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This study investigated the viability of employing bamboo as a potential reinforcement in ferrocrete structural elements, several tests on the "Nilgiri" bamboo species were carried out, and the outcomes of compressive and flexural tests were assessed using three different ferrocrete specimens which was used as a control beam. It was found that there was a clear correlation between the amount of reinforcement and the tested bamboo ferrocrete specimens' ability to support a given load. A mould or cube of 15 cm in size was tested for compressive strength. Ferrocrete's compressive strength is not particularly impressive; test findings indicate that specimen compressive strength declines as bamboo mesh reinforcing rises. Flexural tests were carried out using 100 mm x 100 mm x 500 mm beams. The variables used with test beams were specimens with no reinforcement (NM), specimens with steel mesh (FC), and specimens with bamboo mesh (BFC). Overall, test results showed that specimens with bamboo mesh reinforcement (3%) increased their load carrying capacity by 200 percent on average when compared to specimens without reinforcement and were nearly equals to the specimens with steel mesh reinforcement (1%).