Confined Masonry Network: An Overview of Guidelines and Initiatives

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In January 2008, an International Strategy Workshop on the Promotion of Confined Masonry was organized at Kanpur, India, by the National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering, India; the World Housing Encyclopedia project of EERI and IAEE; and the World Seismic Safety Initiative. A group of international experts from India, the USA, Switzerland, Peru, Mexico, China, Indonesia, and Canada created a Confined Masonry Network with two major objectives: i) to improve the design and construction quality of confined masonry where it is currently in use, and ii) to introduce it in areas where it can reduce seismic risk. The web site www.confinedmasonry.org was created as a growing repository of resources related to confined masonry construction, including training materials, guidelines, and research papers. Besides compiling the existing resources on confined masonry, the group committed to developing global guides for seismic design and construction of confined masonry structures, state-of-the-art papers on confined masonry and research needs, and several awareness initiatives. This paper presents an overview of confined masonry design and construction, featuring the guidelines for design of low-rise confined masonry buildings (up to two-storey high) that were developed by masonry experts from 13 countries. Two other guidelines have been recently completed, a construction guideline for architects and engineers, and a simple illustrated guide for builders and house-owners. Currently in production is a seismic design guideline for engineered confined masonry buildings, which is expected to fill the gap in this area, since most international guidelines are focused on a prescriptive design approach.

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