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Cob Email List-Server This site hosts a Cob email discussion group for those interested in Cob construction: Add yourself to, or remove yourself from the List List Policies - A copy of this will be emailed to you when you join the list Instructions on how to add or remove yourself from the list using e-mail How to join the mailing list How to remove yourself from the mailing list Web based ...

The following article is posted with the permission of the author. You are welcome to link to this page or make copies of it for personal use, however, the author has requested that you not mirror this article on other web sites. Thank you for your cooperation. RESEARCH and CODE IMPROVEMENT Figure 1 -- SEISMIC ZONE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES SOME THOUGHTS ON ADOBE CODES By Fred Webster, Ph.D.

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SouthWest Solar Adobe School Hands-On Adobe Instruction OR What We Did On Our Trip to Arizona The Source An Open pit mine yields clay, sand, gravel, and even large aggregate laid down in ages past on this alluvial plain. The soil is transported to the mixing station where a small percentage of asphalt emulsion is added. The pug mill combines the ingredients and dumps the finished mud out on the ...

Cob Code Project by John Fordice - Other Fish Architect 1828 fifth street- Berkeley, California (510) 549-1033 10/21/96 COB CODE PROJECT UPDATE For me 1996 has been a busy year. In the midst of normal everyday needs of family and making a living I did manage to make a bit of progress towards the goal of getting cob into the building code. Attached is a copy of COB CODE PROJECT which I wrote last ...