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ID ESCSI Title Author Publication Name Type of Publication Publisher Dated Issue/ Volume Other ID Page(s) Reference List Abstract
1 0001.001 A23-1960 Standards For Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Not Given Standard Book Canadian Standard Association 1960 N More
2 0060.000 Standard 90.1’s ENVSTD: Using It For Compliance Crawley, D.B. & J.J. Boulin Journal Article Am Society of Heating, Refrig. & Air Cond. Engineers 1990 May 30-40 Y More
3 3000.001 Lightweight Structural Clay Products Not Given Not Given Article Not Given 1950 1950 or after 4 pages N More
4 3000.002 National Bureau of Standards Report: Requirements for Concrete Masonry Construction (Revision of NBS Report 2462) Fishburn, Cyrus C. NBS Project 1000-30-4801, NBS Report 3079 Paper U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards 1954 Jan 30 29 + figures N More
5 3000.003 Collection: 33 Articles, Letters, or Ads on Clay Block Various Brick & Clay Record Collection 1954 1954 into 1960s More
6 3000.004 Mortarless Wall-Blocks in Port Lyautey School Chesney, Daniel R. and William D. Middleton U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Bulletin Article Bureau of Yards and Docks, Department of the Navy 1952 July, Vol. 6, No. 7 188-189 N More
7 3000.005 Investigation of the Structural Properties of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Saemann, Jesse C. Investigation of the Structural Properties of Reinforced Concrete Masonry Book National Concrete Masonry Association 1955 1-167 Y More
8 3000.006 Collection: Five Protest Letters to International Conference of Building Officials and Report from Underwriters’ Laboratories Members of ESCSI Collection: Five Protest Letters Collection ESCSI 1984 May and August N More
9 3001.001 Guide Specification for Military and Civil Works Construction Corps of Engineers CE-206.011 Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers 1957 August 7 1-29 N More
10 3070.001 ASTM Specifications for Concrete Masonry Units Not Given ASTM Specifications for Concrete Masonry Units Collection American Society for Testing Materials 1952 November 1-13 N More
11 3150.001 Standard for Concrete Masonry Units (First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Editions) Not Given Same Article Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. 1938 1945, 53, 58, 70, 75, 84 Various N More
12 3201.001 Integrally Insulated Concrete Masonry Walls: R-Valve Analysis Not Given Not Given Article Not Given 1960 After 1960 More
13 3201.002 Thermal Performance of Masonry Walls Fiorato, A.E. and C.R. Cruz R&D Bulletin RD071.01M Paper Portland Cement Association 1980 1-17 Y More
14 3201.003 Thermal Properties of Concrete Masonry Units Prepared by: Brewer, H. W. Special Bibliography No. 121, PCA Collection Portland Cement Association 1961 November 23 N More
15 3201.004 Thermal Properties of Selected Masonry Unit Concretes Harmathy, T. Z. and L. W. Allen Journal Article American Concrete Institute 1973 Feb. 132-142 Y More
16 3201.005 Compliance Ratings and Performance of Exterior Wall Systems Wilcox, Bruce Compliance Ratings and Performance of Exterior Wall Systems Paper Berkeley Solar Group 1994 3/29/94 37 Y More
17 3201.006 Design Heat Transmission Coefficients, Chapter 22 [Possibly the following: Rowley, F.B.; A.B. Algren; J.L. Blackshaw] TC 4.4, Insulation and Moisture Barriers, 1977 Fundamental Handbook Article ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers 1977 22.1 - 22.27 Y More
18 3201.007 Guide to the Thermal Properties of Concrete and Masonry Systems ACI Committee 122 Guide to the Thermal Properties of Concrete and Masonry Systems Paper American Concrete Institute 1995 March 1-57 More
19 3204.001 Assessment of the Thermal and Physical Properties of Masonry Block Products Valore, Rudolph, Jr; Adrian Tuluca; Arnold Caputo Part of the Natl Program for Bldg Therm. Envel. Syst. & Materials Book Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Metals and Ceramics Division 1988 September 1.1-6.25 + app. Y More
20 3204.002 How to Calculate Heat Transmission Coefficients and Vapor Condensation Temperatures of Concrete Masonry Walls Not Given Concrete Information, No. CP 68, 2nd Ed. Paper Housing and Cement Products Bureau, Portland Cement Associ. 1949 March 1-8 n More
21 3204.003 Thermal Transmittance of Hollow Concrete Masonry Test Walls Troxell, G.E. Thermal Transmittance of Hollow Concrete Masonry Test Walls Article ESCSI 1963 August 8 1-6 + tab, diag N More
22 3204.004 Influence of Properties and Proportions of Constituents of Concrete on Thermal Conductivity Valore, Rudolph C., Jr. Influence of Properties and Proportions of Constituents of Concrete on Thermal Conductivity Article Rudolph C. Valore, Jr. 1978 1-23 + append. N More
23 3204.005 The Use of Mass to Save Energy in the Heating and Cooling of Buildings Masonry Industry Committee and Mario J. Catani M Mass, Masonry, Energy Book Masonry Industry Committee 1978 After 1978 16, 9 Y More
24 3204.006 Thermophysical Properties of Masonry and Its Constituents, I. Thermal Conductivity of Masonry Materials; II. Thermal Transmittance of Masonry Valore, Rudolph C., Jr. Thermophysical Properties of Masonry and its Constituents Book The International Masonry Institute 1988 I. 158; II. 103 Y More
25 3210.001 A Comparison of Very Lightweight Walls of Wood, Metal and Glass Versus Concrete Mason Lenchuk, Paul Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1977 ? N More
26 3210.002 Collection on Energy Efficiency None listed Various Article Various 1973 1973-1975 More
27 3210.003 Lightweight Aggregates Can Reduce Energy Needs for Buildings Bremner, T.W. Energy and Resource Conservation in the Cement and Concrete Industry Paper Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology 1976 November 1-19 Y More
28 3214.001 The “Efficiency” of Foam Inserts For Concrete Blocks J. D. Nisson Energy Design Update Article Cutter Information Corporation 1993 March 8 N More
29 3214.002 Just Pour In The Core For Better Block Walls Not Given Marketing Brochure Article Vermiculite Institute 1968 4 N More
30 3214.003 Improving the Thermal Performance of the Ordinary Concrete Block Knickle, H.N. & Edgar Ducharmye Special Technical Publication 544 Article ASTM 1974 215-222 N More
31 3214.004 Calculation of U-Values of Hollow Concrete Masonry Valore, Rudolph C., Jr. Journal Article ACI 1980 February 40-63 More
32 3214.005 Thermal Efficiency of Concrete Masonry Units Insulated with Icon Universal Inserts Nickerson, D.L. Engineering Report Paper Insulated Concrete Corporation 1989 1-29 N More
33 3214.006 Insulation for Masonry Walls Not Given Trowel Article Masonry Institute of Maryland 1990 Summer; No. 2/V. XVII 11, 13, 14 Y More
34 3214.007 Thermal Insulation for C/M Walls. The Effect of Wall Weight on Heat Transmission ESCSI Insulation Task Force Paper ESCSI 1977 May 10 1-7 N More
35 3214.008 Calculation of U-Values of Hollow Concrete Masonry Valore, Rudolph C. Concrete International Article American Concrete Institute 1988 February 40-63 Y More
36 3214.009 Concrete Masonry The Energy Conserving Construction Material Redmond, Thomas B. and William W. Hotaling, Jr. The Construction Specifier (Reprint) Article The Construction Specifications Institute 1977 July, Vol. 30, No. 7 5 pages Y More
37 3214.010 Thermal Insulation for CM Walls, The Effect of Wall Weight On Heat Transmission ESCSI Insulation Task Force Thermal Insulation for CM Walls, The Effect of Wall Weight on Heat Transmission Paper ESCSI 1977 May 10 2 N More
38 3214.011 Collection: Heat Transfer Observations Made on Lightweight Concrete. Masonry Wall Panel With Cores Empty and With Cores Filled McLaughlin, E.R. Collection Pennsylvania State University 1952 1952 through 1967 M More
39 3214.012 Concrete Masonry R Value Program Not Given Concrete Masonry Softwear Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1994 January 12 18 p. + list N More
40 3214.013 The Insulating Value of Concrete Blocks McIntosh, J.D. Insulation Journal Article Not Given 1965 March-April 65, 67, 69, 70 N More
41 3216.001 Choose Concrete and Masonry for Energy Savings Not Given Paper ACI, et al. 1960 After 1960 3 N More
42 3220.001 Masonry in New and Improved Life and Fire Safety Codes Not Given Masonry in New and Improved Life and Fire Safety Codes Article International Masonry Institute 1960 After 1960 8 N More
43 3220.002 The Fire Resistance of Concrete Masonry Units Brewer, H. and Marina Lee, Preparers Special Bibliography No. 107 Collection Portland Cement Association 1961 February 10 N More
44 3220.003 Masonry vs. Drywall Fire Walls Hooker, Kenneth A. Masonry Construction Article 1991 February 68-70 N More
45 3220.004 Fire Ratings of Concrete Masonry Walls Nichols, Basil Besser Block News-Michigan Article Besser Block News 1964 February 15 Y More
46 3220.005 How Safe Is Safe? Beall, Christine Construction Specifier Article 1992 October 106-113 Y More
47 3220.006 Concrete Masonry Units Committee of Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Standard for Safety Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. 1961 April was reprint of 1958 5-18 More
48 3220.007 Block Buster Not Given Marketing ad USGC 1986 1 sheet N More
49 3220.008 Fire Resistance of Walls of Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Masonry Units. Foster, Harry D., et al. Building Materials and Structures Report Paper National Bureau of Standards 1950 1-23 N More
50 3220.009 Observations from the Oakland Hills Fire Kluver, Mark Building Standards Article Intern. Conference of Building Officials 1992 March/April 4-9 N More
51 3220.010 Fire Ratings for Concrete Masonry Walls Not Given Technical Letter 77-1 Article Florida Concrete and Products Association, Inc. 1984 August 1 + table N More
52 3220.011 Report on 8-in. Hollow Haydite Concrete Building Units V.L. Underwriters' Laboratories Report Paper Underw. Lab. of Nat'l Board of Fire Underwriters 1930 September 4 1-18+app & rec. N More
53 3220.012 Report on 8-in. Bearing Walls of Concrete Masonry Units (Blocks)Made with Rotary Kiln Process Expanded Shale Aggregates V.L. Underwriters' Laboratories Report Paper Underwriters' Lab. of Nat'l Board of Fire Underwriters 1958 April 14 1-16, fig.1-25 N More
54 3220.013 Tests of the Fire Resistance and Strength of Walls of Concrete Masonry Units Menzel, Carl A. Tests of the Fire Resistance and Strength of Walls of Concrete Masonry Units Book Portland Cement Association 1934 January i-x and 1-215 N More
55 3220.014 Report on 8-in. Bearing Wall of Concrete Masonry Units With the Core Holes Filled With Vermiculite Aggregate Howell, K.W. File R3653-4, Assignment 67C3365 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and Vermiculite Institute 1968 January 10 1-3 + test,con. N More
56 3220.015 Thermal Performance of Concrete Masonry Walls in Fire Harmathy, T.Z. ASTM Special Technical Publication 464 Paper ASTM 1970 209-243 More
57 3220.016 Fire Endurance of Concrete Masonry Walls with Blended Aggregates Gustaferro Preliminary Paper Paper Nat. Concrete Masonry Association 1960 After 1960 1-26 Y More
58 3220.017 8-in. Bearing Wall of Concrete Masonry Units Made With Expanded Shale (Rotary Kiln Process) Aggregate Zimmer, B.A. R3746-9, 69CH2774 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and ESCSI 1969 November 3 1-8 + illus. N More
59 3220.018 Insurance Versus Construction Costs for Low-Rise Multifamily Dwellings Hurst, James P. MOTI Letter #4-87 Paper ESCSI 1987 April 1-5 + tables N More
60 3220.019 Observations from the Southern California Wildland Fires Kluver, Mark Building Standards Article International Conference of Building Officials 1994 January-February 12-17 Y More
61 3220.020 Estimating Fire Resistance of Concrete Masonry Walls Paper 1964 September 1-11 N More
62 3220.021 Straub Hollow Cincer Concrete Building Blocks Underwriters' Laboratories Paper National Board of Fire Underwriters 1922 July 10 1-52 N More
63 3220.022 Investigation of Equivalent Thickness Requirements for Concrete Blocks Made from Expanded Shale, Clay or Slate Aggregates Underwriters' Laboratories Investigation/Report Article 1982 More
64 3220.023 Fire Resistance of Concrete Masonry Walls Task Group on Concrete Masonry Fire Resist.: Herrell, Tom, Chairman Draft by NCMA Technical Commission Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1991 October 1-43 Y More
65 3220.024 Design of Concrete Masonry Walls for Fire Endurance Harmathy, T.Z. Paper for Presentation at ACI Symposium on the Behavior of Concrete Under Temperature Extremes Paper American Concrete Institute 1972 November 1-22+tab.1,fig. Y More
66 3220.025 Determination of Equivalent Thickness of Concrete Masonry Units Allen, L.W. and T.Z. Harmathy Determination of Equivalent Thickness of Concrete Masonry Units Article Div. of Bldg Research, natl Res. Council, Canada 1971 March 1-5 Y More
67 3220.026 Fly Ash Lightweight Aggregate Masonry Receives Fire Rating Ash at Work Article National Ash Association 1970 Vol. 11, No. 4 1 N More
68 3220.027 Fire Resistance and Sound-Insulation Ratings for Walls, Partitions and Floors Technical Report on Building Materials 44 U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NBS 1946 June 24 1-51 More
69 3220.028 Draft – Portland Cement Association Concrete Masonry Handbook – Fire Resistance PCA Committee Concrete Masonry Handbook Book Portland Cement Association 1975 April 30 31-44 N More
70 3220.029 Concrete Masonry Fire Resistance ESCSI Member Information Sheet #1 and Table 531. Handbook of Fire Protection Paper National Fire Protection Association 1954 11th edition 1-4 More
71 3220.030 Equivalent Thickness of Concrete Masonry Units as Related to Fire Test Reports. King, H.I. Paper ESCSI 1964 1-22 N More
72 3220.031 Report to Masonry Research on Fire Resistance of Masonry Wall No. 3 Troxell, G.E. Report to Masonry Research on Fire Resistance of Masonry Wall No. 3 Collection 1968 August 26 14 + N More
73 3220.032 Technical Data Sheet 6 Not Given Technical Data Sheet 6 Article Lite-Crete Aggregates (Homebush, New South Wales, Australia) 1966 May 1 pg + table N More
74 3220.033 Collection of Back-Up Data For Southern and BOCA Building Codes Palikij, G.D.; K.W. Howell 1955 1955 and After More
75 3220.034 Report on Bearing Walls of Concrete Masonry Units (Blocks) Made with Rotary Kiln Process, Coated and Uncrated, Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Aggregates Fandel, J. A. and B. A. Zimmer V.L. File R3746, Assignment 65C3172 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. 1965 August 4 G1, 1, 2 N More
76 3220.035 Minimum Equivalent Thickness and Approximate Face Shell Thickness Requirements for Class B-4 Concrete Blocks Made from Pumice Concrete Underwriters' Laboratories Memo to Manufacturers of Class B-4 Pumice Concrete Blocks Underwriters' Laboratories 1972 May 22 1-3 N More
77 3220.036 C/M and Fire Resistance Copeland, R.E. Concrete Products Article Maclean Hunter Publications 1964 November 38-42 N More
78 3220.037 Fire Resistance Characteristics Anonymous Fire Resistance Characteristics Paper American Insurance Association 1964 After January 1964 1-15 Y More
79 3220.038 Fire Resistance Rating Tables For Concrete Masonry Assemblies Manufactured With Blended Aggregates Equivalent Thickness Fire Rating Tables Paper New York State Concrete Masonry Association 1993 January 5 1-117 N More
80 3220.039 Thermo-Structural Stability of Concrete Masonry Holm, Thomas A.; Theodore W. Bremner Proceedings of the Fourth North American Masonry Conference. Paper The Masonry Society 1987 August 26-1 thru 26-12 Y More
81 3220.040 Fire Resistance of Walls of Lightweight-Aggregate Concrete Masonry Units Foster, Harry D.; Earl R. Pinkston; S.H. Ingborg Building Materials and Structures Report BMS 117 Paper U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Standards 1950 May 1 1-23 N More
82 3220.041 Fire Resistance of Various Masonry Walls Collection Troxell, G.E. and George Battey Report to Masonry Research Collection Masonry Research (Institute, Company?) 1967 1968 1-34, 1-31,1-11 N More
83 3220.042 Fire-Resistance Classifications of Building Constructions Subcommittee on Fire-Resistance Classification Building Materials and Structures Paper U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards 1942 October 7 1-70 N More
84 3220.043 Fire Resistance Ratings for Concrete Masonry Units, Draft No. 1 King, H.I. ESCSI Lightweight Concrete Information Sheet Article ESCSI 1965 February 15 1-11 N More
85 3220.044 C/M and Fire Resistance Copeland, R.E. Concrete Products Article Maclean Hunter Publication 1964 November, Vol. 67, No. 11 38-42 N More
86 3220.045 Concrete Masonry Fire Resistance Ratings Not Given Concrete Masonry Fire Risistance Ratings Article National Concrete Masonry Association 1962 November NCMA, 9/2/64 1-4 incl. illus N More
87 3220.046 Equivalent Thickness of Concrete Masonry Units as Related to Fire Tests, Plus Amendment and Appendices A and B King, H.I. Equivalent Thickness of Concrete Masonry Units as Related to Fire Tests Article ESCSI 1964 November 13, November 16 1-5 + append. N More
88 3220.047 A Study of Fire Losses in Low-Rise Multi-Family Residential Buildings Colville, James; Daniel Walsh; Donald W. Vanney A Study of Fire Losses in Low-Rise Multi-Family Residential Buildings Paper University of Maryland, Department of Civil Engineering 1979 January 1-78 Y More
89 3220.048 Performance of Concrete Masonry Walls in Fire Allen, L.W. Proceedings of 50th Anniversay Convention (1970) of NCMA Paper National Concrete Masonry Association 1970 1-13 + supp. N More
90 3220.049 Estimating Fire Resistance of Concrete Masonry Walls Callahan, Kevin and Henry Toenessies Estimating Fire Resistance of Concrete Masonry Walls Article National Concrete Masonry Association 1964 September 2 NCMA 11-62 1-5 + tab, fig. N More
91 3220.050 Fire Resistance of Rocklite Concrete Block Wall Davis, Raymond E. Fire Resistance of Rocklite Concrete Block Wall Paper Rocklite Products 1948 April 1-8 + graphs N More
92 3220.051 Report on 8-in. Concrete Masonry Units for Use in Unreinforced Load Bearing Walls Made With Expanded Shale Aggregates (Rotary Kiln Process) Howell, K.W. File R 3746-7-8 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and ESCSI 1970 March 2 1-4 +test,photo N More
93 3220.052 Report on Hollow Concrete Building Units Small, A.R. Retardant Report No. 1555 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. with ACI, Concrete Products Assn, and PCA 1924 May 1-100 N More
94 3220.053 Report on 8-In. Bearing Walls of Concrete Masonry Units (Blocks Made With Expanded Slag Aggregate Stoehr, E.K. Retardant 3461-1-2-3, Application No. 51C2634v Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and National Slag Association 1952 July 1 1-20 + fig,foto N More
95 3220.054 Report on Bearing Walls of Concrete Masonry Units (Blocks) Made with Rotary Kiln Process, Coated and Uncoated, Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Aggregates Fandel, J.A. File R3746, Assignment 65C 3172F Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and ESCSI 1965 August 4 G1, 1, 2 N More
96 3220.055 Report on 8-In. Bearing Walls of Concrete Masonry Units (Blocks) Made With Rotary Kiln Process Expanded Shale Aggregates Barton, R. D. Retardant 3746-1-2-3-4, Application No. 58 C 1915 Paper Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. and ESCSI 1958 April 14 1-16 plus Conc. N More
97 3220.056 Fire Test of a Steel Column of 8-in. H Section, Protected With 4-in. Solid Haydite Blocks Harmathy, T.Z. and J.A.C. Blanchard Fire Study No. 6 of the Above Title Paper National Research Council (Canada), Division of Building Research 1962 February 1-10 + figures Y More
98 3220.057 Fire Test of a Steel Column of 8-in. H Section, Protected With 4-in. Solide Haydite Blocks Harmathy, T.Z. and J.A.C. Blachard Special Report XLO.137 Paper National Research Council, Canada, Division of Building Research 1961 August 1-9 Y More
99 3220.058 Load-Bearing Partition of 8 Inch Concrete Blocks With 3/16 Inch Kal-Kote Plaster System Bowman, K.S. ASTM E119 Fire Endurance & Hose Stream Tests Paper Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation 1967 June 9 1-19 N More
100 3220.059 Fire Safety With Concrete Masonry Not Given NCMA-TEK Article National Concrete Masonry Association 1984 1-4 Y More