Thank you for your inquiry. You will need to consult your contractor. Perhaps the brick resource can also provide the information on how it is attached. These are brick veneers and Old Chicago style. They are slightly raised from the shiplap and the shiplap butts up next to it and then grouted.

I have a brick and plaster home, it is hard to hammer nails into the wood to the brick and plaster walls. Would a person have to glue each board to the wall?

The brick pattern was created first and then the boards were cut around it to fit into place.