Production Of Handmade Bricks

Abstract

Bricks are the most essential ingredients of building construction. Though building material technology has undergone a sea change but little has been! lachieved as an alternative to the traditional brick. With increasing population and: .the corresponding increase in housing construction, the demand for bricks is ever ,increasing. Brick production can be done right from small scale to large scale !through automatic furnace. The scale of production and technology used would .decide the capital investment. While a handmade furnace would require an 'mvestment of Kip 24 mn, a fully automatic brick furnace would require an investment of Kip 1 bn.