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CSEB technology for disaster resistance

These special courses are scheduled upon request, either at Auroville, elsewhere in India or abroad.Their duration are usually one or two weeks.

It presents the production of hollow interlocking CSEB and their use for appropriate and disaster resistantbuilding technologies. The training is similar to CSEB Production and CSEB Masonry but with hollowinterlocking blocks, as produced and used in a different way.Duration: One or two-week courseEligibility: Engineers, architects, students, technicians, supervisors, masons.

First week: Production of hollow interlocking CSEB for disaster resistance

The two first days are more theoretical with lectures, power point presentations and practicalexercises:- Auroville Earth Institute presentation- Building with earth in Auroville- Sustainability and environmental friendliness - Resource management- Basic data on CSEB - Raw material and soil identification- Soil stabilisation (Stabilisers, Principles, Calculation and exercises)- Products & equipments - Blockyard organisation & Production line- Quality control principles - Improving and stabilising soils- Mortar quality - Block-laying & design guidelines- Cost analysis & Economic feasibility study

The four following days are practical with:

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- Handling, adjustments and maintenance of the presses - Safety and demonstration- Testing typical soils with a press- Sites visit by trainees- Production of blocks: acquisition of know how- Production of various interlocking blocks (sizes 245, 295, D300, D250)- Production of special blocks (U, pipe inserts, chamfer, flashing, coping, tile, etc.)- Production of blocks: optimisation of production = 100 Blocks per hour- Quality control with the field block tester

Identification of typical soils with sensitive analysis is taught at the end of each day. By practicing,trainees will feel more and more confident.

Second week: Masonry with hollow interlocking CSEB for disaster resistance

The week is mostly hands on, where we teach how to do:- Stabilised earth technologies- Tests for mortar - Mortar quality- Bonds for straight, corner, T & X and partition walls- Stabilised rammed earth foundations- Building a basement- Building a plinth beam with U blocks- Casting a RCC plinth beam in U blocks- Steel preparation for lintels and columns- Pre-casting various composite lintels- Building two composite columns of 24 cm diameter- Building two composite columns of 29 cm diameter- Ramming stabilised rammed earth walls and building a CSEB wall- Building a CSEB wall with hollow interlocking blocks and stabilised earth plaster- Building arches- Building a free spanning vault & dome- Evaluation of mortar test samples

Orissa, India - Rehabilitation ofthe zones affected by the supercyclone of 1999: Production ofCSEB

Orissa, India - Rehabilitation ofthe zones affected by the supercyclone of 1999: Construction ofan AUM house

Gujarat, India - Rehabilitation ofthe zone affected by the earthquakeof 2001: Production of CSEB

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Mundra, Gujarat, India: Trainingcourse to trainers from HUDCOfor earthquake resistant building:block composition

Mundra, Gujarat, India: Trainingcourse to trainers from HUDCOfor earthquake resistant building:precasting a composite beam

Mundra, Gujarat, India: Trainingcourse to trainers from HUDCOfor earthquake resistant building:Building an earthquake resistanthouse

Mundra, Gujarat, India: Trainingcourse to trainers from HUDCOfor earthquake resistant building:Completed Aum House

Nako, Himachal Pradesh, India:Extension of a Buddhist monasteryand village development

Tel Aviv, Israel: Production ofCSEB for AnyWay Solution

Mane Village, HP, India:Production of CSEB for Spitiproject

Barichara, Colombia: Productionof CSEB with a Cinvaram

Barichara, Colombia: Buildingarches, vaults and domes

Simunye, South Africa: awarenessprogramme to villagers

Simunye, South Africa: Building ahouse in 12 days

Simunye, South Africa: Completedhouse after 12 days

Training Dates and InfoAwareness ProgrammesCSEB ProductionCSEB MasonryCSEB IntensiveDesigning with CSEBAVD TheoryAVD MasonryAVD IntensiveFerrocementCSEB technology for disaster resistanceTraining Outcome with Photos

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