Defence

Blast Resistant Earth Covered Buildings

Spantech has designed and tested a range of hardened earth-covered buildings (ECB’s) specifically for Defence applications. The inherent arch shape and unique advantages of the Spantech Construction System are ideally suited for the construction of buildings which are hardened with reinforced concrete and covered with earth.  They are incredibly strong, fast to construct and cost effective. They represent excellent value for money for any modern Defence Force.

The Spantech arch is light weight, yet very effective at resisting the blast impacts. When covered with earth, the building can withstand large blast wave forces. While these buildings can be designed for direct impact of nominated weapon systems, most of Spantech’s hardened buildings can be modified to be protected from specific weapons or threats, or resist and protect their contents from specified explosive blast pressures.

It should be noted that continual advances in weapons technology limits the long term effectiveness of any constructed asset against direct impact.

Range of Defence Buildings

Spantech’s blast resistant earth-covered building technology was initially designed for Explosive Ordnance Storage and Hardened Aircraft Shelters for fighter aircraft.