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ID ESCSI Title Author Publication Name Type of Publication Publisher Dated Issue/ Volume Other ID Page(s) Reference List Abstract
101 3220.060 Report on 8-in. Hollow Haydite Concrete Building Units Finnegan, J.B. Retardant No. 2309, Application No. 30C1233 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and The Haydite Manufacturers Association 1930 September 4 1-8 + fig, app. N More
102 3220.061 Fire Test of a Non-Bearing Wall Built From Masonry Units (68.8 Per Cent Solid) of Rotary Kiln Expanded Shale Aggregate Blanchard, J.A.C. and T.Z. Harmathy Fire Study No. 10 of the Division of Building Research Book (Canadian) National Research Council, Division of Building Research 1963 October 1-9 + figs 1-10 Y More
103 3220.062 Fire Test of a Non-Bearing Wall Built From Solid Masonry Units of Rotary Kiln Expanded Shale Aggregate Blanchard, J.A.C. and T.Z. Harmathy Fire Study No. 11 of the Division of Building Research Book (Canadian) Nat. Research Council of Div. of Bldg. Research 1964 January 1-10 + fig. 1-9 Y More
104 3220.063 Fire Test of a Load-Bearing Wall Built From Masonry Units (89.1 percent solid) of Rotary Kiln Expanded Shale Aggregate Blanchard, J.A.C. and T.Z. Harmathy Fire Study No. 12 of the Div. of Bldg. Research Book National Research Council, Division of Building Research 1964 January 1-10 + fig 1-11 Y More
105 3220.064 Fire Endurance of Selected Non-Load Bearing Concrete Masonry Walls Allen, L.W. Fire Study No. 25, and Title Above Paper National Research Council of Canada, Division of Building Research 1970 March 1-26 + tab, fig Y More
106 3220.065 Effect of Sand Replacement on the Fire Endurance of Lightweight Aggregate Masonry Units Allen, L.W. Fire Study No. 26 and Above Title Paper National Research Council of Canada, Division of Building Research 1971 September 1-11 + tab, fig Y More
107 3220.066 Report on 8-in. Bearing Walls of Concrete Masonry Units Made with Oyster Shell Aggregate Wilmelmy, T.T. Retardant 3442-1, Application No. 59C2983 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and Radcliff Gravel Company 1959 October 16 1-11 N More
108 3220.067 Report on 8-in. Bearing Walls of Concrete Masonry Unit Made with Volcanic Slag (Pumice) Aggregate Steiner, A.J. Retardant 2965, Application No. 47C3406 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and Clark Concrete Construction Corporation 1948 February 24 1-14 N More
109 3220.068 Fire Tests of Idealite Concrete Block Walls Brown, Elwood H. and Norman E. Haavik Fire Tests of Idealite Concrete Block Walls Paper Great Western Aggregates, Inc. 1958 July 1-8 N More
110 3220.069 Report on 8-in. Bearing Walls Constructed of “1 3/8-in. Face Shell” Concrete Masonry Unit Made With Volcanic Slag (Pumice) Aggregate Not Given Retardant 2861, Application No. 45C1580 Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and Cinder Products Company 1946 May 15 Follow-Up Dated 6-19-46 1-15 More
111 3220.070 Reports on Fire Resistance of Concrete Masonry Units Made With Various Expanded Aggregates Fandel, J.A. Reports Collection Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. 1952 1965, 1970, 1982 N More
112 3220.071 Report on 8-in. Concrete Masonry Units Made From Pumice Aggregate for Use in Unreinforced Load Bearing Walls Howell, K. W. Report on 8-in Concrete Masonry Units plus: File R7192-1, Project 72 NK 9707 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. 1973 October 5 1-4, T1-1,C1-C3 N More
113 3220.072 Report on 9-in. Bearing Cavity Wall of Concrete Masonry Units (Blocks) With Clay Brick Facing Parks, R. L. UL, Inc. Retardant 3607, Application No. 53 C 891. Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. 1954 November 4 1-15 + figures N More
114 3220.073 Report on 8-in. Concrete Masonry Units Made From Fly Ash Aggregates and a Blend of Fly Ash and Sand Aggregates for Use in Unreinforced Load Bearing Walls Howell, W. W. File R6241-1-2-3, Assignment 69CH7960 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. 1970 September 9 1-5,T1-1,C1-C6 N More
115 3220.074 Report of a Special Fire Endurance and Hose Stream Test on a Load Bearing Wall Assembly for Masonry Research Bletzacker, Richard W. Report No. T-4592 Paper Engineering Experiment Station, The Ohio State University 1968 December 1-22 N More
116 3220.075 Calibrated Hot Box Test Results Data Manual, Volumes I and II Van Green, M. G.; S. C. Larson Calibrated Hot Box Test Results Manual Paper Construction Technology Laboratories, Division of PCA 1984 1984, 1985 I-336; II-164 Y More
117 3220.076 Fire-Resistance Classifications of Building Constructions Dunham, John W., Chairman of Central Housing Comm. on Research, Design, and Construction Bulding Materials and Structures, Report BMS92 Book U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards 1942 October 7 1-70 N More
118 3250.001 A Structural Evaluation of the Insulated Masonry Block Wall System Levanen, Harri R. A Thesis to Department of Civil Engineering, Brigham Young University Paper Brigham Young University 1987 December 1-139 N More
119 3260.001 Flexural Strength of Plain and Reinforced Concrete Masonry Walls (Two article in one binder) Dikkers, Robert and Edwin L. Saxer Flexural Strength of Plain and Reinforced Concrete Masonry Walls Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1957 February 27 1-18 N More
120 3260.002 NCMA Tests on Flexural Strength of Concrete Masonry Walls O'Conner, John P. Paper NCMA 1967 1-14+photos,tab N More
121 3262.001 Mix Design of Lightweight High-Performance Masonry Block Amiri, Babrak; Gary L. Krause, Maher K. Tadros; Geary Combs Proceedings, The Sixth North American Masonry Conference Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1993 June 6-9 1037-1051 Y More
122 3262.002 High Performance Concrete Masonry ESCSI Information Sheet 3650.3 for Mason Contractors Paper ESCSI 1996 January 1-8 Y More
123 3300.001 Influence of Aggregate Microstructure on the Volume Stability of Lightweight Concrete Masonry Bremner, T. W. and David Rae Masonry: Design and Construction, Problems and Repair, ASTM STP 1180 Book American Society for Testing and Materials 1993 11 Y More
124 3300.002 Investigation of the Moisture-Volume Stability of Concrete Masonry Units Shideler, Joseph J. Development Department - Bulletin D3 Paper Portland Cement Association 1955 March 1-54 Y More
125 3304.001 Comparison of Methods of Measuring Drying Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry Units Not Given Misc. Paper No. 6-328 Paper U.S. Corps of Engineers 1959 March 1-14 + tab.,fig N More
126 3304.002 Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry Units with Current Manufacturing Procedures Pfeiffenberger, Lucas Besser Block 1994 Summer, No. 3, Vol. 9 4,5 Y More
127 3304.003 Influence of Mortar and Block Properties on Shrinkage Cracking of Masonry Walls Hedstrom, R.O. et al. Journal Article Portland Cement Association 1968 34-51 Y More
128 3304.004 A Cooperative Laboratory Study of the Effect of Testing Environment and Specimen Type on Shrinkage of Masonry Unit Concrete Valore, Rudolph C., Jr. and William H. Kuenning A Report ofACI Committees 716 and 213, Journal of the Am. Concrete Institute Paper American Concrete Institute 1962 October 1391-1433 Y More
129 3304.005 Relation of Shrinkage to Moisture Content in Concrete Block Kalousek, George L., et al. Journal Article American Concrete Institute 1953 225-240 Y More
130 3304.006 Physical Properties of High-Pressure Steam Cured Concrete Block ACI Committee 716 Journal Article ACI 1953 Volume 24 745 N More
131 3304.007 Drying Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry Units Determined by Different Methods Bryson, J.O. andD. Watstein NBS Report 6499, NBS Project 1001-12-10111 Paper U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Natl Bureau of Standards 1959 August 1-11+tab. & fig Y More
132 3304.008 Shrinkage Measurements of Concrete Block Masonry (Final Report) Allan, W.D.M. Journal of the American Concrete Institute Paper American Concrete Institute 1931 November, No. 3, Vol. 3 177-185 More
133 3304.009 Concrete Masonry Shrinkage Test Survey ESCSI Collection ESCSI 1955 August N More
134 3304.010 Concrete Masonry Shrinkage Not Given Concrete Masonry Shrinkage Paper National Concrete Masonry Assocation 1957 After 23 Y More
135 3304.011 Correlation of Shrinkage and Coring in Concrete Masonry Units Easterly, Harry W., Jr. Journal of American Concrete Institute Article American Concrete Institute 1952 January, Vol. 23, No. 5 393-402 N More
136 3304.012 Effect of Curing on the Properties Affecting Shrinkage Cracking of Concrete Block Saemann, J.C.; C. Warren; G.W. Washa Journal of the American Concrete Institute Article American Concrete Institute 1955 May, Vol. 26, No. 9 833-852 N More
137 3304.013 Shrinkage Characteristics of Concrete Masonry Walls Housing Research Paper 34 Paper Housing and Home Finance Agency 1954 1-60 N More
138 3304.014 Effect of Test Method on Measured Shrinkage of Concrete Block Saxer, E. L. and H. T. Toennies Effect of Test Method on Measured Shrinkage of Concrete Block Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1956 After 1956 1-15 + fig, app Y More
139 3304.015 Concrete Masonry Shrinkage Cracking Toennies, Henry Concrete Masonry Shrinkage Cracking Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1961 1-31 + fig, tab Y More
140 3304.016 NCMA Survey – Shrinkage Properties of CMV Not Given NCMA Survey - Shrinkage Properties of CMV Article National Concrete Masonry Association 1980 Approximately 1980 1-4 N More
141 3308.001 The Contemporary Bearing Wall Gross, James G. Book Four Wall Types and Details Book Structural Clay Products Institute 1965 1-45 N More
142 3326.001 Limit States Design Provisions Hogan, Mark Construction Specifier Article Construction Specifications Institute 1991 April 1-7 Y More
143 3326.002 The U.S.-TCCMAR 5-Story Full-Scale Masonry Research Building Test Seible, F., et al. Test Report to the National Science Foundation Paper Dept ofApplied Mechanics & Eng. Sciences, U of Calif, San Diego 1992 Oct. 1-42 + photos Y More
144 3326.003 Earthquake Resistant Masonry Construction: National Workshop Christ, Robert A. and Louis E. Cattaneo, Editors Natl Bureau of Standards, Bldg Science Series 106 Book National Bureau ofStandards and Natl Science Foundation 1977 September 1-361 Y More
145 3326.004 Construction and Removal of the Five-Story Research Building Hegemier, Gil; M.J. Nigel Priestley, Frieder Seible The United States t-Story Full-Scale RCM Building Test U.S. Coordinated Program for Masonry Building Research 1960 After 1960 1-8 N More
146 3326.005 Performance of Masonry Structures in the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994 Investigating Disasters Reconnaissance Team Performance of Masonry Structures in the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994 Paper The Masonry Society 1994 June 1-100 Y More
147 3326.006 Wind and Earthquake Forces on Brick Veneer With Steel Studs Mayes, Ronald and Jefferson Asher Report No. 5620.01 Paper Western States Clay Products Association, Computech Engineering Services, Inc 1989 September 1-16 + Appendix Y More
148 3326.007 Design Engineering Considerations for Masonry Construction in Seismic Zone 2, BOCA National Building Code – 1987 Not Given Design Engineering Considerations for Masonry Construction in Seismic Zone 2 Article Masonry Institute of Connecticut 1987 1-11 Y More
149 3326.008 Cores – The Value of Concrete Masonry Units Schumacher, Richard C. Brick, Block & Trowel Article Masonry Institute, Inc. 1995 Summer 6-8 N More
150 3340.001 Moisture Content vs. Compressive Strength of Concrete Block Not Given Technical Bulletin Article National Concrete Masonry Association 1964 May 11 1-4 + tab., fig Y More
151 3340.002 Permanent Moisture Expansion of Clay Products on Natural Exposure Hosking, J.S. and H.V. Hueber Nature [Reprint by DBR] Article Australian Division of Building Research 1959 Oct. 31, Volume 184 1373-1375 (1-5) More
152 3340.003 Fallacies in the Current Per Cent of Total Absorption Method for Determining and Limiting the Moisture Content of Concrete Block Menzel, Carl A. Proceeding of ASTM Paper American Society for Testing and Materials 1957 October, Volume 57 1-15 Y More
153 3344.001 Fallacies in the Current Per Cent of Total Absorption Method for Determining and Limiting the Moisture Content of Concrete Block Menzel, Carl A. Proceedings of ASTM Paper American Society for Testing Materials, reprinted by PCA 1957 October, Vol. 57 1-15 Y More
154 3350.001 Corrosion Protection of the Reinforcement in Lightweight Concrete Schulze, W. and J. Gunzler Paper International Congress on Lightweight Concrete 1968 May 12 Y More
155 3350.002 Corrosion Consideration of Metallic Components in Curtain Wall Construction Gleekman, Lewis W. Corrosion Consideration of Metallic Components in Curtain Wall Construction Article Author 1982 Before June 4 N More
156 3354.001 Washed vs. Unwashed Galite Tests Wilcox, Lane W. and O. C. Frei Article 1962 January 24 1-4 + photos N More
157 3354.002 Efflorescence of Autoclave Block Hawkins, Robert J. Article Anchor Concrete Products, Inc. 1959 After 1959 1-7 Y More
158 3354.003 Efflorescence Not Given Concrete Information Article Portland Cement Association 1968 1, 2 N More
159 3358.001 Water Permeance of Masonry Walls: A Review of the Literature Grimm, C.T. Special Technical Publication 778 Article American Society for Testing and Materials 1987 178-188 Y More
160 3364.001 C/M And Its Resistance to Freeze-Thaw Action Copeland, R. E. Concrete Products Article Maclean Hunter Publisher 1966 January 80-84 Y More
161 3374.001 Plant Drying and Carbonation of Concrete Block – NCMA – PCA Cooperative Program Toennies, H.T. & J.J. Shideler Bulletin D-64 Article Portland Cement Association 1963 May Reprinted - ACI 617-632 Y More
162 3374.002 Carbonation Shrinkage of Concrete Masonry Units Shideler, J.J. Bulletin - D69 Article Portland Cement Association 1963 36-51 Y More
163 3374.003 NCMA-PCA Cooperative Tests of Plant Results of Flue Gas Carbonation and Drying Toennies, H. and J.J. Shideler Presentation at 40th Ann. NCMA Convention, Los Angeles Paper NCMA 1960 February 1-6 + figures N More
164 3380.001 General Considerations of Cracking in Concrete Masonry Walls and Means For Minimizing It Menzel, Carl PCA - Bulletin D-20 Paper PCA 1958 1-15 Y More
165 3380.002 Report on Cracking in Concrete Block Masonry Construction at Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, PA. McBurney, J.W. National Bureau of Standards Report Paper U.S. Dept of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards 1954 May 21 1-9+tab.,append N More
166 3380.003 Crazing, Cracking, Brittleness and Research Report on Early Strength of Concrete Block Redmond, T.B. Crazing, Cracking, Brittleness and Research Report on Early Strength of Concrete Block Paper NCMA 1976 July I-III,1-26+ Y More
167 3380.004 The [Portland Cement] Association’s Program to Minimize Cracking in Concrete Masonry Construction Menzel, Carl A. Proceedings, Annual Meeting of PCA Paper Portland Cement Association 1949 November 15 1-11 + figures N More
168 3384.002 Laboratory Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Concrete Masonry Shideler, J.J. and H.T. Toennies Paper Portland Cement Association Research and Development Division 1967 Nov. 1-54 Y More
169 3384.003 Laboratory Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Concrete Masonry Shideler, J.J. and H.T. Toennies Laboratory Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Concrete Masonry Paper The National Concrete Masonry Association 1968 February 1-54 Y More
170 3384.004 Freezing and Thawing Test of Concrete Masonry Units With Cement and Cement-Fly Ash as Cementitious Materials Redmond, Thomas B., Jr. Freezing and Thawing Test of Concrete Masonry Units With Cement and Cement-Fly Ash Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1970 1-6 N More
171 3410.001 Influence of Aggregate Microstructure on the Volume Stability of Lightweight Concrete Masonry Bremner, T.W. and David Rae Masonry: Design and Construction, Problems and Repair; ASTM STP 1180 Book American Society for Testing and Materials 1993 1-11 Y More
172 3420.001 Collection: Nuclear Blast of Lightweight Concrete Masonry Unit and Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Various Collection 1955 After 1955 14 Art., photos N More
173 3420.002 Report on FCDA (Federal Civil Defense Administration) “Operation Cue” Rocklite Products Data Sheet O.Q. 31.1 Article Rocklite Products 1955 1-7 N More
174 3430.001 General Specifications – Masonry Sound Barriers – Noise Control With Masonry Sound Barriers Masonry Institute of Connecticut The Block Bulletin Article Concrete Masonry Institute of Georgia 1987 Spring 3, 4 Y More
175 3430.002 Sound Transmission Report Barton, S.G. Paper ESCSI 1966 10/5/66 1-5 N More
176 3430.003 Sound Absorption Test Report Straus, Peter E. and John W. Kopes Laboratory Report Paper Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories of IIT Research Institute 1992 27-28 July 26 N More
177 3430.004 Sound Absorbing Concrete Block Koski, John A. Masonry Construction Article 1992 October 384-386 N More
178 3430.005 Accoustical Properties of Concrete Masonry Units Brewer, H.W. and ACI Comm. 331 Special Bibliography No. 117 Collection Portland Cement Association 1961 August 1-9 + 2 addit. More
179 3430.006 Sound Control With Concrete Masonry Construction Not Given Sound Control With Concrete Masonry Construction Article Permanente Cement Company 1960 Not given--latest ref1960 1-8 Y More
180 3430.007 Sound Transmission Loss of Concrete Masonry Walls Technical Report No. 55-A Article NCMA 1959 July 3 sheets N More
181 3430.008 Controlling Sound with C/M Copeland, R.E. Concrete Products Article Maclean Hunter Publishers 1965 July 39-43 Y More
182 3430.009 Sound Insulation of Wall and Floor Constructions Staff of the Sound Section Building Materials and Structures Report 144 Book U.S. Dept of Commerce, Natl Bureau of Standards 1955 February 25 1-65 N More
183 3430.010 Sound Transmission Loss Test Nos. 664-29, 30, on six-inch Monowalls for Interon Research, Inc. Huntley, Ralph, Director Report Paper Cedar Knolls Acoustical Laboratories 1966 6 May 1966, Rev Oct. 1967 2 @ 3 pgs each N More
184 3430.011 Effect of Painting on Sound Transmission Loss of Lightweight Concrete Block Partitions Sabine, Hale J. and the Riverbank Staff NOISE Control Article 1960 March-April 6-10 Y More
185 3430.012 Sound Reduction Properties of Concrete Masonry Ramer, Luther, G.; Ralph Huntley; Roy L. Richards Sound Reduction Properties of Concrete Masonry Book NCMA 1955 Not Given 1-24 N More
186 3430.013 Sound Control with Concrete Masonry Construction AIA File No. 10C Article Permanente Cement Company 1963 August 1-8 Y More
187 3430.014 Report of Sound Transmission Loss and Air Flow Resistance Measurements on Concrete Block Walls for the National Concrete Masonry Association Report Paper Riverbank Acoustical Laboratory, Armour Research Foundation 1959 March 1 1-18; 1-6 N More
188 3430.015 Collection: General Information on Sound Collection 1960 1960 and After More
189 3430.016 Sound Absorption and Sound Insulation in Lightweight Concrete Block News About Noise Article Earl S. Lewis & Co., Inc. 1960 10-13 More
190 3430.017 Noise – How to Control It In Structures Lenchuk, Paul Article Florida Concrete and Products Association, Inc. 1964 May 11 1-20 Y More
191 3430.018 A Guide to Selecting Concrete Masonry Walls for Noise Reduction Not Given A Guide to Selecting Concrete Masonry Walls for Noise Reduction Article National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) 1970 1-15 + sketches N More
192 3430.019 Proudfoot Architectural Acoustics, Soundblox Sound Absorbing Structural Masonry Units Not Given Proudfoot Architectural Acoustics, Soundblox Sound Absorbing Structural Masonry Units Collection The Proudfoot Company, Inc. 1989 1991 N More
193 3430.020 Acoustics of Concrete in Buildings (Two-Page Excerpt) Randall, Frank A., Jr. Proceedings of Meeting of Illinois Society of Architects Paper Illinois Society of Architects. Reprint by Portland Cement Association 1974 March 26 9, 13 N More
194 3430.021 Noise Abatement with Lightweight Concrete Masonry Not Given The Masonry Exchange Article Alabama Masonry Institute 1994 Fall 1-4 N More
195 3440.001 Simple Method for Detecting Substances in Cinders Which May Cause Staining and Pop-Outs in Concrete Masonry Not Given Simple Method for Detecting Substances in Cinders Which May Cause Staining in Concrete Masonry Paper Portland Cement Association 1945 August 1-11 + figures N More
196 3440.002 Cleaning Masonry – A Review of the Literature Grimm, Clayford T. Cleaning Masonry - A Review of the Literature Paper Construction Research Center, The University of Texas at Arlington 1988 November 1-64 Y More
197 3510.001 NYTR Alite – Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Masonry Units Concrete Masonry Manual Book NYTRALITE Aggregate, Kingston NY 1950 After 1950 1-24 N More
198 3510.002 Concrete Masonry Manual ESCSI ESCSI Concrete Masonry Manual Book ESCSI 1973 1-31 & backup N More
199 3510.003 Design and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Columns and Pilasters Not Given Reinforced Concrete Masonry Columns and Pilasters Book National Concrete Masonry Association 1960 1-150 + supp. Y More
200 3510.004 Thermal Mass Handbook, Concrete and Masonry Design Provisions Using ASHRAE/IES 90.1-1989 Eley Associates Thermal Mass Handbook, Concrete and Masonry Design Provisions Using ASHRAE/IES 90.1-1989 Book National Codes and Standards Council of the Concrete and Masonry Industries 1994 August 1-1 thru 7-10 N More