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Dec 1977
Estimating Masonry Wall and Column Costs
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Volume 103, Issue 4
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Mason productivity can be doubled and masonry construction costs greatly reduced by improved design and construction techniques, which have been well researched, thoroughly developed, fully proven, and broadly reported. The reasons they have not and probably will not do so are twofold: (1)They lack economic incentive as long as the consumer is willing to pay for inefficient design and inept work rule bargaining; and (2)it is easy to blame low levels of construction labor productivity on the unions.
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Journal of the Construction Division
Volume 103 • Issue 4 • December 1977
Pages: 627 - 644
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© 1977 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Dec 1977
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Clayford T. Grimm, M.ASCE
Assoc. Dir., Center for Building Research, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex.
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