For construction of million houses needed by Indonesians, material efficiency should be prioritized. This is because so many wasted materials in the process. For example, much mortar is wested on a masonry work. To minimize the waste, a mortar mold should be used. The objective of this study was to determine the efficiency that could be got by using a mortar mold in a masonry work. The reseach method was experiments. The result was determined by comparing the mortar needs between the two ways, i.e. with and without the masonry mold tool. Twenty-one experiments have been conducted for each way. The results of this study indicate that using of the tool could save about 23% of mortar or 23% of the material cost.
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