Abstract
The need of alternative building technologies and materials has arisen in the past few years. Fortunately, there are Many such options available at our disposal which when used in suitable combinations can save huge amounts of money and hence can result in affordable construction costs. One such building technique is the use of RAT TRAP BOND masonry. Contrary to other technologies, this amazing building technology is not new to us. RTB was first introduced in India in 1970, by renowned Architect Sir Laurie Baker. Since then, it has been used in many Government buildings and small village panchayats. In this modern age, we have overlooked this extremely useful technology which, while providing the same strength to the walls also saves us time and labor and also material cost to the extent of about 23% when compared with a standard 230mm brick masonry wall. In this project we have outlined the importance of RTB technology along with the construction details and also provided some comparative calculations to highlight the savings that can be achieved against the conventional solid brickwork.
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