Not just a pretty facade

2006-06-27T00:00:00

Brick’s structural contribution when used as cladding is unacknowledged, despite its widespread application, BDA principal engineer Dr Ali Arasteh recently told a brick industry gathering. In a typical brick/block cavity wall panel, the external brick leaf improves the slenderness and increases the overall loadbearing capacity of the wall by 50% ...

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