12th North American Masonry Conference

Masonry: Science • Craft • ArtDenver, Colorado May 17 – 20,

2015

12th NAMC INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

Andrew E. Geister1 and Fredrick R. Rutz2

Abstract

This document provides instructions in the format that your manuscript should follow, and is intended to serve as an electronic template for manuscripts submitted to the 12th North American Masonry Conference. If you do not use this file as an electronic template, please refer to this copy for manuscript formatting instructions. Your abstract should be between 150 and 300 words long.

Keywords: Instructions, NAMC, Proceedings, Up to 7 keywords

Introduction

The conference proceedings will be prepared using portable document format (PDF) files of accepted manuscripts. A printed book of abstracts and a hard copy of the proceedings will also be prepared. Attendees will receive an electronic copy of the proceedings, and the printed book of abstracts. Printed copies of the proceedings will be available for an additional fee.

Authors are required to submit manuscripts in PDF format. Manuscripts must be written in English and should be formatted for 8.5 by 11 inch (216 x 292 mm) paper. All text, figures, and tables should be placed within an area of 6.9 in. (177.5 mm) by 9.0 in. (230 mm). On 8.5 by 11 in. (216 x 292 mm) paper, this is equivalent to left- and right-hand margins of 0.8 in. (20 mm), and top and bottom margins of 1.0 in. (25 mm). Although manuscripts will be peer-reviewed and may be returned to authors for revisions before publication, initial submissions should be made in final form assuming that no revisions will be necessary.

1 Engineer, Atkinson-Noland & Associates, Inc., 2619 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302, USA, ageister@ana-usa.com2 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, 1200 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80217, USA, frederick.rutz@ucdenver.edu

Manuscript Length and Size

The manuscript should not exceed 12 pages in length including all text, figures, tables, and references. Manuscripts should be single-spaced as shown in this template, which is slightly more than 6 lines per inch (25 mm).

Font

The manuscript title should be Arial 14 point bold uppercase. Manuscript text should be in Arial 12 point as shown in this document. Fonts for headings and captions are noted below.

Format

Paragraphs

Text should be both left and right justified. Do not indent paragraphs. Place a single blank line between paragraphs in the same section.

Headings

Major headings should be in upper and lower case, Arial 14 point bold, centered. Provide a double space between the previous section and the major heading. Subheadings should be typed in upper and lower case, Arial 12 point bold, italic.

First Page

The manuscript title should be centered on the page starting 2 inches (51mm) below the top margin to allow space for the conference logo. The title should be in capital letters, Arial 14 point, bold. The authors' names should be in upper and lower case (Arial 12 point), and should be located below the title with a two-line separation. A short, one-paragraph abstract should follow, leaving two blank lines between the names of the author(s) and the abstract heading. The current title and affiliation of the author(s), including full mailing addresses and email address, should be stated in footnotes at the bottom of the page. A horizontal line should separate the footnote from the text.

Equations

Insert all mathematical symbols and equations using an equation editor. Do not write equations by hand. Equations should be referenced with a number shown in brackets, [ ], to the right of each equation. Both the number and the brackets should be in bold to be easily seen.

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Page Numbers

Do not type page numbers in the manuscript text or footer. Consecutive page numbers will be added to the entire proceedings.

Figures and Photographs

Create graphs and line drawings electronically, and insert them electronically into the finished document (see Figure 1). Lettering used in figures should be large enough to be readable at reduced size. Proceedings will be provided to attendees in electronic format and use of color in Figures is acceptable. Printed copies of proceedings will be available for purchase. Printed proceedings will be in black and white so please check that colors in Figures will be visible when printed in grayscale.

Figure 1. Example manuscript figure.

Photographs should be high-resolution images or scans and should be inserted directly into the manuscript electronically. All figures, photographs, and tables must be referenced from the body of the manuscript and should be inserted near the location where they are first described, as shown in Figure 1. Place a border having a line size of 1 pt around all photographs and figures. Provide a caption and “Figure” number for each figure and photograph as shown. The words “Figure” and “Table” along with the figure and table numbers should be in 12 pt bold type and should be followed by a period before starting the caption. Remaining text in the caption should not be in bold type.

Small figures, photographs, and tables may be inserted adjacent to text provided a space of ½ in. (13 mm) is provided between them and the text as shown in this section.

Units

Use either SI units, or standard US units with SI units in parentheses.

Paper Submission

We would like to remind you that all papers are due by October 1, 2014. For more information on deadlines and general conference information, please visit the event webpage at http://www.masonrysociety.org/NAMC.

Also, a general note to all authors, please refrain from promoting specific commercial products and advertising in your manuscripts.

Copyright Transfer Agreement

The enclosed Copyright Transfer Agreement (last page of this template) must be completed by all authors and must be submitted with the manuscript. The manuscript will not be accepted for publication unless the Agreement is received and is signed by all authors. Please return this form (for all authors of the paper) to TMS at the time the paper is submitted. Completed forms may be sent to 12namc@masonrysociety.org or by fax to 303-541-9215.

Figure 2. The 12th NAMC is to be held at the University of Colorado Denver.

References

List references alphabetically at the end of the paper. List the names of first authors (last name followed by first and second initials) as shown in the example below. List subsequent authors by initials followed by last name. Give titles in upper and lower case. Underline the titles of books, journals and proceedings. Give the year of publication and the page numbers. When referencing within the body of the paper, use brackets around the first author’s last name and the publication date [Citto 2011, Geister 2011, Suprenant 1994].

Citto 2011: Citto, C., S. I. Wo, K. J. Willam, M. P. Schuller, “In-Place Evaluation of Masonry Shear Behavior Using Digital Image Analysis,” Materials Journal (ACI), 108(4), 2011 pp. 413-422.

Geister 2011: Geister, A. E., D. W. Woodham, “Water Vapor Transmission Rates in Common Masonry Construction,” Proceedings of the 11th North American Masonry Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011.

Suprenant 1994: Suprenant B. A., M. P. Schuller, Nondestructive Evaluation and Testing of Masonry Structures. The Aberdeen Group, Addison, Illinois, 1994.

Submittal of Manuscript

The following instructions apply to each abstract/manuscript that is submitted. Authors submitting several manuscripts must complete these submittal requirements for each manuscript. The Copyright Transfer Agreement must be submitted in conjunction with the submission of the manuscript (not later than October 1, 2014). Note, reviews will not be initiated until the Copyright Agreement has been submitted.

To facilitate review of the manuscripts, the 12NAMC Technical Committee will process and review manuscripts electronically. Therefore PDF files of manuscripts must be submitted through the conference Paper Collector.https://masonrysociety.conference-services.net/authorlogin.asp?conferenceID=4096&language=en-uk

The Copyright Agreement may be returned by email to 12namc@masonrysociety.org or by fax to 303-541-9215.

Please direct any conference related questions and correspondence to the Organizing Committee at 12namc@masonrysociety.org.

Sincerely,

The 12NAMC Organizing Committee:

Fredrick Rutz (frederick.rutz@ucdenver.edu)Michael Schuller (mschuller@ana-usa.com)Andrew Geister (ageister@ana-usa.com, 12namc@masonrysociety.org)Elisabeth Cole (12namc@masonrysociety.org)

Thank you for your submission, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference,May 17-20, 2015!