Interlocking Stabilized Soil Blocks – ISSB

ISSB are made by compacting soil, marram, sand and cement in a compacting machine.

Advantages of ISSBs compared to ordinary bricks include:

• They are made on site hence no cost of transportation.
• Their Interlocking feature and uniformity of blocks makes savings on cement and sand in construction and plastering.
• They have a wide range of unique finishing like varnishing, direct painting and low cost plastering due to their uniform nature.
• They are environmental friendly because they don’t involve deforestation or burning of trees.
• They are made in different sizes and shapes, molds compared top fired bricks.
• They are made on site hence no cost of transportation.