• There may be benefit in designers, contractors and manufacturers reviewing the practical complexity of installing the different forms of head restraints, particularly when being connected to sloping beams, and seeking to simplify this in terms of specification, design and fixing of this component, thereby reducing the time required to fit them and any potential reluctance on the part of bricklayers to install them.
• As in the case of the wall ties, it would be beneficial if they were designed to incorporate some visible indicator to prove in any subsequent inspections that they had actually been fitted, thus preventing the need for avoidable intrusive investigations.