habiterra building solutions
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Mortarless Concrete
Blocks
Intelligent, fast building product !
Earthquake and hurricane resistant
Very cost-effective!
Founder and inventor
Daniel Boot is consultant in architecture, industrial and graphic designer,
illustrator, founder and president of Habiterra Building Solutions Inc.
He is graduated by Vancouver School of Art. His main hobbies are painting
and music.
His passion is to develop and market innovative building solutions that are
economically viable and environmentally friendly. This inspired him to invent
a new construction system using mortarless concrete blocks.
The blocks automatically self-align using their interlocking properties.
Therefore, this new building concept brings into the market a competitive
advantage encouraging self-build and resulting in very impressive
cost reductions.
One of the key benefits of this building system is the use of local materials
and labour.
Daniel Boot
Our vision
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-
being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care
and necessary social services.”
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – UN
To revolutionize the building industry
through the development of new technologies
that promote substantial cost reduction.
Our vision is to become a leader in
affordable housing development
worldwide.
Habiterra system
Intersection block.
Dimension: 400mm x 200mm x 165 mm. Weight: 9 Kg.
Lock horizontally and vertically.
End block.
Dimension: 200mm x 200mm x 165 mm. Weight: 5 Kg.
Lock horizontally and vertically.
Standard block: normally represents 90% of the system.
Dimension: 400mm x 200mm x 165 mm. Weight: 9 Kg.
Lock horizontally and vertically.
Bond beam block.
Dimension: 400mm x 200mm x 165 mm. Weight: 9 Kg.
Lock horizontally and vertically.
Unique Interlocking Features
Unique Interlocking Features
Interconnection between interior and exterior walls.
Core filling features
Walls, floors and ceilings all interconnect
Block molds and equipment
Habiterra system does not require the purchase of
special production equipment.
Habiterra blocks can be produced using production
equipment of your local block manufacturer.
Molds
Proven technology
First 47m² house
built in Cholula,
México
First day of construction
Delivery of the blocks on site and start up of the wall
First day of construction
Blocks, conduits and roof
First day of construction
Assembling of the walls
First day of construction
Assembling of walls
Second day of construction
assembling of the roof and concrete filling
Second day of construction
preparation of the roof to be filled with concrete
Second day of construction
Concrete filling
Photo of house at completion
Stucco and painting option to exterior
Patio living area on roof
Skylight into kitchen area
Hallway and bathroom with shower
Infrastructure cost of the house
Item Amount (in US$)
Foundation 700
Walls 860
Roof 700
Labour cost 325
Total 2,585
Cost of the house infrastructure
of 47 m² in Cholula, México
Habiterra system
Number of working days
To build up a wall of 100 m² using Habiterra system, a team with
one mason and two assistants takes 48 working hours.
In a conventional system, the same team takes 288 working hours.
Cost comparison
Habiterra system versus Conventional system
Cost comparison - Habiterra
Item Cost Unit Quantity Amount
Concrete blocks 0.74 unit 25 18.50
Concrete and rebar 2.41 M² - 2.41
Mortar to fix the
blocks 96.92 M³ - -
Labour cost 5.10 hour 0.48 2.45
23.36
Mason salary: RS 1.242,00 Assistant salary: R$ 915,00 Social charge: 68%
Mason hour cost: 1.242,00x1.68/48x4 = R$ 10,86
Assistant hour cost: 915,00x1.68/48x4 = R$ 8,00
The work team components: 1 mason and 2 assistants.
Labour cost: 48x(0,33x10,86 + 0,67x8,00) = R$ 429,00
R$ 429,00/100m² = R$ 4,29/1.75 = US$ 2.45
1 US$ = R$ 1.75
Salary source: Datafolha/UOL/Brasil
Cost to build up 1 m² of wall – Habiterra system
(Amount in US$)
Cost comparison - Conventional
Item Cost Unit Quantity Amount
Concrete blocks 1.23 unit 12.5 15.38
Concrete and rebar 2.41 M² - 2.41
Mortar to fix the
blocks 96.92 M³ 0.014 1.36
Labour cost 5.10 hour 2.88 14.71
33.86
Mason salary: RS 1.242,00 Assistant salary: R$ 915,00 Social charge: 68%
Mason hour cost: 1.242,00x1.68/48x4 = R$ 10,86
Assistant hour cost: 915,00x1.68/48x4 = R$ 8,00
The work team components: 1 mason and 2 assistants.
Labour cost: 288x(0,33x10,86 + 0,67x8,00) = R$ 2.575,00
R$ 2.575,00/100m² = R$ 25,75/1.75 = US$ 14.71
1 US$ = R$ 1.75
Salary source: Datafolha/UOL/Brasil
Cost to build up 1 m² of wall – Conventional block system
(Amount in US$)
Conclusion
Cost to build 1 m² of wall - Brazil
(Amount in US$)
Item Conventional Habiterra Variation %
Concrete blocks 15.38 18.50
Concrete and rebar 2.41 2.41
Mortar to fix the blocks 1.36 -
Labour cost 14.71 2.45
TOTAL 33.86 23.36 (-) 31%
Conclusion
Habiterra system is 31% more cost effective than the
conventional process.
Elimination of mortar results in additional cost savings.
The higher construction speed in the Habiterra process
reduces substantial labour costs … minimal six times faster
Higher construction speed increases the return on the
investment.
Other uses
Habiterra blocks can also be used to construct party-walls in
high rise construction.
Senegal/Mitsubishi Project
Senegal/Mitsubishi Project
Patents
Habiterra system is protected under
patent registrations:
Patent in USA No. 695,389
Patent in Canadá No. 2,324,132
Patent in México No. 010,722
Patent Cooperation Treaty signed in 2011 by
143 countries.
Habiterra Building Solutions Inc established a
master licensing agreement with RGT
International to Caribbean, South America,
Angola and Moçambique.
RGT International is looking for to establish
licensing agreements with block manufacturers
and/or construction companies.
Business model
Thank you!
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Tel: 55 11 3283-3790 / 55 11 3283-3791 e-mail: [email protected]
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