David T Biggs

The structural engineering firm specializes in forensic engineering, masonry design, and restoration. In addition, the firm is involved with research projects and provides consulting for the development of new masonry products. Additional work includes design and review of new construction, evaluation of existing structures, disaster investigations, and lecturing.

Services

-Structural engineering
-Masonry design
-Historic restoration
-Forensic structural engineering
-Peer reviews?
-Product development and consulting

Roles


Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M)


Employee - 1980- Current

The International Building Information Modeling for Masonry Initiative (BIM-M) is identifying barriers to and strategies for the full implementation of masonry materials and systems into BIM software for the design and constr...


Biggs Consulting Engineering


Employee

Biggs specializes in structural engineering, forensic engineering, masonry design, and historic restoration. In addition, he is involved with research projects and provides consulting for the development of new masonry produc...


The Roman Empire – Hadrian’s Wall , Great Britain

In this article, we travel to the island of Great Britain, a land known for its Marvelous Masonry. From such icons as Stonehenge, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben Clock Tower, and their brick arch railway bridges, masonry has been the dominant building material

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Bonding with Masonry 2024: Q3

This issue’s questions come from a Mason Contractor, an Architect, and an Engineer.  What questions do you have? Send them to info@masonrymagazine.com, attention Technical Talk.   Q.  A Mason Contractor writes that they have a project to install a concret

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Bonding with Masonry 2024 Q2

This issue’s questions come from an Architect, an Engineer. and a Mason Contractor. What questions do you have? Send them to info@masonrymagazine.com, attention Technical Talk.

Bonding with Masonry 2024 Q1

This issue’s questions come from an Architect and a Mason Contractor.

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Upstate New York Chapter Inducts Officers

The Upstate NY Chapter met on May 1, 2024, and inducted three new officers and said thank you to three others. The chapter represents firms working within New York State and was formed in 2015.

Marvelous Masonry-Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Historic City of Porto, Portugal

Portugal has emerged as a popular tourist destination. While the country has long been a fascinating destination, a more noticeable surge in international tourism has occurred since 2010. This can be attributed to cultural richness, natural beauty

Bonding With Masonry: Tech Talk Q4

Bonding With Masonry: Tech Talk Q4

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Bonding With Masonry: Tech Talk Q3

Bonding With Masonry: Tech Talk Q3

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Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Medieval City of Guimarães, Portugal

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Medieval City of Guimarães, Portugal

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Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Medieval City of Guimarães, Portugal

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Medieval City of Guimarães, Portugal

Bonding With Masonry: Tech Talk Q2

Bonding With Masonry: Tech Talk Q2

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Ancient City of Gordion

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Ancient City of Gordion

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Ancient City of Gordion

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: The Ancient City of Gordion

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding With Masonry Q4

Bonding With Masonry Q4

MARVELOUS MASONRY- CELEBRATING MASONRY’S HERITAGE: STABILIZING HERITAGE TOWERS

MARVELOUS MASONRY- CELEBRATING MASONRY’S HERITAGE: STABILIZING HERITAGE TOWERS

Bonding With Masonry

Bonding With Masonry

Bonding With Masonry

Bonding With Masonry

Marvelous Masonry- Celebrating Masonry's Heritage: Nepal

Marvelous Masonry- Celebrating Masonry's Heritage: Nepal

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding with Masonry

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: Fort Ticonderoga

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage: Fort Ticonderoga

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding with Masonry

Looking Forward To A Brighter 2021

Looking Forward To A Brighter 2021

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding with Masonry

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

Marvelous Masonry - Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

Reflecting on 2019

Reflecting on 2019

Bonding with Masonry

Bonding with Masonry

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Marvelous Masonry Egypt

Editor’s Note: This unmodified edition of Marvelous Masonry originally ran in MASONRY Magazine. We hope you enjoy the historic information and specifics on architecture and construction provided by MASONRY DESIGN columnist David Biggs. 

With Data on our side, The Sky’s the Limit

With Data on our side, The Sky’s the Limit

From Soup To Nuts, Or From Design Through Build

From Soup To Nuts, Or From Design Through Build

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Peru Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

David Biggs returns with another installment in this series. Discover the rich history of Peru’s construction.

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Marvelous Masonry - Peru Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

Marvelous Masonry - Peru Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

A Marvelous Return

A Marvelous Return

Marvelous Masonry Turkey Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

As a little history, modern Turkey came into existence in 1923 and ended over 600 years of being part of the Ottoman Empire. The map below shows the various locations we’ll visit in this article.

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Technical Talk with David Biggs

Tough To Talk About, But An Important Issue

Tough To Talk About, But An Important Issue

Marvelous Masonry – Czech Republic (Czechia) Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

Marvelous Masonry – Czech Republic (Czechia) Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage

Technical Talk With David Biggs

Columnist David Biggs answers industry-related questions he receives. This installment focuses on reinforcements, read more about this topic and more.

Here’s To A Fresh Start

Here’s To A Fresh Start

Bonding With Masonry

Bonding With Masonry

Honoring The Legacy: The MCAA Masonry Hall of Fame’s 2018 Inductees

Honoring The Legacy: The MCAA Masonry Hall of Fame’s 2018 Inductees

Marvelous Masonry-Czech Republic- Celebrating Masonry's Heritage

Marvelous Masonry-Czech Republic- Celebrating Masonry's Heritage

Past, Present And Future: April

Past, Present And Future: April

Restoring History: The Mill at Middletown

Restoring History: The Mill at Middletown

Marvelous Masonry Egypt

Marvelous Masonry Egypt

2017 BIM-M Symposium

The 2017 BIM-M Symposium will be held in Addison, Ill. on May 4—5, 2017 at the District Council Training Center.

Marvelous Masonry Turkey

Marvelous Masonry Turkey

Marvelous Masonry Iraq

Marvelous Masonry Iraq

BIM-M Update

We’d like to provide a BIM-M update based upon recent activities and accomplishments.

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Announcing new research product - BIM-Masonry Project 3

The Charles Pankow Foundation is pleased to announce that the following new Research Product is available for download at no cost at the CPF website.

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New MCAA Chapter Is Formed

The Upstate New York MCAA Chapter was incorporated in July 2015

BIM for Masonry releases new Roadmap

The BIM for Masonry (BIM-M) Initiative is moving at an ever-increasing pace.

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BIM-M Symposium offers unique construction mobile apps presentation

The BIM-M Initiative announces that Introduction to Mobile Devices in Construction will presented at the BIM-M 2015 Symposium on April 10, 2015.

BIM-M Symposium announces opening speaker

Will Ikerd PE, CM-BIM, LEED AP will be the opening speaker at the BIM-M 2015 Symposium on April 9, 2015 in St. Louis.

CAD Technology Center, Inc. selected as BIM-M consultant

CAD Technology Center, Inc. (CTC) of Bloomington, Minn. has been selected to be one of the consultants for BIM-M’s Project 3, Masonry Wall Definition — Phase II.

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BIM-M Initiative announces the release of The Masonry Society BIM Committee report

The BIM-M Initiative announces the release of The Masonry Society BIM Committee report on Level of Development for masonry building information modeling (BIM).

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BIM-M Initiative awards contract to Dr. Franca Trubiano of the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Franca Trubiano of the University of Pennsylvania has been awarded a contract from the BIM-M (BIM for Masonry Initiative).

BIM for Masonry: The progress continues

Since 2012, the masonry industry has been advancing Building Information Modeling (BIM) for masonry. This initiative (BIM-M) is intended to expand the use of masonry.

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BIM-M 2015 Symposium announced

The BIM-M Initiative announces that the BIM-M 2015 Symposium will be held in St. Louis, MO on April 9-10, 2015.

Masonry Industry Announces BIM-M 2015 Symposium in April

The Symposium will unite architects, engineers, mason contractors, masonry manufacturers and suppliers, and industry leaders

BIM for Masonry: The Progress Continues

Since 2012, the masonry industry has been advancing Building Information Modeling (BIM) for masonry. This initiative (BIM-M) is intended to expand the use of masonry within the construction industry by promoting the development of tools that will help

BIM-M Initiative - "Productivity With Mobile Devices" Seminar

The two-day event of the MCAA is ope

The BIM-M Initiative Announces the Productivity With Mobile Devices Seminar

The Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) initiative announces the “Productivity with Mobile Devices” seminar to be held in conjunction with Masonr

The BIM-M Initiative announces the Productivity with Mobile Devices seminar

The Building Information Modelling for Masonry (BIM-M) initiative announces the "Productivity with Mobile Devices" seminar to be held in conjunction with Masonrypalooza in Phoenix.

BIM-M announces open call for proposals for REVIT modeling of masonry

Consultants are invited to develop Autodesk REVIT models and details with the goal of preparing a Best Practices Guide.

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Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M): Implementing the Masonry Unit Database

We invite all of our stakeholders, but especially masonry material suppliers, to attend this free webinar. Your input is essential to the future success of BIM-M.

BIM-M: A Work in Progress

It has been two years since the idea of Building Information Modeling – Masonry (BIM-M) was conceived, and what it means is still evolving. For many, BIM is 3D modeling taken to the extreme. For others, BIM is a process of designing, constructing and mai

Summer 2014: Table of Contents

Summer 2014: Table of Contents

February 2014 Table of Contents

FEATURES

Case Study: Lightweight Block, Heavyweight Benefits At the Maryland Science Center, lig

BIM-M: A work in progress

It has been two years since the idea of Building Information Modeling — Masonry (BIM-M) was conceived, and what it means is still evolving.

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BIM-M: A Work in Progress

It has been two years since the idea of Building Information Modeling ??? Masonry (BIM-M) was conceived, and what it means is still evolving. For many, BIM is 3D modeling taken to the extreme. For others, BIM is a process of designing, constructing

Building Information Modeling for Masonry Launches Website

Website will transfer information on the initiative to any of the site visitors

Pankow Foundation partners with BIM for Masonry Initiative

The Building Information Modeling Initiative for Masonry (BIM-M) says the Charles Pankow Foundation (CPF) is now a strategic partner of the initiative.

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Masonry and BIM

Masonry and BIM

Pankow Foundation Partners with BIM for Masonry Initiative

Foundation to represent initiative as contracting entity for university contracts

BIM for Masonry Initiative Moving Forward With Phase II Project Managers

Project managers have been named for the four major project areas of Phase II of the Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) Initiative, which will be implementing the roadmap developed in Phase I.

Masonry And BIM: The Next Level

Masonry And BIM: The Next Level

Summer 2013: Table of Contents

Summer 2013: Table of Contents

Masonry And BIM: The Next Level

It’s important to first note that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is not a product. It is a concept – a process – that involves digital models of a building. Several software companies make versions of BIM software. The software creates 3D models tha

2013 MCAA Legislative Conference

Perhaps the most invigorating time we spend together as members of the Mason Contractors Association of America is during the MCAA Legislative Conference, held annually in May in Washington, D.C.

Creating BIM-M

Hopefully, by now, you have heard of the national initiative to develop Building Information Modeling (BIM) for everyone in the masonry industry.

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Creating BIM-M: Building Information Modeling for Masonry

Hopefully, by now, you have heard of the national initiative to develop Building Information Modeling (BIM) for everyone in the masonry industry.

Creating BIM-M: Building Information Modeling for Masonry

Update on the Building Information Modeling national initiative

Major Funding for BIM-Masonry

Project receives $400,000 in funding

Masonry and BIM: The Next Level

It???s important to first note that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is not a product. It is a concept ??? a process ??? that involves digital models of a building. Several software companies make versions of BIM software. The software creates 3D m

BIM for Masonry Initiative holds roundtable meetings

BIM-M is working to identify barriers to and strategies for the full implementation of masonry materials and systems into BIM software.

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July 2012: President's Message

As summer starts, we continue to struggle through these tough economic times. We at the MCAA continue to work hard for the mason contractors and the industry.

Designing a Bigger Future for Structural Masonry

bricksUntil now, structural m

Masonry and Structural Steel Working Together

Software to design “hybrid” masonry and steel structures – buildings with reinforced masonry infill and structural steel framing analyzed as an integrated structural system – debuts this summer.

Putting Prestressed Masonry to Use

Putting Prestressed Masonry to Use

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Public Safety Issues and the World Trade Center Disaster

Public Safety Issues and the World Trade Center Disaster

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