Introduction to concrete building products
Practical Action
Web: http://www.ncma.org/
• SKAT Building Materials Leaflets, 2005, Practical guidelines on small-scale production
of concrete hollow blocks, floor tiles, beams, roosters (decorative blocks), curved tiles,
roofing tiles, paving blocks, beam blocks, door and window frames, well rings and
prefabricated footings for buildings among other building products and techniques.
SKAT(Swiss Resource Centre and Consultancies for Development),
Vadianstrasse 42
CH-9000 St.Gallen
Switzerland
Tel: +41 71 228 54 54
Fax: +41 71 228 54 55
E-mail: info@skat.ch
• Bhat V R, A Report on Precast Concrete and its Allied Products, undated, Assessment of
a small selection of concrete products manufacturers in Inida.
• CIDB, Precast Concrete Products, Brick and Block Making, Labour-based Technologies
and Methods for Employment Intensive Construction Works, Best Practice Guideline 3-1,
First Edition of CIDB Document 1024, Construction Industry Development Board,
Pretoria, South Africa
• Development Alternatives, Concrete Block Technology, Sustainable Livelihoods Micro-
enterprises,Summary guidelines on concrete blockmaking as a small business.
Development Alternatives
B-32, Qutub Institutional Area,
New Delhi - 110016, India
Tel: +91 (11) 2696-7938, 2656-5370, 2685-1158
Fax: +91 (11) 2686-6031
E-mail: dainet@devalt.org
Web: http://www.dainet.org
• How Is a Concrete Block Made, Gale’s How Products Are Made
• Using Decorative Cement Mold Hints
• Bennett D, The Art of Precast Concrete, Colour Texture Expression, Birkhauser, Basel,
Switzerland, 2005,
• Larson C, Creative Concrete, posted 01/01/2011, articles for the concrete hobbyist.
• The journal Concrete Products contains contemporary information and articles on
production of precast concrete both at the large industrial scale and smaller scale for the
enthusiast or backyard entrepreneur.
Concrete Products
c/o Mining Media International
8751 E. Hampden Ave B1
Denver, CO 80231
United States of America
Web: http://www.concreteproducts.com/.
Historical Bibliography
The following bibliography was included in the original version of this brief. Some of these
documents may be difficult to get hold of today. It is retained for the interest of the reader.
Mukerji, K.; Wörner, H.; Ruskulis, O.; Product Information: concrete block producing
equipment; Aus Der Arbeit Von GATE, Eschborn, Germany, 1991.
Anon.; The Manufacture of Concrete Masonry Units, Document No. P 2273, Portland
Cement Institute, Johannesburg, 1980 (ISBN 0 620 03552 8).
Koski, John A.; How Concrete Blocks Are Made, Masonry Construction, October 1992, pp
374-377.
Stulz, Roland; Mukerji, Kiran: Appropriate Building Materials, A Catalogue of Potential
Solutions, SKAT, St. Gall, GATE, Eschborn, IT Publications Ltd., London, 1993.
Fagerlund Göran; Economical Use of Cement in Concrete, Building Issues, Vol. 6, No. 2,
1994, Lund Centre for Habitat Studies, Lund University, Sweden.
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