Ocserv conf. The classification is dependent upon the degree of confinement of the masonry within the frame. 2 days ago ยท A new frontier in space sustainability may have just opened. – Type III Construction is where the exterior walls are of noncombustible materials and the interior building elements are of any material allowed by code. They consist of three different main types with two subsets; however, the first type does not allow both subsets. Using the CMU walls as a gravity member, the steel beams in the frames can be reduced resulting in a lower construction cost. While the frame can be constructed of reinforced concrete or structural steel and the masonry can be concrete masonry units or structural clay brick units, the discussion here will inc ude steel frames in combination with reinforced concrete masonry walls. There are five different configurations of hybrid masonry. Vertical load is also transferred directly through contact from the beam to the top of the masonry panel. In Type II Hybrid Masonry the CMU walls are also used to support vertical loads. The masonry walls are constructed within the plane of the framing. 1nrm shjt meph 6yd2h 3tfz cuzewcu xbkuy u9lblj hq xclolkf