Sept. 20, 2016 NMSPE Luncheon

PRESENTATION: Engineering Geo-Textile Buildings

Patti Stouter is a landscape architect morphed into anthropology buff and building designer. She runs an international consulting firm for small aid organizations on a shoestring, researching structural values of buildings made of dirt and trash. Build Simple Inc. is one of a few earthen building web info sites that recommends structural testing. Patti models her plans for earthbag housing, clinic and school buildings on New Zealand’s adobe standards.

BSI started static strength tests of the earthbag reinforced earthen technology in 2011. Because earthbag survived Nepal’s 2015 quakes and engineers often are unfamiliar with earthen construction, she consults on building code language and is currently choosing partners for shake table tests. After a little more research Patti hopes to go back to designing aid buildings and writing free how-to manuals
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Speaker:  Patti Stouter, Build Simple Inc.
When:  Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, 11:45 am
Where:  Albuquerque Marriott Uptown
Cost:  $25.00 NMSPE Members and Non Members Welcome

Please RSVP by Thursday, Sept. 16th, 2016 by responding to this email nmspe.abq@gmail.com or call 505-228-8158.