Purpose Over dependence on river/sea sand as building material has impacted the
environment negatively. However, laterite, which is an environment-friendly indigenous …

Major constituents of materials used for building such as cement and river sand are used in
making sandcrete blocks. Extracting these materials have negatively impacted on the …

Lateritic soil are locally abundant and relatively cheap to be used for block production. Its
use has gone a long way in reducing the cost of block production and construction work in …

This study investigated the performance of commercial sandcrete blocks from 30 block
industries, which were randomly selected from a survey of block industries across Calabar …

This research studies the effects of palm kernel shell on the compressive strength and
saturated surface dry density of stabilized soilcrete (SC). Preliminary tests were carried out …

River sand and cement are the major components of building materials used in the making
of sandcrete blocks. The extraction of these materials have caused a negative impact on the …