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Concrete Cloth material: "A building in a bag"

By Rain Noe - September 29, 2010

in Materials

The Hesco Bastion we showed you yesterday was a sort of flat-pack building system; Concrete Cloth is similar in that it stores flat but can be ballooned into a much larger structure, for disaster relief and the like. Called "A building in a bag," the material is essentially cement-impregnated canvas that can be stored flat, and inflated on site using a compresser. Then the builder simply sprays it down with a hose, and after the concrete sets, you've got a waterproof and fireproof shelter. Here's a vid of the process in action:

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Robert

11 years ago

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hello where does a person go to buy one of these bldgs
and how much are they in the bag not set up
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harish

13 years ago

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i am asking that what is the material used in making of concreate canvas
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