Welcome to L1 Supply Networks
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Welcome to L1 Supply Networks
It is the 21st century and every industry and process has become more efficient over the years. Similarly, the construction industry has incorporated several innovations, making infrastructure marvels possible. This adoption of innovation alone has speeded up the pace at which these marvels have been made available to the masses. This pace of infrastructure development and innovation adoption is the need of the hour for developing countries like India but the environmental cost that we pay is humungous and might backfire on the pace of development in the long run.
The next stage of innovation in construction materials is here and is being increasingly adopted. However, the majority are still not aware and are a bit reluctant to change. We’ll now analyze various factors that will benefit all parties, including customers, traders, and the environment.
AAC blocks - Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks are lightweight, precast, and made of foam concrete. It is composed of lime, quartz sand, cement, calcined gypsum, aluminum powder, and water. AAC blocks are used for both interior and exterior construction as they are excellent insulators of heat capacity.
Red bricks - Red bricks have been used in construction for thousands of years and are composed of clay, water, and other aggregates. They are heavier than concrete bricks and are porous, allowing good heat insulation. density allows for longer durability, but they are more expensive than AAC blocks.
It is a common misconception that red bricks offer better strength compared to others. What actually happened over the years is that builders have increasingly adopted framed structures over the load-bearing structure. Red bricks had a role to play when load-bearing structures were used. (Load-bearing: The structure where columns are not used and the ceiling is dependent only on the walls for support.) Over time, innovation led to the framed structure - in these, the ceiling is not dependent on the walls for bearing loads but on the pillars.
The roles of the wall have changed over time - from supporting the structure to covering it from the external environment and also for partition purposes. But despite all these changes, the compressive strength of AAC blocks is higher than red bricks. Red bricks offer a compressive strength of 2.5 to 3.5 N/mm2, while AAC blocks provide 3 to 4.5 N/mm2 of compressive strength.
Innovations in the industry enable us to make the construction processes faster with the least expenses possible, and we don’t have to compromise anything.
AAC blocks - Ease of Use
Savings in terms of productivity is immense. AAC blocks of the size 600 mm * 200 mm * 150 mm weighs approximately 14.5 kg whereas red bricks of the same size are 35.5 kg. This benefit is not just for construction but also during the transportation of the blocks, making it easier and cheaper.
A wall of size 100 sq. ft takes just 03:00 hours using AAC blocks while a wall of the same size takes 06:30 hours using red bricks. The amount of work involved in sieving sand and mixing it with cement are just eliminated.
All these factors put together drastically improves the workability with AAC blocks.
It is known that the process of making red bricks requires burning wood which causes contamination of air. But the pollution caused by the process of creating mortar for bricks is overlooked. Usage of cement and sand as a mortar for bricks creates a lot of dust particles while transporting and mixing. These would only contribute negatively to the already worsening environment.
Let us consider the construction of a wall of size 10ft * 8ft.
➔ The number of bricks required would approximately be 600 units and the number of AAC blocks required would be 50 units and the cost for the same would be Rs 5400 (Rs 9 a brick) and Rs 4000 (Rs 80 a block) respectively.
➔ The mortar required for Bricks is two bags of cement with 20 cft of sand and AAC blocks are 1.5 bags of glue the price for the same will be Rs 1800 and 650 respectively saving us around a whopping 64%.
➔ In terms of labour cost Rs 800 (1 Mason and 1 helper for Half-a-day) for AAC blocks and
Rs 1800 (2 Mason and 1 helper for Half-a-day) for Bricks
➔ Summing it up Bricks will cost Rs 8450 for an 80 Sq.ft wall and AAC Blocks Rs 5450 for a wall of the same size saving us approximately 36% in total.
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