Earth Construction
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Make it Mudbricks
South Eastern New South Wales manufacturer of puddled mud bricks that are CSIRO approved for load bearing and post and beam style homes. |
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Mule Creek Adobe, Inc.
Adobe brick manufacturer located in SW New Mexico that produces traditionally molded blocks in several sizes that exceed New Mexico and Arizona minimum requirements for compressive strength and modulus of rupture. Bricks are stabilized with a 4% asphalt emusion. Site includes a table for calculating the number of bricks required for a project. |
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Oskam
Dutch manufacturer of compressed earth block machines. Site in Dutch and English. |
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Rammed Earth
Contains a description of the construction of a rammed earth house in Australia. Includes photos, a tongue-in-cheek F.A.Q., and links to other sites. |
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Rammed Earth Development (Arizona)
Designs and builds rammed earth and adobe houses in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Information about design, general contracting, and wall ramming services. |
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Rammed Earth Works
Information on PIS?, a rammed earth construction technique developed by David Easton. |
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Rocky Mountain Research Center
Information on building earth sheltered homes using the principles of passive annual heat storage. Online tours of underground houses with construction details. |
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Rogers Rammed Earth
Rammed Earth Building is both evolution and revolution. Its origins date back ten thousand years. Stabilised rammed earth is a strong and durable construction method, is weather resistant, thermally efficient and maintenance free. |
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Sandbag City
Photographs of a variety sandbag construction methods and links to sandbag resources. |
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Soil Block Machines
AECT provides information on its three compressed soil block machines in addition to an overview of earthen construction. Earthen construction is economical, cost efficient and does not use precious resources. |
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Terra Firma Earth Building Company
Designs and builds rammed earth homes in New Zealand, and provides rammed earth consultation services. Site contains project photos and construction options. |
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