Developing countries facing challenges in provision of housing especially with the
increasing population in Malaysia, large demand on the construction materials resulting the …

Reinforced baked clay beams may be considered to be a substitute of reinforced cement
concrete beams in order to build low cost houses. The baking of these clay beams can pose …

Northern Uganda is recovering from civil wars which have left communities without
adequate housing. Attempts to introduce Interlocking stabilized soil blocks (ISSB) provide …

This study evaluates the indoor thermal performance in an office space due to the effects of
wall materials and night cooling strategies. The combined research methods of this study …

With the increase in material costs in the construction industry, there is a need to find more
cost saving alternatives material so as to maintain the cost of constructing houses at prices …

Abstract The Malaysian Government has been continuously encouraging the engineers, the
practitioners, and the construction industry to use the Industrialised Building System (IBS) …

Abstract The Industrialized Building System (IBS) is referred as advanced construction
technique which involved the prefabrication of construction components in controlled …

This paper presents an experimental investigation on interlocking stub column with cement
mortar infill subjected to axial compression load. The interlocking stub column is produced …

In recent years, the growing interest in using earth as modern wall material has
mushroomed. However, the study on its indoor thermal environmental impact is still lacking …