Coming to Halifax early 2025 - Sign up to be notified when spaces become available!
Halifax, Nova Scotia
For the first time ever, EMDC is being offered in Atlantic Canada, with special thanks to support from our local contractor members through their membership with the Atlantic Masonry Institute. Details to come, but course is being planned for early 2025.
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Dates & Times
Specifics to be Announced - General details included below
Condensed In-Person & Online Format
Each in-person session will provide participants with a light breakfast, lunch, snacks, and coffee/refreshment breaks. Registrants must indicate any dietary restrictions during registration.
In-Person Lecturing
Four In-Person Sessions are included with virtual topics and tutorials between
The course is being run using a hybrid of both in-person and virtual platforms. There will be four full in-person days of lecture content with virtual lectures and tutorials in weeks between. As part of the course, one half-day will be dedicated to a hands-on demonstration of bricklaying during which time you will have a chance to learn how to build with masonry and lay bricks and blocks on mortar. The course will be spread over approximately 2 months.
Dates and times to be posted here once finalized
Full days are scheduled to cover material through in-person lectures (8:30 am – 3:00 pm). This will give you an opportunity to receive your copy of the textbook as well as other course materials and meaningful engagement with our staff and other students face-to-face.
Breakfast and Lunch included for all in-person sessions
It is critical that registrants can attend these in-person sessions
For convenience, we will be recording these in-person virtual lectures for students to access and review after. Attendance at the in-person lectures is worth a portion of the final grade.
What if I can't attend any of these dates? Can I still take the course? (tap to expand)
If you cannot make any one of these in-person dates, please let us know to discuss before registering. We understand that all dates might not work for everyone, however, each in-person day covers a lot of material and are meant to be as helpful as possible when it comes to completing the assignments and final exam.
If you know in advance that you can’t attend any of the sessions, please reach out to make sure you are still interested. We are flexible and understanding, and will be posting recordings.
Full Schedule and Calendar (to be posted)
In-Person Lectures
Recall that these are the most critical dates to be available.
There will be four in-person dates, each spaced roughly 2 weeks apart
8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Virtual Lectures
To balance the time commitments while covering all the material, some lectures will be posted and available on-demand. These should be viewed in advance of the next in-person session.
Posted weeks with no in-person sessions
Roughly 1 hour each
Virtual Tutorials
These online sessions are run live over teams where we go through short examples to help save you time on the assignments. CMDC staff also go through issues typically encountered by engineers and related to the course material.
Weeknight evening offset from in-person class
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm is typical (we ask each class for input before scheduling)
Assignments, Projects, and Final Exam
Deadlines are set throughout the course to ensure that every engineer earning a certificate has demonstrated their masonry design knowledge.
See calendar view for complete listing of deadlines
11:59pm each listed date
Practical Hands-On Session
Please bring your own personal protective equipment (Steel toe boots, hard hat, etc.) for a hands-on session where you can try your hand at laying brick and block in a fun setting.
Scheduled Date: (part of one in-person session)
Typically included as part of the final in-person date
Location: TBA within Halifax
Registration Costs to be finalized and posted here
Included with every EMDC registration
A physical copy of the CMDC Textbook
Masonry Structures: Behaviour and Design – 2nd Canadian Edition ($285 value)
A newly released resource which takes the content of the original Drysdale textbook and applies it to contemporary, practical examples. This book also includes a physical copy of CSA S304-14: Design of Masonry Structures ($225 value, and enforced in the National Building Code of Canada). More details about the textbook here.
Masonry Related CSA Standards
Rounding out the standards relevant to Canadian designers beyond the physical copy of the design standard (CSA S304) is digital access to the following:
- CSA A82: Fired Masonry Brick Made from Clay or Shale ($107 value)
- CSA A165: Concrete Masonry Units ($108 value)
- CSA A179: Mortar and Grout for Unit Masonry ($90 value)
- CSA A370: Connectors for Masonry ($85 value)
- CSA A371: Masonry Construction for Buildings ($88 value)
Engineering Design Software
Also included is a complimentary software trial and discount offer (40% off for new customers, existing users already get this discount) for the Design Software Package: Masonry Analysis Structural Systems. More info
This is a total value of more than $950 in additional resources, included with your registration
Note that registration includes coffee, breakfast, and lunch for all in-person sessions.
Cancellation Policy:
A full refund minus a $100 administration fee is available provided that Canada Masonry Design Centre receives written notice of cancellation prior to 5 business days prior to the first in-person session
How to Register
We are not yet taking registrations at this time. However, once details have been confirmed, spaces will be offered on a first-come-first-served basis.
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