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To sum them all, the article answers the critical question on how the concrete masonry material works in earthquakes. Masonry buildings are those made of bricks or stones. They are defined by their strong durability, fire resistance and good heat resistant. For this reasons masonry buildings have been widely used in the world today. However, there are some reasons that have led to the masonry buildings collapsing. For instance, the buildings are made of heavy materials thus attracting a number of inertia forces. Masonry buildings become weak if the walls are not reinforced thus fall when they come in contact with tension. Wight et al comes up with an innovative retrofitting technique that will help the masonry houses and guard them from occasional earthquakes. The technique is designed to use polypropylene bands, the bands are arranged in a mesh fashion. The technology is geared towards the prevention of the walls from falling off in case of tension by integrating the walls by use of mesh designed from packthread. The writer says, “Post-tensioned concrete masonry walls provide improved seismic performance.” (Wight et al.1393). Thus, the use of concrete masonry material is clear evidence that it reduces the effect of earthquakes through the increased seismic performance.

In short, earthquakes continue to cause havoc in the world if the right measures are not put in place especially in the way the houses are constructed. Earthquake can bring a whole city down or even take away many lives. The best solution to this is the adopting and appreciating the new technologies; post-tensioned concrete walls.