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Construction of traditional dry stone masonry [ examples ]
When building traditional dry stone masonry, labour costs of CHF 600 to 700 per square metre of visible surface must usually be expected.
Site set-up, cost of stones, machinery and transport must be calculated separately depending on the construction site.
Documentation of cost factors:
Natural stone masonry with lime mortar [ examples ]
Construction of natural stone masonry with lime mortar. Execution of traditional renders with lime mortar.
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- Development of concepts and planning for dry stone wall and lime mortar projects.
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- Organization and implementation of training, courses and workshops for the construction of dry stone walls for groups or individuals as an introduction to the craft. Some courses are organized together with the Swiss Dry Stone Masonry Association SVTSM. The current course program can be downloaded from the association homepage. Every year a training takes place in the valley Calanca in the south of Switzerland: Fondazione Calanca delle esploratrici
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- Preparation of expert reports, quality assurance of the construction work and supervision of the dry stone wall construction sites as construction supervisor.
- Mesuring deformations of drystone walls with Lidar
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- Lectures and articles on the subject of drystone walling
- Training manuals
- History of stone masonry
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