By Jamie L. Davis, PE, LEED AP – Principal Ryan Biggs Clark Davis This presentation explores the possibilities of pushing masonry to a delegated design workflow, similar to cold-formed
and precast. For years the masonry industry has been plagued by lack of education and experience in the proper design of masonry systems. Other industries, such as cold-formed framing, deal with the same issues, however, they have adopted a delegated design workflow where the bulk of the in-depth design is performed during construction phase by designers that are highly experienced. This presentation will explore how this workflow could be used for masonry and initiatives that are underway to promote this paradigm shift in the industry.