Because of its advantages, dry stack masonry is still popular in buildings around the world, especially in developing counties [18, 19, 20]. Previous research of dry stack masonry focused on the ...

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1 Department of Civil Engineering, Pan African University for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI), Nairobi, Kenya. 2 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Masinde Muliro ...

ABSTRACT: The increase in construction costs has resulted in the shortage of decent housing in Kenya. As a result, the majority of the population lives in substandard housing. One way of reducing the ...

Tech-Dry Building Protection Systems specialises in concrete masonry structures that offer the aesthetic attraction of real stone at affordable prices. Natural stone always makes for a classic, ...

3D printing of concrete structures including homes has made a dent in the news, but less so when it comes to penetrating the market for new homes or commercial structures. Barriers to progress for ...

For decades, prisms and wallette have been used to explore masonry’s strength and deformation capabilities under uniaxial compression; moreover, the link between these two main test methods needs to ...