As the leading organisation of its kind in the world for professionals in property, land, construction and environmental assets, RICS takes its responsibilities of providing impartial advice to governments and policy-makers seriously.
COBRA, RICS's construction and building research conference, is being held on Thursday 4 – Friday 5 September 2008, at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Compressed earth can be used as a cheap and readily available building material for houses, particularly in developing countries.