BUILDING MATERIALS MADE FROM AVAILABLE RAW MATERIALS IN NIGERIA

Johnbull, Tamunobebara

Department of Architecture,

 Rivers State University Nkpolu Oroworukwo, Port -HarcourtEmail: johnbullloves@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The level of manufacturing of a country or continent is an indication of the level of the development of the country or continent. This paper identifies the most important factors affecting the production of building materials using locally available raw materials in developing countries. Work that has been done in this area of the building industry was looked at and the improvement provided by this work in areas of manufacturing method, raw materials and their sources are identified. Also, the locally available raw materials to manufacture the building materials were identified – fibre, waster paper, cement and water. This is followed with the analysis of test results. The products were tested to ascertain their reliability, porosity and impact the result showed that our products were very much better and cheaper than the conventional ones. Again a detailed cost analysis is included to establish the usefulness of this project. An example is included for comparison and finally comments were made and conclusions were drawn on the project. The final conclusion is that the project is feasible and very viable for the manufacture of building materials from locally sourced raw materials in Nigeria, so government and individuals of developing countries should invest in this research work to create jobs for young technologist for their respective countries.

Keywords:  Housing, Building materials, Local raw materials, Cost, Benefits.