Concrete Masonry Association of Australia

PO Box 572 St Leonards NSW 1590

Telephone: 02 9903 7760
Facsimile: 02 9437 9703
Concrete Masonry Association of Australia www.cmaa.com.au

National Metric Coding System

The Concrete Masonry Association of Australia has
established a national metric coding for all units

25
5

40
7 2
manufactured by its members. This accounts for

15
approximately 90% of all concrete masonry

25
6
7 2
manufactured within Australia. The coding system 0

15
19

25
standardises the dimensional descriptions of
masonry units. This allows a designer to specify any
unit by number and to be certain that it can be
identified correctly anywhere within this country.

0
39
90
W

10.01 BLOCK
id
th

th
ng
Le

Height

25
8
2 2

90
15
0
2 3

25
15
0

28
19

CODE NUMBER 20.01 (for example)

0
Prefix identifies Suffix identifies

39
14

nominal wall unit type and

0

thickness configuration
(200 mm) (190-mm high, hollow, full length) 15.01 BLOCK

Figure 1 Coding System 30

8
2 2

13
0
15
0
2 3

30

DATA SHEET 1
15

Key to Prefix Numbers

28

0
19
Block Width (mm) Number
40 50
76 75
90 10
0
39

110 12
19
0

140 15
190 20 20.01 BLOCK
290 30
40

Note:
0
5 4

With the exception of 50 and 75, the prefix numbers are

21
13
0

derived by adding 10 mm for the mortar joint width to the

5 4

unit width and dividing by 10.

13

40
40

0
19
Key to Suffix Numbers

Block Block Length

height Block Full 3⁄4 1⁄2 1⁄4
(mm) type (390 mm) (290 mm) (190 mm) (90 mm)
0

190 Hollow 01 02 03 04
39
29
0

190 Solid* 31 32 33 34
90 Hollow 71 72 73 74 30.01 BLOCK
90 Solid* 83 84 85 86
* Some manufacturers use an alternative method of Figure 2 Typical Dimensions and Code Number of
designating solid units. Some Standard Full-size Blocks