Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author M. HAMMETT The Brick Development Association Abstract Part II of this paper deals with the organization of building operations on site. This requires the identification of the designer’s intentions; the assessment of the resources of materials, manpower...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author R. E. BRADSHAW Bradshaw Buckton and Tonge Abstract Designers do not automatically consider combining masonry as facing and structure together and exploiting a number of other qualities such as durability, resistance to vandalism, acid resistance and low...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author G. I. PARKINSON and W. G. CURTIN Curtins Consulting Engineers Abstract The change from massive masonry construction to modern lighter forms makes efficient detailing more important. Many serious problems on site have been directly related to poor detailing or...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author DOUGLAS SMITH Douglas Smith Stimson Partnership Limited Abstract Thin walls, new shapes and interest by engineers have made brickwork an interesting design challenge to architects. The paper reviews the historical use of brickwork, reasons for using it, its...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author T. L. KNIGHT The Brick Development Association Abstract The choice of brickwork, as a structural, space dividing, enclosing and weather protective building material depends on an assessment of its strength and stability, durability, initial costs, costs-in-use...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author D. FOSTER Consultant Architect Abstract Since 1967 the Structural Ceramics Advisory Group of first BCRA and now BCRL have produced a Model Specification. This originally applied to structural clay brickwork and through its revisions has been developed to cover...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author K. ROSS Building Research Establishment Abstract BS 8298 is a revision of CP 298 ‘Natural Stone Cladding (non-loadbearing)’. The scope of CP 298 has been widened and the whole code revised with three major changes. 0 The inclusion of a section on...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author R. S. NARAYANAN S. B. Tietz and Partners Abstract Some of the problems of workmanship in masonry construction can be avoided by careful design. It is essential to appreciate the tolerances in the manufacture of masonry units and construction on site...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author J. N. TUTT Jenkins & Potter, Consulting Engineers Abstract The designers’ requirements for mortar (in the specification and drawings) may relate to compressive and/or flexural strength of masonry, resistance to chemical and frost attack, to abrasion...
Categories: Proceedings 03, Proceedings of Conferences
Author R. J. M. SUTHERLAND Harris and Sutherland, Consulting Engineers Abstract One effect of the current need for higher levels of insulation, combined with a fear of cold bridges, is to divorce the outer skins of masonry walls more and more completely from their...
