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Case Study: Ghana-SADA
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority
(SADA) is an independent agency for coordinating a
comprehensive development agenda for the northern
savannah ecological zone in Ghana. SADA’s main
objective is to promote sustainable development while
remaining cognisant of environmental impact when
delivering solutions to improve the livelihood of the
communities in Ghana’s northern regions.
As with many under-developed regions of the world,
equipment quality was critical – both in terms of robustness
in tough terrain and in terms of the quality of material
output. Another key factor for SADA is cost-effectiveness:
it needed to deliver quality structures that could be put up
as economically and quickly as possible.
SADA procured 50 Hydraform M7MI machines and after the
machines arrived in Ghana, Hydraform personnel
travelled there to conduct the training programme in
December 2013. This included a two-and-a-half month
intensive training programme covering everything from
soil selection to production and construction. The practical
training element saw six classrooms, the principal’s office, a
staff room, a store room and bathroom facilities built in only
two months.
All the trained engineers and technicians have now
returned to their districts for the roll-out of the remainder
of the programme: replicating what they have learned for
the construction of houses, clinics, classrooms and other
structures in their communities. They will also train the
youth in their districts to assist in skills development and
the rebuilding of their communities.
Enabling community
development
Hydraform’s relationship with the Savannah Accelerated
Development Authority began in early 2012 and sprang
from the need for a sustainable housing solution.
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