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2016 Masonry Institute of Iowa Spring Seminar

Words: Scott AbramowitzThe Masonry Institute of Iowa is announcing this year’s Annual MII Spring Seminar. This year’s event will be held on April 26, 2016 at the Iowa River Landing Marriott Hotel located in Coralville, Iowa. Please plan to join us as we discuss designing with masonry and how to build a better Iowa!

This year’s speakers are Pat Conway, AIA, CSI, International Masonry Institute, Sam Rubenzer PE, SE, Forse Consulting, and Fred Kinateder, Kinateder Consulting.

The agenda for the day is as follows:

8:30am — 9:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am — 10:30am Masonry Plan & Specification Review - Pat Conway, AIA, CSI, International Masonry Institute
10:30am — 10:45am Break
10:45am — 12:15pm Structural Masonry Notes, Prototypes, and Details - Samuel M. Rubenzer, PE, SE, Forse Consulting
12:15pm — 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm — 2:00pm BIM Deliverables Guide for Masonry Contractors — Fred Kinateder — Kinateder Consulting
2:00pm — 3:15pm Joint Discussion & Presentation — Masonry Design & Constructability Issues - Pat Conway & Samuel M. Rubenzer

For sleeping room reservations please call the hotel at 319-688-4000.

Questions or comments? Email us at admin@masonryinstituteofiowa.org or call 515-252-0637.

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