The potential of lime‐stabilized murrain soil as a building material in Kenya

Increased cost of imported building materials have made it difficult to provide low cost durable housing in Kenya. Researchers are now finding ways of stabilizing soil to increase compressive strength and reduce linear shrinkage cracking

B. Waswa Department of Civil Engineering and Building, University of Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales, CF37 1DL, UK

S. Wild Department of Civil Engineering and Building, University of Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales, CF37 1DL, UK

G. I. Jones Department of Civil Engineering and Building, University of Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales, CF37 1DL, UK

D. J. T. Webb Building Research Establishment, Garston, Watford, WD2 7JR, UK

A Kenyan/Anglo research project starting in 1980 between the Building Research Establishment, BRE, and the Housing Research and Development Unit, HRDU, University of Nairobi. A prototype medical clinic has been built using stabilized murram and was constructed at a floor area cost of £31 per m² compared with £65 for concrete blockwork.

On projet de recherches anglo‐Kenyan lancé en 1980 par le Building Research Establishment (BRE) en coopération avec l'Unité Recherche et Développement pour l'habitat (HRDU) de l'université de Nairobi. Une clinique prototype a été construite à l'aide de “murram” stabilisé, pour un coÛt de £31 le m², alors qu'avec une maçonnerie en parpaings, ce coÛt aurait atteint £65.

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The potential of lime‐stabilized murrain soil as a building material in Kenya

Increased cost of imported building materials have made it difficult to provide low cost durable housing in Kenya. Researchers are now finding ways of stabilizing soil to increase compressive strength and reduce linear shrinkage cracking

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