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    The document summarizes the Habitech Center's interlocking soil-cement brick technology for affordable housing and infrastructure projects. The Habitech Center aims to research, develop, and disseminate construction technologies and materials to provide affordable housing and buildings while protecting the environment. Interlocking bricks can be produced locally, use local materials, reduce costs and labor needs, and allow for self-help construction. Case studies demonstrate how the technology has been used for residential buildings, schools, clinics, and post-disaster community reconstruction projects.

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    The document summarizes the Habitech Center's interlocking soil-cement brick technology for affordable housing and infrastructure projects. The Habitech Center aims to research, develop, and disseminate construction technologies and materials to provide affordable housing and buildings while protecting the environment. Interlocking bricks can be produced locally, use local materials, reduce costs and labor needs, and allow for self-help construction. Case studies demonstrate how the technology has been used for residential buildings, schools, clinics, and post-disaster community reconstruction projects.

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    The document summarizes the Habitech Center's interlocking soil-cement brick technology for affordable housing and infrastructure projects. The Habitech Center aims to research, develop, and disseminate construction technologies and materials to provide affordable housing and buildings while protecting the environment. Interlocking bricks can be produced locally, use local materials, reduce costs and labor needs, and allow for self-help construction. Case studies demonstrate how the technology has been used for residential buildings, schools, clinics, and post-disaster community reconstruction projects.

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    Interlocking Earth Bricks Technology

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    The document summarizes the Habitech Center's interlocking soil-cement brick technology for affordable housing and infrastructure projects. The Habitech Center aims to research, develop, and disseminate construction technologies and materials to provide affordable housing and buildings while protecting the environment. Interlocking bricks can be produced locally, use local materials, reduce costs and labor needs, and allow for self-help construction. Case studies demonstrate how the technology has been used for residential buildings, schools, clinics, and post-disaster community reconstruction projects.

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    The key takeaways are that the Habitech Center develops affordable housing technologies using local and sustainable materials like interlocking soil-cement bricks. Some main benefits of this system include lower costs, shorter construction time, employment opportunities, and less environmental impact.

    The main components of the Habitech Building System include interlocking bricks, concrete door frames, concrete window frames, concrete joists, concrete pans, concrete stringers, concrete treads, and MCR tiles.

    The main advantages of using interlocking bricks for construction are reduced transportation and material costs, shorter construction time, use of local and sustainable materials, less need for skilled labor, and ability to construct load-bearing walls without mortar.

    School Design and Implementation of Construction Projects Workshop

    2 - 4 August 2010
    Bangkok, Thailand

    Interlocking Soil-Cement Brick Technology

    Habitech Center
    a Research and Development unit

    for the Housing and Building


    Components

    School of Engineering and Technology

    Asian Institute of Technology


    1
    Habitech Center, SET
    Mission

    • Research construction technologies that can provide affordable


    housing and social infrastructure buildings to communities;

    • Develop building materials, equipment and techniques for the


    construction sector that can sustain life without polluting the
    environment;

    • Disseminate the results of research and development activities


    through demonstration projects, educational programs, training
    and publications.
    2
    Technology Dissemination

    z Knowledge transfer through seminars and trainings


    z Supply of equipment to the projects
    z Technical support through field trips by inspection
    z Quality control
    z Project Constructions

    3
    Habitech Building System
    Building Components

    z Interlocking Bricks – for Walls


    z Concrete Door Frame – for Walls
    z Concrete Window Frame – for Walls
    z Concrete Joist – for Floors
    z Concrete Pans – for Floors
    z Concrete Stringer – for Staircase
    z Concrete Treads – for Staircase
    z MCR Tiles – for Roofing

    4
    Interlocking Bricks

    2 Types of Bricks
    (based on Raw Materials)

    • Soil-Cement
    • Concrete
    4 Types of Bricks (by size)

    Regular - 15 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm
    Half - 15 cm x 15 cm x 10 cm
    U-shape - 15 cm x 30 cm x 10 cm
    U-half - 15 cm x 15 cm x 10 cm

    5
    Masonry Walls
    Traditional Brick Masonry Wall

    Masonry Walls
    Interlocking Brick Masonry Wall
    Production of Soil-Cement Interlocking Bricks

    •Selection of raw materials


    •Preparation of Mixes
    •Filling mould box with mixes
    •Compression
    •Removal of brick and placing it on a pallet
    •Air curing / storage
    •Water curing
    •Testing

    7
    Why Interlocking bricks?

    z Can be produced at or near the site – reduced transportation cost


    z Green technology – Zero carbon emission
    z Energy Efficient
    z Uses local available materials
    z Reduces the need for skilled labor
    z Maximize the use of unskilled labor
    z Faster to build – shortens construction time
    z Creates local employment
    z Permits self-help construction or community based projects
    z Can be used to build all types of buildings

    8
    Construction with Interlocking Bricks

    z Load bearing construction system


    z No need for mortar between 2 layers of bricks
    z Reduces reinforcements as it eliminates concrete lintels, beams
    and columns
    z Cement based and Reinforced wall – resists fire, wind and
    earthquakes
    z Modular - No material wastage
    z Simple construction – with little training unskilled labor can be
    used to build the buildings
    z Cost-effective construction system
    z Can be use as composite structure
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    Is it Expensive?

    z Initial cost for the equipments and trainings might seem big amount,
    but once it is in place, it will show that it is much cost – effective than
    traditional technologies.

    z Construction cost can be reduced as much as 50% in comparison


    with conventional system depending upon the local price.

    z Thailand - 20% to 40%


    z Bhutan - 40% to 50%
    z Nepal - 13% to 30%

    10
    Where can we use it?

    z Residential Buildings

    z School Buildings

    z Health Clinics

    z Office Buildings

    z Resort Villas

    z Self-help or Community based projects

    11
    Residential Buildings

    12
    Primary School Buildings

    13
    School Buildings in Myanmar

    14
    Health Clinics, Office Buildings, Hotels etc.

    15
    Community Projects
    Khao Kho Resettlement Project, Phetchabun Province, Thailand

    • Location: - Phetchabun Province, Thailand


    • Total no. of houses: - 150 units
    • Floor area: - 32 sq.m. x 2 storey = 64 sq.m.
    • Area of the Plot: - 400 sq.m.
    • Construction cost: - approximately US$ 20 / sq.m. (500
    Baht/sq.m.)
    • Total construction cost: - approximately US$ 1,300 (excluding
    16 labor cost)
    Community Projects
    Post-Tsunami Rehabilitation Project

    • Location: Baan Nam Khem Village,


    Phang-nga Province, Thailand
    • Number of Houses: 56 units and 1 Community
    Center
    • Sponsors: 32 units (EU) and 24 (Rotary)
    • Plot Size: 120 sq. m.
    • House Size: 74 sq. m. (Two Storey)
    • Cost per Unit: 256,200 Baht (~ US $ 7,500)
    • Cost per sq. m. 3,462 Baht (~ US $ 100)
    • Wall Construction: Interlocking Brick Technology
    • Project Duration: 10 months

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    Awards and Achievements

    Award Recognition
    In 1994, Habitech Center was
    Award
    The Habitech Building System
    awarded the Matsushita Memorial has been recognized by the
    Prize by the Japan Housing United Nations Human “Post-Tsunami
    Association “in recognition of Settlement Program and the Rehabilitation
    excellent achievements in international community as Project” in Thailand
    improving human settlements in contributing to housing and
    Asian countries by promoting
    was awarded
    economic development through
    research and development related the transfer of technology and
    “Best Community
    to technologies for low cost has been compiled on the Housing Project”
    housing as well as providing Habitat Best Practices database for year 2008.
    educational programs and for others to learn from and
    facilities to disseminate the results incorporate in their own work.
    of their research efforts ”.

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    Lessons Learnt from past projects

    z Community based Projects z Others Projects


    – Coordination between concern – Need proper training for BM
    agencies production and construction
    – Transparency and accountability – Provision of technical support
    – Regular consultation with the whenever necessary
    community at all stages – Cost effectiveness
    – Provision of technical support at – Create local employment
    all level – Save foreign currencies
    – Active community participants at – Improved environmental
    implementation stage conditions
    – Cost effectiveness – Capacity building for local people
    – Improvement of health, sanitary – Improvement of quality of life
    and environmental conditions
    – Improvement of quality of life
    – Return of Livelihood of people

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