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Bhuj-2001, earthquake of magnitude 7.7 (Richter scale), occurred in Kutch region of India and devastated large number of buildings rendering millions of people homeless. It was a daunting task for the government to provide houses for the homeless in a short period of time. Use of local materials such as soil was exploited to build thousands of houses. Hunnarshala Foundation based at Bhuj (India), a not-for-profit organization, embarked upon construction of more than 2000 rammed earth houses in and around Kutch district of India. The paper presents the innovations developed and the methodology adopted to construct 2000 cement-stabilized rammed earth (CSRE) houses within a span of about two years.
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The whole exercise of CSRE house construction would not have been possible but for the technical inputs and initial training from Prof. K. S. Jagadish, Dr. M. R. Yogananda, and the R&D efforts at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India. The idea of converting this experience into a paper for the ISES-2018 conference was mooted and guided by Prof. B. V. Venkatarama Reddy. The authors would like to thank Prof. K. S. Jagadish, Dr. M. R. Yogananda, and Prof. B V. Venkatarama Reddy for their support and encouragement.
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Vaghela, K., Kotak, T. (2019). Innovations in Construction of Cement-Stabilized Rammed Earth Dwellings Post Bhuj-2001 Earthquake. In: Reddy, B., Mani, M., Walker, P. (eds) Earthen Dwellings and Structures. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5883-8_20
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