Build a Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Out of Cloth: Just Add Water


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Concrete Cloth makes the perfect addition to your apocalyptic shopping list. The flexible cloth is easily transported, but transforms into a sturdy concrete shelter after it gets wet.

UK company Concrete Canvas created Concrete Cloth, a concrete-impregnated material that's flexible and becomes hard only when wet. The fabric can be molded into various shapes, letting people erect a sturdy building with little more time and effort than they would a tent. In addition to fulfilling your end-of-the world needs, the Concrete Cloth has current military and humanitarian uses as barracks, emergency shelters, and food storage.

Concrete Cloth won the Material of the Year Award from Material ConneXion, which supports innovation in materials science. But there were plenty of impressive runners up, including a superstrong biofiber made from carrots, a sponge that soaks up oil but not water, a 3D printer that can print objects made from multiple materials, and a lightweight fiber that can stop bullets.

Fishing Rods From Carrot Sticks and Canvas Made of Concrete?! Seven Amazing Materials [Fast Company via Neatorama]

That's perfect for British Columbia where it rains most of the year, just set it up and let it cure, where can I get some of that?
Mizar

Rapid

A 25sqm CCS can be deployed by 2 people in less than 1 hour and is ready to use in only 24 hours.
Force Protection

The compressive structure of CCS has been modelled to be covered with sand or earth (berming) to provide protection against small arms fire and shell fragments.
Insulating

CCS concrete shells have good thermal properties. When buried they provide excellent insulation and a very large thermal mass.
Durable

CCS are far more durable than tenting with a minimum design life of 10 years.
Sterile

The sealed plastic inner of a CCS, means it can be delivered sterile; vastly increasing frontline medical capability from day one of a crisis.
Fire proof

Concrete Cloth is a ceramic and will not burn. Each shelter is lined with a flame retardant fibre reinforced polyethylene inner with a B1 (DIN 4102-01 05/98) fire rating.
CBRN protection

CCS can be fitted with a combined forced air / inflation unit and decontamination module to provide full spectrum CBRN protection.
Secure

The hard shell and lockable doors of a CCS provide a level of security not possible with soft skinned structures, protecting stores, equipment and personnel.
Semi-permanent

CCS provide all the benefits of a permanent structure without the associated cost and time delays.

* Gabion Reinforcement
* Sandbag Defences
* Ground Surfacing / Dust Suppression
* Ditch Lining
* Landing Surfaces
* Formwork
* Spill Containment and Landfill Lining
* Water Proofing
* Building Cladding
* Boat Ramps
* Erosion Control
* Roof Repair
* Water and Septic Tanks
* Cycle Track way
* DIY Applications