Masonry Magazine January 1976 Page.19
CONCLUSION
The purpose of this Technical Notes is to acquaint the designer, architect or engineer with the tools and aids available for the quality control of brick masonry. Future Technical Notes will discuss inspection and quality control programs in greater detail and will include program outlines.
While these testing procedures are primarily for structural engineered brick masonry, they can also be used for non-structural masonry. It is important that care be exercised to avoid excessive testing. Too much quality control testing can add unnecessary costs to the total project without providing any more assurance of quality.
It should be pointed out that, while strengths are important properties of masonry, they are not the only desirable properties. Strengths should not become so important that other desirable properties of masonry are sacrificed. It is still important that masonry be fire-resistant, resistant to water penetration, provide sound control and properly detailed. Quality control testing is just one tool to provide assurance that all of the desirable properties of brick masonry are obtained.