Workmanship and Buildability
Author S. ADAMS Curtins Consulting Engineers Abstract The designer has a positive role to play in achieving good workmanship, it is not sufficient to bemoan the disappearance of the traditional […]
Achieving Aesthetically Acceptable Brickwork Part III: The Craft of Bricklaying
Author R. J. BALDWIN Willesden College of Technology Abstract In Part III of this paper, the craft of bricklaying is described together with the importance of its different elements. A […]
Achieving Aesthetically Acceptable Brickwork Part II: Site Management
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; […]
Masonry as Structure and Quality Finish
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 […]
Impact of Detailing on Workmanship
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 […]
Brickwork — A Design Challenge
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 […]
Achieving Aesthetically Acceptable Brickwork Part I: The Role of the Specifier
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 […]
The 1988 SP56 — Model Specification for Clay and Calcium Silicate Brickwork
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 […]
BS 8298: A New British Standard on Non- Loadbearing Cladding; CP 298 Revised
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 […]
Workmanship: The Designer’s Role
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 […]
Site Control of Mortar Manufacture
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 […]
Masonry as a Decorative Wrapping
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 […]