THE INSTITUTE WELCOMES YOU

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IMPORTANT NEWS: RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF THE TIJUANA POPULATION TO GREET AND CARE FOR THE HORDES OF HAITIANS THAT ARE STRANDED AT THE US ...

IN BRIEF...

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In 1980 our director designed a manufactured house that could be erected on the Canadian permafrost zones, one that would be raised to bette...

OUR PRODUCTS

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LIGHTWEIGHT TEMPORARY SHELTERS ' ABREF ' -A fully-tested simple windproof refugee tent not requiring guy wires Groupings of sever...

OUR SERVICES

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RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ANALYSIS OF RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS Our specialty is analysing complicated problems on a tight...

TESTING FOR HURRICANES - THE NEXT LAB

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ARCHIMEDE NO-WASTE APPROACH

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From the start we chose the rhomboid geometry that is made up of identical parallelograms. Just like with squares and rectangles, parallelo...

EARTHQUAKE, HURRICANE AND TSUNAMI PROOF

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'MUCHOMAS' - THE ULTIMATE RAPID RECONSTRUCTION SOLUTION

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'ARCTA' - THE PERFECT ARCTIC SHELTER

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Design with the help of Dr. Richard Chill, the late famous Canadian arctic construction specialist, these Arctic houses have been used by ...

'TOWO', A SMALL EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE RESISTANT TOWER

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Engineered and fully componentized  including stucture and envelope, this economical small building can withstand the most severe earthquak...

INJECTION PRESSES : 1980, FIRST GENERATION

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First was a  vertical wedge action pair of presses designed by us in 1980. strong and efficient, these machines lacked the flexibity of the...

RIGID INSULATION IS EMINENTLY SUSTAINABLE

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Rigid urethane insulation has been used in the building and construction industries since the 1950’s. Over the past 40 years, in excess of ...