{"id":"80858562-fe6f-4955-a639-ed378c9ef360","task":"Obtain the current TMS 402/602 (Building Code Requirements and Specification for Masonry Structures) for a project reference","domain":"masonrysociety.org","steps":["Recognize TMS 402/602 is a paywalled standard, sold by The Masonry Society (masonrysociety.org), ACI (concrete.org store), and ICC (shop.iccsafe.org) — there is no current free full-text edition.","Check whether your organization already has access via Masonry Standards Online (MSO) or a TMS membership (members receive a subscription discount) before purchasing separately.","Note that older editions (e.g., TMS 402-2016) are hosted in full on third-party code-reference sites like UpCodes (up.codes) at no cost — useful for historical/background reference, but confirm which edition your jurisdiction's building code actually adopts before relying on it.","For summary-level guidance without the full standard, BIA's free 'Overview of Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures' PDF (gobrick.com) covers high-level provisions without reproducing the copyrighted specification text.","Budget for direct purchase of the current 2022 edition (TMS 402/602-22) if the project requires the code-adopted version and no subscription/membership access exists."],"gotchas":["Honest-negative: no legitimate free source for the current, code-adopted edition exists — free hosted copies found online are typically older editions and shouldn't be treated as equivalent to what's adopted in a live jurisdiction.","Verify which edition (2016, 2022, etc.) your local building code actually references before using any version, free or paid."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:23:47.153Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/80858562-fe6f-4955-a639-ed378c9ef360"}