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Soil cement wall

x 4" POST (YAKAL)

NAILS FOR ATTACHMENT

--------1" THICK PL. CEMENT MORTAR

11.5" x 5.5" × 2.1/8′′ SOILCEMENT BLOCK

SCALE

Soil-cement flooring

3/4′′ – 1'-0”

4-3/16′′-

8.5"

11.5"

SCALE 3/4′′ – 1′-0′′

11.5"

11.5" x 5.5" x 4-3/16"

SOIL CEMENT BLOCK

THICK PL. CEMENT MORTAR

1-1/2"

2-1/8"

1/2" REINF. BARS

FIN. FL.

2-1/8**

TAMPERRED

EARTH LINE

section of soil samples secured from the field areas; and 5. to evaluate the performance of a model house made. with soil-cement building blocks.

Great promise

Observations and results to date in- dicate that the use of Portland cement to stabilise soil such as that encounter- ed at the MSU campus has great pro- mise. On the model house, the cost of materials for the soil-cement blocks has been approximately one third that of a standard concrete construction.

The model house is 22ft. x 22ft. on plan and 8ft. high. It has four rooms. and a bath. The total cost of construc- tion, including all materials, the build- ing blocks, plumbing and labour was P2,500. On a self-help basis the cost could be reduced to less then P1,700.

The research project is headed by Mr. George B. Padilla and Mr. Vin- cente Alferez of the Department of Civil Engineering, with the university architect, Mr. Cresencio Benitez and Prof. Louis J. Goodman, Ford Foun- dation consultant, acting as technical advisers. The Eighth Division of the Bureau of Public Highways, Cagayan de Oro City helped with the installa- tion of the roadway and sidewalk sec- tions.

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