Cob earth building standards

[Graeme North]

> G'day folks
> 
> The suite of three comprehensive earth building standards that the New
> Zealand Standards technical committee that I chair has been working on
> for years now have a publication date of June this year - cob as such is
> not part of the main body of the standards but rather an informative
> section for guidance. Mud brick, rammed earth , pressed brick and to
> some extent poured earth are well covered.
> The standards are divided into the Engineering Design of Earth Walled
> Buildings, Materials and Workmanship for Earth Building, and a
> Non-Specific or "Deemed to Comply" Design Standard for Earth Buildings.
>  These standards are a world first as far as I can discover.
> They will be available from Ian Brewer at Standards New Zealand - email
> for prices and ordering to: ianb at standards.synet.net.nz
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Graeme North,
> Registered Architect
> 18 Neville Street,  Warkworth,  New Zealand
> tel +64 9 4259305   fax +64 9 4258216
> Specialist in earth building and green architecture