SA Affordable Housing September / October 2017 // Issue: 66 | Page 36

PROJECTS
Rambrick also offers training for builders.
This machine can make 350 compressed earth blocks
(CEBs) in an hour. A standard CEB is 87mm thick, 356mm
long and 180mm wide. Each block weighs about 11.5kg,
which equates to more than 75t of soil that can be
upcycled by one full set of equipment each day.
Use-It describes their brick as the smarter brick. The
RamBrick system creates quality building blocks for
housing and other buildings. Using the system means
The CEB block machine.
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helping to save on landfill costs, creating job opportunities
through skills development and combating climate change.
“It’s a four-in-one solution,” it says.
PROJECTS USING CEBs
Several production units were built in KwaZulu-Natal and
the Western Cape using the system. Most of the projects
thus far, have taken between six to fifteen weeks to