Motion Study
A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman

66 MOTION STUDY when the brick to be picked up are each maintiiined at a. height of one foot three inches, plus two-thirds the height that the wall is higher than the level of the floor on which the bricklayer stands. The brick to be picked up should never be higher than three feet eight inches under any circumstances. By maintaining the height of the brick to be laid in this relative position to the height of the wall, the brick will always be in bl position that permits the bricklayer to accelerate the speed of transportation of the brick by using the path of the quickest speed. While bricklayers know nothing about this in theory, they very soon discover it in practice by means of their higher recorded output. Greater outputs will be notice- able as an immediate result of maintaining the brick as nearly as possible at the heights above stated. 2. In laying the filling tiers in any one course, it is most economical to lay the farthest filling tier first and the next farthest tier second, and so on. This enables the brick- layer to accelerate the speed of transportation of the brick up to the instant that it is deposited in the mortar. The above practice is, of course, much more important on shove-joint work than on brick-and-brick construction. 3. The possible benefits from acceleration should be taken into consideration when determining the sequence in which the tiers shall be laid. The position of the feet of the bricklayer is an important factor in obtaining the acceleration desired. For the best results the feet should