Practical Construction Detailing for 8-inch CMU Special Shear Walls

Certain types of special masonry shear walls require reinforcement hooks, typically 180 degrees, at the end of a masonry wall, but the cell dimension and grout clearance requirements can make installation problematic.  When this happens, using a three-dimensional (3-D) technique allows for practical detailing and construction of horizontal reinforcement end hooks to vertical reinforcement as required by code for special shear walls (The Masonry Society, TMS 402-16, Section 7.3.2.6(d)). …