Lunch & Learn

Please join us for RMMI's 2008 FREE Masonry Seminars!

Make lunchtime count with the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute’s free monthly technical seminars. Each 90- or 120-minute session will be held in RMMI’s training center at 686 Mariposa Street, Denver. RMMI’s technical director, Diane Travis, will teach several seminars that are geared toward architects. RMMI technical consultant Michael Schuller, P.E., of Atkinson-Noland & Associates, will conduct the seminars that are oriented toward engineers. Several guest speakers will present special topics of interest to all design professionals. A courtesy RSVP is requested to attend these valuable short courses. Just choose the session(s) that interest you, bring your own lunch and join us at 11:30 am on the appointed day(s). We’ll provide the education, the sodas and cookies, and the AIA Self Report Forms/Certificates of Participation ! For more information, please give us a call at 303-893-3838 or e-mail Diane Travis at dianet@rmmi.org.

2008 Lunch n Learn Schedules

Architectural Lunch n Learns:

Jan. 16 Top 10 Worst Details & How to Fix Them
Feb 13 Proposed Changes to the LEED System
March 12 Manufactured Stone: Best Practices
April 9 Masonry in the Landscape
May 14 How to Make Your Single Wythe Wall Perform Better
June 11 Cast Stone
July 9 TBA
Aug 13 TBA
Sept 10 A Masonry Tour of Prague and Budapest
Oct 8 So You Bought a Historic Masonry Building...Now What
Nov 12 Review of Documented Green Research on Masonry
Dec 10 Flashing - The Most Important Masonry Detail

Engineering Lunch n Learns:

Jan. 9 Specifying Engineered Masonry
Feb 6 Setting Up a Jobsite Quality Assurance Program
March 5 Designing for Flexure: Beams and Lintels
April 2 Axial Loads
May 7 Combined Flexure and Axial Loads
June 4 Designing for Shear (Beams and Walls)
July 2 Distributing Loads to Shear Walls
Aug 6 Detailing Reinforcement and Anchorage
Sept 3 Highlighting Masonry in Your Design
Oct 1 TBA
Nov 5 Web-based System for Learning How to Test and Evaluate
Masonry
Dec 3 TBA

Remember: All sessions will be held at the RMMI Training Center,
686 Mariposa Street, Denver. Questions? Call us at 303-893-3838!