WALL

WALL

Wall is a continuous, vertical structure of brick,

stone, concrete, timber, glass or metal.

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Wall is classified into:

Function of Wall

Internal Wall
External Wall

Internal Wall - Serves to divide buildings into rooms or

compartments
External Wall - Built to provide shelter against wind and rain

Category of Wall

Load Bearing Wall

Non Load Baering Wall

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BRICKWALL

Continuous structure of bricks common brick,

facing brick or engineering bricks

Four types of bonding Header Bond, Stretcher Bond,

English Bond & Flemish Bond

Jointing used mortar

For strength used stiffener and brick reinforcement

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BRICKWALL
Measurement works
The items included in brickwall element consists of;

Stiffener
Brickwall
Damp Proof Course

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BRICKWALL

STIFFENER

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STIFFENER

RC stiffener

Height from upper

beam to lower beam
RC column

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STIFFENER

Normally used for brickwall (internal wall)

Construct from concrete (in situ concrete or precast)

Located at every 3m wall length

SMM2 Section F Concrete Work

In situ concrete Concrete, formwork and reinforcement

(Refer Clause F.3.15, F.3.1)

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BRICKWALL
STIFFENER
R.C STIFFENER

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BRICKWALL

BRICKWALL

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BRICKWALL
BRICKWALL

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BRICKWALL

SMM2 Section G Brickwork and Blockwork

Separate element Internal Wall & External Wall

In unit m2 length x height (Clause G.3.3a)

Separate item straight wall & Curve wall (Clause

G.2.4)

Fully describe the kind of brick, quality, size, bond,

mixture mortar (G.3.1)

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BRICKWALL
BRICKWALL (CONTD)

Brick reinforcement shall be deemed to be included

with the items) (G.30)

Deduction of brickwork for lintel height is 150mm

thick (75mm x 2) (G.3.2)

Projection (G.10.4)

Length on plan < 4 x thickness must be measured together

Length on plan > 4 x thickness must be measured seperately

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BRICKWALL (CONTD)

Facework (G.10.3)

both sides of facing bricks- measured separately

One side facing & one side common brick as extra over item
to common brickwork

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BRICKWALL
BRICKWALL (CONTD)

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BRICKWALL

DAMP PROOF COURSE

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BRICKWALL
DAMP PROOF COURSE

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BRICKWALL
DAMP PROOF COURSE

SMM2 Section G Brickwork and Blockwork

> 225mm wide measured in m2

< 225mm wide measured in m

Separate items for straight, curved, vertical, raking

(Clause G.28.2)

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BRICKWALL
DAMP PROOF COURSE (CONTD)