Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

AS AN INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY 55 In the case of brickwork this new classification is a crying necessity, as the cost of brickwork must be reduced to a point where it can compete with concrete. Improvements in making, meth- ods of mixing, transporting, and densifying con- crete in the metal moulds of to-day have put the entire brickwork proposition where it can be used for looks only, because for strength, impervious- ness, quickness of construction, lack of union labour troubles, and low cost, brickwork can- not compete with concrete under present condi- tions. Having subclassified the trades, the second step is to standardise them. And both classification and standardisation de- mand motion study. The other great need, besides education, is, then, a national bureau of standards, where work done in motion study can be collected, classified, and put into such form that it will be available to every one. There is an enormous waste, at present, from repeating investigations along the same lines of work. There is not only the waste from the actual repetition involved, but also the fact that the time utilised in doing work already