A - Cavity Walls - Materials,
• 21B - Cavity Walls - Detailing,
• 21C - Cavity Walls - Construction,
• 23 - Efflorescence, Causes, and Mechanisms,
• 23A - Efflorescence, Prevention and Control,
• 24 - The Contemporary Bearing Wall,
• 24C - Bearing Walls - Shear Wall Design,
• 24F - Bearing Wall Construction,
• 24G - Bearing Wall Detailing,
• 26 - Single Wythe Bearing Walls,
• 27 - Rain Screen Walls,
• 28 - Anchored Brick Veneer, Wood Frame,
• 28A - Brick Veneer, Exisiting Construction,
• 28B - Brick Veneer, Steel Stud Walls,
• 28C - Thin Brick Veneer,
• 29 - Landscape Architecture,
• 29A - Landscape Architecture - Garden Walls,
• 29B - Landscape Architecture,
• 30 - Bonds and Patterns,
• 31 - Brick Masonry Arches,
• 31A - Brick Masonry Arches - Structural Design,
• 31B - Structural Steel Lintels,
• 31C - Semicircular Brick Arches,
• 36 - Details, Sills and Soffits,
• 36A - Details, Caps and Copings, Corbels and Racking,
• 39 - Testing for Engineered Brick Masonry - Brick and Mortar,
• 39A - Testing for Engineered Brick Masonry - Design Stresses,
• 39B - Testing - Quality Control40 - Prefab Brick Masonry,
• 41 - Hollow Brick Masonry,
• 42 - Empirical Design,
• 43 - Passive Solar Heating,
• 43C - Passive Solar Cooling,
• 43D - Passive Solar Heating - Materials,
• 43G - Passive Solar Heating - Details,
• 44 - Anchor Bolts,
• 44A - Fasteners,
• 44B - Wall Ties,
• 45 - Noise Barrier Walls,
• 45A - Noise Barrier Walls, Structural Design,