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| Hydraform and Nigerian Government to Provide Affordable Houses for Citizens |
| The local government of a south-eastern state in Nigeria is set to provide affordable houses for its citizens. This was disclosed recently at Government House, while taking delivery of 20 Hydraform stabilized soil block machines from South Africa – the first of 50 such brick making machines expected. |
| 86 Students Graduate from Hydraform Training School in Uganda |
| Hydraform plays a significant part in the post-war rebuilding effort in Uganda, as Hydraform’s patented hydraulic block machines and Compressed Earth Block technology are supplying the material for the rebuilding of the country and its unique skills training programmes are empowering the nation. |
| Several New Hydraform Machines Delivered to Uganda |
| Several new Hydraform blockmaking machines have been handed over to 40 Northern Ugandan districts. |
| Hydraform Charity Golf Day by Nicola Williams |
| Hydraform recently hosted its first Charity Golf Day at ERPM Golf Course in Johannesburg in an effort to raise funds for the Nyeleti’s Children’s Home. The day was entertaining and created awareness for the Nyeleti’s Children’s Home as well as educating everyone involved about the need to assist similar organisations in South Africa. |
| Hydraform International extends their sophisticated urban office building by Carol Knoll - Urban Green File August 2003 |
| In this piece, a new extension to the Hydraform building in Boksburg, Johannesburg, is positioned as demonstrative of 'the kind of sophisticated urban office building' that can be created using dry stacked, inter locking earth cement blocks. The extension is also lauded as able to answer customers' questions: yes, dry-stacked bricks are load-bearing; they can be built to double-storey height; they can carry a second floor of reinforced concrete; they can accommodate conventional doors and windows; and they can suit conventional roofing and flooring systems. The extension was also a testing ground for Hydraform's trainers. |
| Lynedoch Community Centre, Stellenbosch by Digest of South African Architecture, 2003 |
| A core focus of the construction of the Lynedoch Community Centre, housed by the eco-village at Spier in Stellenbosch, fell on the usage of environmentally friendly building materials. For this reason, Hydraform, with its ecologically supportive earth-cement blocks, was involved. |
| Hydraform Eco Blocks by Ryno Saayman |
| Through recent testing, it was found that the Hydraform machine works perfectly well for producing building blocks from RECYCLED building rubble. |
| Whole lot of shakin' going on by Mail & Guardian, September 2004 |
| Doctor Herbert Uzoegbo tests the seismic impact of earthquakes. This piece explains the extent to which Hydraform inter-locking block masonry is suitable for construction in low to medium seismic regions. It also mentions Hydraform's major environmental advantage; namely, that manufacturing soil cement bricks uses only 15-20% of the energy required by clay-fired bricks. |
| Bâtiment Respectueux de l'environnement by Ryno Saayman |
| Le sol local n’est plus l’unique source de matériau brut pouvant être utilisé pour produire les blocs de construction autobloquants Hydraform. Des tests récents ont révélé que la machine Hydraform était parfaitement adaptée pour produire des blocs de construction à partir de gravats de construction RECYCLES. |
| More brick-making machines to be made by Samuel Balagadde - Business Day, 2006 |
| This Business Day news piece mentions that South Africa's then Minister of Public Works approved the blocks created by Hydraform's block-making machines, "wonder machines". |
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