Assessing brick production
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Brick by Brick Kelvin Mason, Practical Action Publishing, 2001 ISBN 9781853395291
This technical brief was originally written for basin, Building Advisory Service and
Information Network, prepared by Kelvin Mason (June 1998).
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1See Brickmaking in Developing Countries (Parry, BRE, 1979) and Village-Level Brickmaking (Beamish
& Donovan, Vieweg, 1989) for additional information.
2 See Building Materials in Developing Countries (Spence & Cook, John Wiley, 1983) and Materials of
Construction (Smith & Andres, McGraw-Hill, 1988) for examples of specifications.
3These and other tests are specified in Small Scale Brickmaking (Smith, ILO Technical Memorandum
No. 6)
4 Technology and Underdevelopment (Stewart, Macmillan, 1978)
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