Projects
We have a certified material and no finished portfolio to show yet. This page is honest about both — the typologies laterite genuinely suits, and the six stages from first enquiry to handover.
Where We Are
Ecored was established in 2026. We have a certified product, a research partnership with NBRRI, and equipment on the ground — but we do not yet have a page of completed buildings to show you, and we will not pretend otherwise. What follows is not a portfolio. It is what compressed stabilised laterite makes possible, and what working with us on a first project actually involves.
Earth building is not new in Nigeria. What is new is holding it to an industrial standard: bricks pressed to a fixed dimension, cement dosed by formula, batch numbers printed on the bag. That standardisation is the whole point. It means an architect can specify a course height and get it, and a bricklayer can lay a wall without adjusting for what arrived on the lorry.
If you are considering laterite for a site in Abuja or elsewhere in the FCT, the honest starting point is a sample panel and a set of test results. We would rather you judge the wall than the brochure.
Typologies
These are building types, not commissions. Each one plays to something laterite genuinely does well — thermal mass, screen-wall perforation, low finishing cost — and each one carries its own demands. We have set out both.
A laterite brick boundary wall built with deliberate openings that bring air and filtered light through the perimeter while maintaining privacy. The staggered brick pattern gives the wall depth and texture without relying on a painted finish.
What it needs: a stable base, protected brickwork at the ground line, and openings planned to the coursing module so the pattern stays regular from pier to pier.
A finished brick boundary wall that uses warm architectural lighting to bring out the bond, piers, and patterned panels after dark. The lighting turns a necessary perimeter into a clear architectural edge and keeps the brickwork itself as the visual focus.
What it needs: concealed cable routes, weather-protected fittings, and a consistent wall finish so the light grazes the brick evenly rather than exaggerating irregularities.
A classroom or clinic block — long, low, repetitive, built to a budget that has to stretch. Laterite suits it because the repetition is an advantage: one bay detailed properly is one bay repeated fifteen times, and the material needs no plaster or paint to look finished, which removes a whole trade and a recurring maintenance cost from the life of the building. Classrooms also benefit most from thermal mass, since they are occupied through the hottest part of the day.
What it needs: a structural frame or ring beam for spans and roof loads, proper rainwater disposal away from the base of the wall, and pavers rather than bare earth at the entrances where foot traffic concentrates.
The Process
Six stages, in order. Nothing here is unusual — it is the sequence any competent supply and supervision job follows. We set it out plainly so you know what we will ask for and when.
Tell us the location, the storey height, the wall area if you know it, and when you expect to start. Drawings help but are not required at this point — a sketch and a site address are enough to begin. We reply within two working days, and we will tell you at this stage if we think laterite is the wrong answer for your site.
We measure quantities from your drawings: brick and block counts by wall type, cement in 50kg bags, pavers by square metre, plus an allowance for cutting and breakage. You get a written schedule with the assumptions listed, so if your design changes you can see exactly which line moves. Pricing is against that schedule, not a round figure.
Before bulk supply we build a small panel — typically a square metre or two — in the actual bond, coursing and mortar you have specified. You approve the colour, the joint and the texture off the panel, and it stays on site as the reference standard for the rest of the build. Disputes about finish are far cheaper to settle at one square metre than at forty.
Deliveries are phased against your programme rather than dumped in one load, so you are not storing and protecting a full house of brick from day one. Every cement bag carries its batch number and manufacture date. We agree the offloading point and stacking arrangement with your site before the first lorry moves.
Our engineer attends at the agreed hold points — set-out, damp-proof course, first lift, ring beam, and as the work proceeds — to check that the material is being laid the way it was tested. Mortar mix, joint thickness, wall protection during curing and rain: these are the details that decide whether the wall performs. Each visit is written up.
You receive the batch records for what was supplied, the supervision reports, and a short maintenance note covering the things that matter for earth walling: keep water off the base, keep the overhang and gutters clear, and repoint rather than render if a joint opens. We ask permission to photograph the finished building. That is how this page eventually fills up.
Early-stage means we have capacity and we take every enquiry seriously. Send a location and a sketch, and we will come back with a take-off and a sample panel date.