442 Pages 431 Color & 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

442 Pages 431 Color & 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

442 Pages 431 Color & 77 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Brickwork Level 2 has been adapted from John Hodge’s classic Brickwork for Apprentices – the established textbook on brickwork for bricklayers. Designed to meet new requirements of the City and Guilds bricklaying programmes, this book has been written to match the latest industry-based requirements and technical developments in the field, including recent changes to the Building Regulations.... Read more

1. The Construction Industry (Community Buildings)

2. Health and Safety in the Construction Industry

3. Communication and Records

4. Construction Technology

5. Moving and Handling Resources

6. Solid Walls and Piers

7. Constructing Cavity Walls with Openings

8. Cladding to Timber, Steel and Concrete Frames

9. Thin Joint Masonry

10. Bridging Openings with Lintels and Arches

11. Domestic Drainage

12. Answers to Multiple-Choice Questions

Biography

Malcolm Thorpe is a Life Member of the Guild of Bricklayers and former Head of Construction at West Nottinghamshire College, UK. He has acted as a CITB adviser and was involved in the drafting of bricklaying programmes. He was a verifier for CITB and spent several years producing examination material for examining bodies. He also spent over thirty years designing and organising Guild of Bricklayers local and national bricklaying competitions.

Full account has been made to accommodate all updated information related to the different aspects of the latest syllabi laid-out for Bricklaying [NVQ Level 2] 

-- Gerard Lynch