what is unreinforced joisted masonry
(April 2014) An unreinforced masonry building (or UMB, URM building) is a type of building where load bearing walls, non-load bearing walls or other structures, such as chimneys are made of brick, cinderblock, tiles, adobe or other masonry material, that is not braced by reinforcing material, such as rebar in a concrete or cinderblock.