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Diane Throop, P.E., is Director of Engineering, International Masonry Institute, Annapolis, MD and was Chair of The Masonry Standards Joint Committee for the development of the 2011 and 2013 editions of the Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures (TMS 402/ACI530/ASCE5) and Specification for Masonry Structures (TMS602/ACI530.1/ASCE6). She can be reached at dthroop@imiweb.org.
