INTRODUCTION 1.MUD BLOCK STRUCTURE 3.

BRICK PANEL HOUSE

The Housing and Urban Development
Unburnt sun-dried bricks for walls. Use of brick panels for roofing. Prefabricated brick panel
Corporation Limited (HUDCO) is a
blocks are made out of fine mud mixture. and partially pre-cast joists require burnt clay bricks,
government-owned corporation in India.
Economical One side of wall is terracotta cement, sand, coarse aggregate and reinforcing steel as
One of the public sector undertakings, it is
tile to make exterior wall water resistant major raw materials. No major plant, equipment and
wholly owned by the Union Government and is
Fly ash bricks for columns and bars machinery is required. The brick panels are durable, leak-
under the administrative control of the Ministry
Bamboo paneled doors and window proof, fire-resistant, thermal-resistant, less noisy in rains
of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. It is
shutters IPS flooring with colored oxide and provide vertical expansion. They are very cost-
mandated with building affordable
Foundation- un-coursed rubble effective and generate employment opportunities in rural
housing and carrying out urban development.
masonry. Mud block wall is rain proof areas for masons/labour. 1/2 brick walling and brick
• HUDCO was incorporated on April 25, 1970.
and rodent proof. No steel and wood is column - Cost effective as it is used in between columns.
• HUDCO has worked with architects such as
used for roofing. The roof consists of a Hollow wall construction - provide thermal insulation.
B. V. Doshi, Charles Correa, Christopher
series of arches as Exposed brick parapet.
Charles Benninger and Sheila Sri
Prakash.
• the program has a special emphasis on low
cost housing, Development of buildings
material technology and industries.
4.RAT TRAP BOND HOUSING
DIFFERENT 2.WATTLE AND DUAB UNITS The rat trap bond construction technology is a cavity walling system,
1. Cement is used as stabilizer. Foundation designed to optimise the use of bricks and cement mortar. In
CONSTRUCTION based on stilts and random rubble masonry.
conventional wall construction bricks are placed flat, while in the rat trap bond
TECHNIQUES Flooring of verandah made from locally
construction technology they are placed on the edges with cavities between two
available wood. Columns constructed using
faces.
MUD BLOCK stabilized rammed earth block technique
It results in an approximate saving of 17% bricks and 54% mortar. The
STRUCTURE Walls made of bamboo mats plastered with
reduction in overall costs is estimated around 26%. Also, the building
mud or lime mortar. Roof water harvesting
WATTLE AND is constructed using brick arch foundation, filler slab roofing, brick jallie
shows syntax water tank connected to a cost
DUAB UNITS windows and brickbat flooring technologies.
effective sanitation model. The structure is
BRICK PANEL FEATURES ELEVATION ROOF PANEL
totally earthquake resistant as vertical and
HOUSE horizontal bands are provided. Random rubble arch foundation
EDGE JOINING
Rat trap bond wall that saves 26%
RAT TRAP BOND
bricks and cement.
HOUSING
Brick window jallies
STONE PATTI Filler slab roof
CONSTRUCTION Non-erodable mud plaster upto
BAMBOO HOUSE sill level.
Use fair face of the bricks in
patterns to avoid plastering
Mud and brick bats flooring in 5.STONE PATTI CONSTRUCTION
6.BAMBOO HOUSE FEATURES
different rooms Stone patti construction is a method of
building with dressed stones and concrete
Bamboo is a versatile construction Eco-friendly structure. Kadapa slabs for shelves
blocks to create thick stone walls.
material which is affordable, V Light in weight. Main features
durable Wooden stilts and bamboo mat flooring. Traditional method of construction in
and very suitable for earthquake Self sustaining bamboo plantations - livelihood Rajasthan
prone regions. It is a light weight, initiative for rural areas. Natural stones available locally are dressed
long lasting and renewable building Use of bamboo - columns, walling, roof manually and are laid to create walls
material. framework and corrugated roofing material. Due to the thickness of the walls it has
The use of these boards and other User friendly in earthquake prone areas of certain advantages-Less energy consumption
bamboo products makes the house Northeast and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. • The thickness is more, so it gives more
construction not only cost effective Exotic interior décor. thermal comfort.
but also offers exotic designs. Water resistant walls with cement plastering. Windows
Fire resistant with CuSO4 chemical treatment. • Openings are smaller to protect the inside
from the severe heat from outside
Submitted by: ARPIT SINGH
ANSH CHOPRA
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AP-403 LIG HUDCO CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES KUNAL DAS