COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN MASONRY AND CONCRETE WALL: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

Abstract

Defining which constructive method should be used in the execution of a work is relevant. For this, it is necessary to analyze the advantages and disadvantages correlated with each method, such as "masonry" and "concrete wall", object of this study, which aims to perform a comparative study between the two methods, identifying their advantages and disadvantages, which allows the understanding of which is the best within a work.  For this, a bibliographic research was carried out, searching academic articles and virtual journals for information that allows this comparison between the two methods. Thus, it was observed that the masonry has lower execution cost and the concrete wall allows a faster execution of work, among other characteristics. For a single-family work, masonry brings more benefits, because it demands simple labor and has reduced costs with materials and machinery. The concrete wall, which requires materials to build the work and qualified professionals, is viable for a large work, because the materials (materials and machinery) can be reused. Thus, to define which method is more feasible, before, an analysis of the action of the two on the work should be carried out.