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Difficulty in getting the materials to build a wooden structure to the disaster zone would make the concrete tent a better option in many cases.
by gigawatt 15y ago
Difficulty in getting the materials to build a wooden structure to the disaster zone would make the concrete tent a better option in many cases.
- jonnathanson 15y agoThis. I think the advantage is in ease of transport vs. wood and related wooden building materials. Furthermore, not every disaster site is going to have in situ wood on hand for building, let alone in a form suitable for any sort of ad hoc construction needs.
- run4yourlives 15y agoYou both completely missed my main point. You're aging the fact that these things provide better temporary structures than wood buildings, but as temporary structures, the current standard is modular tenting.
- sesqu 15y agoA good example of this might be Haiti. I believe there was very little wood around, which contributed the the crisis to begin with.
- run4yourlives 15y agoAgain, the difference is that of the nature of the structure. In a disaster zone like in say, Haiti, modular tents would outperform these things in every conceivable way, including survivability. You don't even begin to think of rebuilding until months later. At that point, I don't think you'd want to make one of these your permanent home.