metal such as steel or any combination thereof the substrate 110 is for example a grid or foil obtained by extrusion alternatively the substrate 110 comprises a woven or non woven structure for example a woven or non woven polymer structure or a woven or non woven metal substrate examples of non woven structures comprise a needlepunched or spunbond non woven substrate for example in polyamide polyether sulphone of polypropylene in a preferred embodiment the structure 100 comprises steel cords 102 that are glued to a non woven polyether sulphone substrate 110 or to an extruded polypropylene grid 35 g m 2 having a 6 u00d7 6 mm mesh in another preferred embodiment the structure 100 comprises steel cords 102 that are glued to a substrate 110 made of glass fibers or glass rovings or to a substrate 110 comprising carbon filaments fig2 is an illustration of a masonry reinforcement structure 200 comprising parallel cords 202 stitched to a substrate 210 by means of yarn 204 the cords 202 are for example steel cords comprising 3 filaments having a diameter of 0 48 mm twisted together 3 u00d7 0 48 mm the yarn 204 forms stitches to hold the cords 202 in their mutual parallel or mutual substantially parallel position the substrate.