Ron Hunsicker is a masonry expert and professional
engineer licensed in Pennsylvania for more than 30
years.
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An Ally |
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Ron works with building owners, designers,
building material manufacturers and vendors,
and contractors to determine the causes
of problems with masonry systems. He has
performed over 700 commercial, industrial,
educational, and residential site
investigations and written hundreds of
formal reports which assessed problems,
established causes, and suggested remedial
actions in efforts to limit damage and
establish responsibility.
By reviewing contract documents—details,
drawings, and specifications—before they are
put to bid, Ron helps designers produce
better documents that help build better
buildings.
An excellent speaker, Ron increases
brand awareness by presenting technical
seminars to groups from two
to two hundred in professionals' offices, at
meetings of local and state chapters of
professional and industry organizations, in
contractors’ offices, at trade shows, in
factories and in college classrooms.
He has answered thousands of technical
questions and conducted many plan, detail,
and specification reviews. He has also
authored technical brochures and reviewed
many promotional pieces.
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Expert in ASTM standards and the 530-Code |
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Ron has a decade-long involvement with the
development of the masonry structural design
code, the "Building Code Requirements for
Masonry Structures" (the 530-Code). He is a
voting member of the Main Committee and the
Veneer, Glass Block, and Empirical Design
Subcommittee of the Masonry Standards Joint
Committee (MSJC), the organization which
writes the 530-Code.
As a voting member of ASTM International
Committee C12, "Mortars and Grouts for Unit
Masonry," and of Committee C15, "Manufactured Masonry Units", he helps
develop product standards, testing methods,
and installation guidelines for bricks,
concrete blocks, thin masonry units, and
mortar.
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Professional |
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A long-time member of The Masonry Society,
Ron is a former member of its board of
directors. He has been a member of the
Construction Specifications Institute since
1974 and is a member of the Pennsylvania and
National societies of professional
engineers.
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Experienced |
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A graduate of The Pennsylvania State
University, Ron earned a Bachelor of
Architectural Engineering and a Master of
Business Administration. He has experience
as an estimator for a general contractor, a
structural engineer, a building code
official, a zoning officer, a specification
writer, and as technical services manager
and then Manager of Architectural Services
for a clay brick manufacturer.
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