Masonry Magazine October 1992 Page. 17
SAN DIEGO'S CONVENTION AND EXPOSITION Center, above, one of the country's most modern facilities, is the site of Masonry Expo '93, Wednesday, February 24 through Tuesday, March 2, 1993. MCAA headquarters hotel, the San Diego Marriott, is directly adjacent to the Convention Center (upper right).
nars, workshops, tours, an exclusive golf tournament, a pre-conference gambling cruise to Ensenada Mexico, and a post-conference trip to Palm Springs, California. The MCAA Annual Conference will be held from February 24 thru March 2, headquartered in the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, adjacent to the San Diego Convention Center, making travel to the Expo exhibits and programs effortless. Attending the Masonry Expo is no longer cost prohibitive. Reasonable airfares are available and affordable hotel rooms are abundant, making the wide range of educational and recreational activities the Expo has to offer a can't miss program for those masonry industry leaders intent on staying ahead of the competition.
Retrofit Ties for Brick Veneer
Masonry walls showing distress are usually the result of proof workmanship, poor design and/or a lack of necessary details during original construction.
ASONRY WALLS showing distress require preventive maintenance to reduce progressive deterioration and insure safety. Distressed masonry evidences itself as bulging walls, walls moving out at shelf angles and cracking within the field of the masonry. Typically distressed masonry walls usually possess corroded wall ties, ineffective wall ties and/or inadequately spaced wall ties. Additionally, these walls may show