What did you learn or find interesting from the video recordings of the CMU Hands-on Lab and the Dominion CMU Plant Tour?

Under certain conditions of design, it may be necessary to add a vapor retarder or air barrier to building walls to control both surface and interstitial condensation. Masonry construction is neither vapor nor air resistant.

Specifications are a detailed set of instructions that describe the materials and methods required to construct each component of the project.

Dimensions for block are expressed as: width x height x length.

Concrete material used in today’s facilities for making concrete blocks generally has a slump of 

How many cubic feet of material does it take to make 3 concrete blocks as stated during the Dominion Block facility tour?

Nominal dimensions are equal to the standard dimensions plus the thickness of one mortar joint (typically 3/8 in.)

Name the popular bond pattern shown in the following figure.

A report says, ‘Adults who report more frequent phone checking also report more difficulty concentrating during work.’ What type of claim is this?

A researcher gives the same emotional stability questionnaire to the same group of adults in September and again in October. Scores from the two months are strongly correlated. What does this finding support?