New online calculation program in English attracts international interest

The Danish Technological Institute is a leading player in the field of masonry.
In collaboration with the Danish lime and brick association
‘Kalk- og Teglværksforeningen af 1893’, the Institute can supply the only online calculation program in Europe, ‘Masonry Project Management’

The Institute’s latest new initiative is the development of an English language version of the Danish program version 5.0. The Institute is witnessing increasing foreign interest in the program which is aimed at consultant engineers, architects and others involved in the project management and dimensioning of masonry work.

The program contains 12 calculation modules:
calculation of loads, combination walls, transverse stressed rectangular walls, canted walls, vertically stressed brick walls in accordance with Ritter, vertically stressed walls in accordance with Eurocode 6, vertically stressed element walls, binders, facing walls, plates, tile bars and arches.

A calculation module has also been implemented that determines the strength parameters for different combinations of bricks and mortar.

So far 130 Danish consultant engineering companies have bought subscriptions to the program. Included in the subscription is access to technical support from the Danish Technological Institute via mail or telephone.

- We are very happy about now being able to offer the new calculation program to the masonry industry in Europe, says civil engineer Poul Dupont Christiansen from the Danish Technological Institute. He explains that the program will also be made available in other languages. The common European norms and calculation methods are now going to be introduced in Brussels for professionals who are later going to hold courses to introduce the common European norms in their home countries.

The program was used to project manage the new playhouse in Copenhagen,
which opened in February 2008.