Hey,
I'm working on a residential project where we will have 4" of rock/mortar on the outside face of concrete/CMU walls. One wall in particular will be CMU and ~12' tall.
I'm sure we need some kind of seismic tieback to the CMU for the rock face but I'm not aware of any systems like there are...
I have a project where a contractor did not install a beam and shear plate as noted in the plans. Instead of a shingle shear plate with three bolts attached near a support beam, the beam is supported by double shear plates with two bolts, and the beam is about 6" off of where the support beam is...