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The Moldicrete panel is an engineered pre-cast precision concrete panel slab, The panel is lightweight in design, wall thickness is optimum, saves 50% of the materials consumed by a hollow block or solid cement block construction. Interconnected lateral and vertical ridges for its rigidity and stability, suitable even in multilevel building construction.

casting plant can be located on a per project basis within a very short period of time.

Quick initial training period for unskilled laborers employed in the building of the homes in addition, creating regional employment opportuinites.

Constructed in Less Time: The Alternative Building System home is a site built structure. Shop assembled lightweight structural members (including walls, roofs, and floors) with finished exterior and interior surfaces of glass fiber reinforced concrete shipped to the building site for easy erection, have a lifetime bonding agent securing one structural member to its adjacent structural members during erection. Finally, the entire shell of the house receives its final integrating coat of fiber reinforced concrete.

Windows and doors are installed in a conventional manner. The shell of a the Alternative Building System house can be erected in record time. The secured building, now much less vulnerable to vandals, is ready for interior finishing. Strong and Resilient: homes and buildings built with this process and material are stronger than conventional wood framed homes. They can withstand earthquakes and extreme weather conditions. The foundation, roof and walls are constructed using panels building-pieces approach of fitting together prefabricated building pieces requiring no nails.

Fire Resistant: The interior and exterior walls and ceilings coated with non-combustible
reinforced concrete, boasts a fire-spread index of zero.

Easy to Maintain and Modify: The interior and exterior walls can easily and quickly be modified to adjust to changes in window and door sizes and types as well as other design modifications.

Flexible in Design: the materials used for interior and exterior walls readily support design flexibility including the use of artistic and functional curves which can add such striking design to homes and buildings.

Environmentally Cleaner: the finished building can be virtually airtight which allows for the use of sophisticated environmental-control systems to create a more healthful internal environment and to help prevent unwanted pests and contaminants.

Simpler to Construct: the process for constructing the foundation, walls and ceiling is straightforward and relatively simple. This simplicity in process allows the builder to train additional staff quickly. It also makes this approach suitable for “humanitarian” projects where either local people or volunteers can quickly learn to build homes with these materials and technology.

Lower Cost: this new, innovative process for designing and building homes, developments and commercial buildings will cost at least 10% less than conventional wood frame equivalents and most of the “Green” solutions on the market. These savings are due to elimination of steps and the materials associated with them (e.g. wall board for interior walls), reduced hours in construction, ease in correcting errors such as misplaced windows and doors, ease of constructing features such as curves and arches, reduced labor costs due to utilizing a higher percentage of lower levels of skilled labor, etc.

“Helping each other help one another build a village.”

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