Category: Local Building Materials

Our Guest Speaker was the General Manager of SALHOC, Mrs. Lavern F Buya-Kamara. She started off my making the point that “Shelter is never a luxury, rather a necessity of which everyone is entitled to”.  However this has being a serious challenge in Sierra Leone especially in the capital city Freetown. She gave several reasons: […]

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Anthill Construction System is a Building Construction & Design company that was registered in 2012, making bricks for housing using local materials in various ways and also building and construction of houses. The making of the bricks using local building materials using primarily, Hydrafoam, Civan Ran and Seasonally Cured Clay Bricks, allows for cost savings […]

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TEKK Landscape: Mr. Thomas M. Macauley

Tekk Landscape was established in 2012 providing solutions on two levels: SOFTSCAPE :Lawns, Trees and Shrubs. These are locally grown from species that are acclimatized to our tropical condition) HARDACAPE: paving blocks, drainage. These are locally produced from river sand, granite and cement) TEKK describes its solutions as Attractive Low cost maintenance Good drainage capacity […]

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Daniel J. L. Conteh, Rural Shelter Aid

Rural Shelter Aid was founded in 2010 under the catholic mission, with the aim of providing solutions that address three key problems.  The first is the serious inadequate supply of housing, the second, affordability and the third, the low utilisation of local materials. Rural Shelter Aid address these problems by the use of waste products […]

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