Bamboo
Housing Training at Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute
(IPIRTI)
5 to 30 January 2004
Banglore , India
Indian Plywood
Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI) has
done considerable work on bamboo housing with the support of TRADA
They adopted to –
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use
round bamboo columns and trussed rafters as main load bearing elements
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use
of split bamboo grids and chicken mesh and plastered with cement mortar to
provide overall stability to the structure
¨
apply
BORON to treat bamboo grids and trusses and Creosote oil to treat columns
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use
of Bamboo Mat Board (BMB) gussets in combination with mild steel bolts for load
bearing joints in roofing structure and
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use
of Bamboo Mat Corrugated Sheet (BMCS) as
roof claddings
INBAR along with CIBART (Center for Indian Bamboo Resouce
Technology) and IPIRTI organised a training workshop on bamboo housing from January
5 to 30 2004 at IPIRTI
During 25 days of the training period, participants received
training on bamboo preservation and bamboo building construction. The training
course was mainly designed for hands-on with very few theoretical lectures. In
addition to the IPIRTI system the participants also practised Latin American bahareque system. They made a sample bahareque wall with the support of INBAR
staff. Mr H.G. Reddy (Civil engineer; email hg-reddy@yahoo.com) and
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