Take refuge in the durability and strength of domes
During a natural or manmade disaster, it’s good to know you can take refuge in a completely safe structure that provides unyielding protection and comfortable surroundings.
Whether it’s your home, your children’s school, your community center, or a corporate disaster recovery site, a monolithic steel reinforced dome provides the calming environment needed to prevail and resume your routine as quickly as possible.
Monolithic domes endure significantly better than traditionally designed and constructed buildings. Because of the dome’s strong and ergonomic shape and the fact that they are built using superior building materials makes them virtually unaffected by time, weather, seismic activity, or manmade assault. Meeting FEMA’s standards for near-absolute protection, monolithic domes are proven survivors.
ABC Domes are also fire-resistant, rot-proof and termite-proof.
Quite simply, monolithic domes are the most disaster-resistant structures that can be built affordably.
Strength From “Sharing the Load”
Traditional vs. Dome Structure
The spherical shape of the monolithic dome vs. traditional structures provides its incredible strength and durability
The spherical shape of the monolithic dome provides its incredible strength. It’s the shape that allows stress from events such as tornadoes, earthquake tremors or sustained hurricane-force winds, to be shared evenly across all points within the sphere. Additionally, the balanced geometry of the triangle offers its own strength to the dome shape.
Inside, the walls and ceilings of a monolithic dome can safely support various hanging features, such as balconies, mezzanines, walkways, press boxes, galleries, score boards, audio and video housing, etc.
Monolithic domes are built to withstand wind speed that would decimate other structures. For example, a wind of 250 MPH pushes with a pressure of 300 pounds per square foot (psf); 300 MPH winds increase that number to 404 psf. Maximum winds speed for a tornado is considered to be 300 MPH and a Force 5 tornado pushes with four times the pressure of a Force 5 hurricane. No traditionally constructed building can withstand that kind of pressure. However, since many domes are buried up to 30 feet deep, they can endure sustained wind pressure up to 2,000 psf.
