12th North American Masonry

Conference
Masonry: Science Craft Art
Denver, 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 12 th 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 peerreviewed 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.com
2 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.

y ax b

[1]

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 in. (13 mm) is provided
between them and the text as shown in
this section.

Figure 2. The 12th NAMC is to be held

at the University of Colorado Denver.

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 303541-9215.

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 authors 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!