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Florida company set to inflate prototype tornado-proof dome in Lakeland

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  • January 13, 2012, 8:40pm UTC
  • by Blake Sabatinelli, ABC Action News, Lakeland, FL Commercial, Dome Construction, Durability, Featured, Hurricanes, Inflation

LAKELAND, Fla. – If you have ever driven I-4 between Tampa and Orlando, you likely have seen a set of large, beige domes on the side of the road near Lakeland. Now, those domes, which were constructed by ABC Domes, are going to get a new, experimental partner. A new 60 foot tall dome that ...

ABC Domes Constructing Smart Dome Vault for Certified Records Management

LAKELAND, Fla.–American Business Continuity Domes (ABC Domes) is building a Smart Dome Vault at its Lakeland business continuity facility for Certified Records Management (CRM), the leading provider of Information Management services in Florida. ABC Domes, with existing dome facilities in Lakeland, Florida and Sealy, Texas, considers the new Smart Dome Vault the prototype for future ...

Businesses rely on ‘hurricane-proof’ domes

TAMPA – You might miss them as you drive on Interstate 4 east of Lakeland because they sit back off the highway. But when you do see the massive domes, you have to wonder, “What is going on here.?” The domes were built as kind of an insurance policy for banks and other businesses that ...

ABC Domes help businesses avoid storm-related doom

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  • April 8, 2011, 6:00am UTC
  • by Mark Holan, Tampa Bay Business Journal, Lakeland, FL Business Continuity, Durability, Featured, Hurricanes, IT & Critical Functions

LAKELAND — When tornadoes ripped across central Florida on March 31, Andy Wyman didn’t worry about the weather disrupting data service at MidFlorida Federal Credit Union. The bank’s computer servers and other information infrastructure were protected within a 22,000-square-foot concrete dome along Interstate 4, about 45 miles east of Tampa International Airport. “It takes away ...

Mysterious dome rises on outskirts of Sealy

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  • February 13, 2011, 1:35am UTC
  • Ronnie Crocker, Houston Chronicle, Sealy, TX Business Continuity, Durability, Featured, Hurricanes, IT & Critical Functions

SEALY — It could be the plot of a sci-fi paperback: Over the course of a single workday, a giant bubble is inflated on the outskirts of a small Texas town. Crews working from the inside reinforce the structure with iron and concrete until it’s a fortress that not even the U.S. Air Force could ...