Material+Reviews

=Material Reviews= Stone, brick, iron & steel, and concrete



Stone is the oldest material used for construction. The advantages are durability and that it is used in their natural state. Some of the disadvantages are: this is a very difficult material to transport, quarry or cut and that it could be very expensive.

Brick is a resistant material that adds beauty to the construction. It is used for buildings, pavement and others. Brick is more durability and have low maintenance than concrete. This material is made of different materials, like clay, shale, calcium silicate, concrete or shaped from quarried stone.

Steel is one of the strongest materials used in construction, strong in compression and tension. The disadvantages are rusts, loses strength in extremely high tempetures. Iron is not as used as steel as a construction material. This material is molds to any shape. Some of the disadvantages are weaker than steel in tension, breaks without warning. For all this, steel replaced iron in the construction world. Finally, concrete is a construction material made of cement, sand and water. The word means hard. This material is used for many things like, pavements, architectural structures, foundations, bridges, brick walls and others. Concrete is used more than any other material in the world.