CEB Code
CEB's strongest market in the USA is probably New Mexico, which has incorporated the method into its Earthbuilding Code family. The first CEB Code Development meeting in New Mexico took place Dec. 12, 2001. The persons present at that meeting are considered today the leading experts in the field. They include:
- Fermin Aragon, general bureau chief of the Construction Industries Division for Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Joe M. Tibbets, publisher of Adobe Builder Trade Publications, Bosque, New Mexico
- Larry Elkins, Adobe International Inc., Milan, New Mexico
- Jim Hallock, Earth Block Inc., Pagosa Springs, Colo.
- Lawrence Jetter, A.E.C.T., San Antonio, Texas
- Jim Hands, P.E., Red Mountain Engineering, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Todd Swanson, Bio-Hab Inc., Hesperus, Colo.
- Joaquim Karcher, architect, Taos, New Mexico
Code work was completed June 10, 2002 and melded into New Mexico's new section, R1100 Earthen Building Materials.
The CEB code is different from the adobe code in numerous respects. For instance, the CEB code allows slip mortars and permits blocks ejected from a press to go directly to the wall.
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