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adobe bricks aggregate aspects Stability Skills asphalt Atterberg limits binder bitumen cement mortar chemical clay clayey climates Stage Climatical suitability Stage coating compression strength earth houses earth walls earthquake Resistance Economical aspects Stability Equipment required Resistance ferrocement fibres floor fly ash FORMWORK foundation wall FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION gravel hurricane Resistance hydraulic lime insects Climatical suitability KEYWORDS kiln laterite layer lime sludge liquid limit low cost method mixture moisture mould plaster plasticity index Portland cement pozzolana production properties Economical aspects quicklime rain Resistance rammed earth reinforced concrete required Equipment required Resistance to earthquake Resistance to hurricane Resistance to insects Resistance to rain rice husk ash roofing sample sand silt Skills required Equipment Sodium silicate soil blocks soil stabilization Special properties Economical SPLIT BAMBOO Stability Skills required Stage of experience STONE suitability All climates surface TAMPED termites timber wall construction waterproof WOODEN