Introducing the Building Materials and Technology of the Future! NHP-ECHO Ltd. will build homes, pre-engineered by our Partner, IHE – International Homes Export, California, USA, to your design. We will incorporate your ideas and dreams. And we´ll do it right, for less money and faster.

1. “Where Houses Become Homes”©
NHP-ECHO Ltd.
Introduces the Building Materials
and Technology of the Future!

2. A Dream Come True for
Ghana
LIGHT STEEL FRAME
(LSF) BUILDINGS
Pre-Engineered in California
USA, by IHE – International
Home Exports
Environmental and Owner
Friendly
75 % Minimum Re-Cycled
Materials
Materials Conform to Strictest
USA & California
Governmental Standards

3. NHP-ECHO - State-of-the-Art
Materials and Technology:
• Better,
• Faster to Build,
• Safer,
• Environmentally Friendly,
• Less Expensive
• Durable
A Dream Come True for
Ghana – LSF
LIGHT STEEL FRAME
BUILDINGS

4. NHP-ECHO Ltd. will build homes, pre-
engineered by our Partner, IHE –
International Homes Export,
California, USA, to your design. We
will incorporate your ideas and
dreams. And we´ll do it right, for less
money and faster.

5. Each building will be pre-
engineered with a frame of
galvanised light gauge steel in
California, and built by our
teams of qualified engineers and
craftsmen, on-site, in Ghana.
Other than the lightweight slab
on which we build, we have
virtually eliminated heavy,
expensive, concrete.

6. You can count on NHP-Echo for old
fashioned values: Honesty,
Transparency, Best Possible Materials
and Value For Money.
We‘ll show you what makes NHP-
ECHO homes less expensive and
better, and why they are faster to build
and durable.

7. Your building will last 100+
years if properly maintained,
and the roof cover, up to 50
years depending on your roof
cover selection.
NHP-ECHO state-of-the-art
LSF materials and technology
save you money.

8. It starts with eliminating almost
all wood – a heavy, unstable, and
flamable material which
produces considerable waste
when used in building.
Forests and trees are a vital part
of our endangered ecosystem –
their future in doubt.
Widespread adoption of Light
Steel Frame construction will
save countless forests.

9. Next comes cement, an
expensive, heavy, inefficient, out-
moded building material. For
generations, cement has been an
unaffordable, national bad habit.
Steel is far stronger, lighter,
sustainable and can meet any
requirements in function or
aesthetics.
Our steel framing and
plaster/stucco facings are easier
on the environment— and
contain up to 75% recycled
materials.

10. Foundation with Installed Hardware
Due to the Light Weight of LSF, the
Slab is Thinner = Less Preparation,
Quicker Drying, Less Cement =
Significant Savings!

11. Framed Exterior Wall Panel on Slab

12. H1 Clip Screwed to Exterior Wall
To Accept Roof Truss Later

13. .
Tilting Up Exterior Wall on Slab.
Note: No Heavy Lifting Equipment.

14. Tilting Up Exterior Wall on Slab.
Man Power and a Few Tools.
That’s all it takes!

15. Exterior Anchor Bolt and Washer
Securing Wall to Slab

16. Building Roof Trusses

17. Preparing for Roof Truss Installation
A standard ladder and you‘re there.

18. Handing Up Pre-Fabricated Roof
Trusses to Top of Wall –One Man Can
Lift and Carry Any Part of the Frame!

19. Installing Pre-Fabricated Roof Trusses
to Top of Wall

20. Securing Trusses

21. Shear Wall Strap and Plate Attached

22. Completing Roof Trusses

23. Installing OSB Sheathing
To Roof Trusses

24. Exterior FHA Screed Wall Installed
Prior to Foam Core, Lath and Stucco
to Weep Water from Wall

25. Water Barrier Window Flashing

26. Installing Electrical Windows
and Exterior Doors

27. Foam-Core (Fome-Cor) Exterior Cladding

28. Installing Foam Core over
Exterior Framed Walls

29. i
Rib Lath Applied for Exterior Soffit
Prior to Plastering

30. Completed Application of Base Coat

31. Base Coat Finished and
Architectural Exterior Foam Applied

32. Mixing Cement Coloured Stucco to be
Applied to Exterior Walls

33. Applying Cement Coloured Stucco to
Base Coat (Final Step)

34. Finishing Exterior

35. Completed California-Style Cement
Coloured Stucco Finish

36. Installing Interior Drywall

37. Taping Interior Drywall Units to
Smooth the Walls

38. Painted Interior Walls - Finished

39. Window and Door with Electrical
Fittings

40. Toilet, Sink, Shower Stall

41. Individual, State-of-the-Art, Waste
Disposal Units – Effluent converted
practically to Drinking Water
standards. Easy to maintain, efficient,
noiseless, inexpensive. No burden on
the environment.

42. Kitchen Appliances and Cupboards

43. Landscaping and Walkways

44. Walkway Laid, First Shrubs and Lawn

45. Finished: First Pacifica in Mexico!

46. Streamlined Logistics
Local Labour
 Our pre-engineered homes
ship from the United States,
and can arrive at any major
port in Ghana, within 45
days of placing the order
 Our homes are assembled on-
site at a rate three times
faster than homes built with
concrete and block.

47.  No on-site heavy lifting
equipment is required.
 Our homes can be “turn-key”
assembled in as little as 2
weeks.
 In cooperation with IHE, our
on-site training program will
teach local laborers to
assemble houses and
buildings, providing jobs,
skills and income wherever
NHP-Echo Ltd. homes are
built.

48. Our homes and buildings utilise
galvanized light gauge steel
framing.
Steel, man’s strongest building
material, does not shrink,
warp, crack, split or swell,
meaning straight and true walls
for the life of a house.
Our buildings provide
structural integrity
superior to typical concrete
and block construction.

49.  Our homes and buildings
have been designed to
withstand extremely
strong winds and
earthquakes.
 Steel framed homes and
buildings will not rust and
corrode.
 Steel is fire resistant. You
feel safer. You are safer.
 Galvanised steel does not
rot, resists mould and is
impervious to insects such
as termites.

50.  Conformance
Our homes and buildings,
whether your design or ours,
come with a complete Bill of
Materials to ensure accuracy.
Our homes and buildings, which
meet extremely stringent
California and USA building
codes, will be engineered to
conform to Ghana local and
national building codes,
where necessary.

51.  Our steel framing and
plaster/stucco facings are
easier on the environment—
and contain up to 75%
recycled materials
 Each home, or ‘cluster’ of
homes, will have its own
waste disposal system.

52. NHP-Echo Ltd. homes and
communities will ensure
sustainable, ongoing
employment of a local work
force wherever they are built-
For home owners, the houses we
build will incorporate the values
and pride of ownership to which
they aspire.

53. Other Examples of IHE Light Steel
Frame Houses

54. Attaching Roof Cover

55. Holly Oak Ranch – No Project is Too Big

56. An Upscale Community
of California Luxury Homes

57. Holly Oak Ranch, CA. Note Enormous
Reduction in the Use of Wood. LSF
Housing is Environmentally Friendly.

58. Houses in IHE-Built California
Community

59. There are No Design Limitations.What
You Want, We Can Design and Build

60. Three Bedroom, Two Garage Finished
IHE Home

61. NHP-ECHO Ltd. offers Ghana a
new standard in affordable and
residential housing as well as
commercial, institutional and
governmental buildings.
Our light gauge steel frame
structures are respectful of the
environment and the individuals
who occupy them. Honesty,
transparency and value for
money are our watchwords.

62. They are priced fairly and
openly, and built to conform to
stringent United States and
California regulations covering
all aspects of design, materials
and building technology.

63. Our primary goal is to provide
superior, durable, comfortable
homes and building in
unlimited quantities, in order to
meet the pressing needs of the
people and government of
Ghana.

64. NHP-ECHO Ltd.
“Where Houses Become Homes”©