There have been many calls from government and business circles for building contractors to use green building materials. Notable among them is baked clay bricks. The scarcity of the usage of bricks in building projects, according to research, has led to the gradual killing of the brick industry in Ghana even though; the country is endowed with clay deposit in almost all the regions. The country needs to meet the annual requirement of 50,000 housing, but currently, the annual supply stands at 25,000; exactly half of what is needed. This deficit could be catered for if effort is made to use local building materials.
For these reasons, we have taken initiative to build 1500 housing units using clay-bricks at Santeo near Lakeside estates at AshalleBotwe-Accra