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  Structural Enhancement  
 
Above, you can see the structural enhancement capabilities of a Simulform® Co-Liner™, compared to very high-strength polymer cement. There is literally, no comparison. High-strength cementitious material fails at 700 pounds. With Simulform® Structural Enhancement, the concrete flexes and withstands nearly 8,000 pounds, and returns to its original form.

STEEL reinforcement, cannot do this, nor can anything else!
 
 
Should we expect anything less from those who design our workplaces, homes, cities, power plants and industrial infrastructure?
 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





















Building responsibly, should be a requirement for building at all. There is little point in being “safe” in an aircraft, car or ship, if we are not safe in our cities, towns, homes and rural communities. Environmental protection absolutely must be considered as protection for us from environmental extremes, not just “protection” of the Natural environment. Earthquake protection should not be considered less important, than airline safety. A relatively small investment in structural enhancement, will save a great many lives and a tremendous amount of property in areas where hurricanes, tornadoes and floods occur. Structure collapses claim an increasing number of lives as our communities age, along with our infrastructure. There would be no air travel, without composite materials reinforcement and the structural enhancement of aircraft. Aircraft are necessarily lightweight, but they are certainly not “fragile”. Passengers need “environmental protection” from tremendous forces. As a society, we've known this for at least the past half-century. But we still haven't adapted the type of structural enhancement that is critical for aircraft, into our homes, cities and communities – using composite materials reinforcement. Specifically, the type of composite materials reinforcement used in aircraft, is called “sandwich composite construction”. It has been used for DECADES, to protect our critical water infrastructure by Public Works Agencies around the world – as “environmental protection”. Traditional building materials weaken and corrode with age and exposure. Composite materials reinforcement, increases in strength over time. Many believe that our “environment” is becoming more extreme as population densities increase. Environmental protection, takes on an entirely new perspective when this is considered. These same population densities make earthquake protection more critical than ever. Lightweight, strong composite materials reinforcement makes earthquake protection a fairly straightforward endeavor. Areas with Nuclear Power Plants, should be particularly concerned with earthquake protection – since they pose a potential threat to enormous areas of the globe. The materials are available, but their use has so far been confined to Public Works Structures. The strength to weight ratio of composite materials reinforcement in aircraft, should be a primary consideration for Architects, Engineers and Contractors. Co-Liners offer tremendous structural enhancement at a small fraction of the weight of conventional building materials, at a very reasonable cost. They are the very best and most practical structural enhancement, we are aware of, throughout the world – as many Public Works Agencies have recognized, and they are in continual use throughout the world. They do not rely on mechanical anchors (which create stress points) but rather on molecular bonding (which distributes loads over enormous areas without concentrated stress points). And they do not corrode.They help ensure the safety and quality of life, for many millions of people worldwide.


Simulform® Material Systems


Simulform® Construction is similar in many ways to "protection" that is common in Military, Law Enforcement and Disease Control. Law enforcement officers do not go into a "hazardous environment" without a real "flack jacket and armor". They do not apply a coating to their bodies, or carry around steel-reinforced concrete plates, and hope that it will protect them from harm - nor do they use simple concrete and steel construction for armor and blastproofing. They typically wear a laminar composite with... backup protection. And they use nearly indestructible armor.
It keeps them alive

Doctors who work on communicable diseases do not rely on a "coating" on their bodies to prevent the contraction of a fatal disease. Bankers don't story money or precious metals in vaults made of simple concrete and steel. They use multiple "layers" of protection.

Devastating structural collapse is most commonly the result of a "outdated construction materials and methods; in a "hazardous environment". If you think about Military, Police and Doctors, you will probably take the time to understand what Simulform Co-Liners™® do and how they work.


Catastrophic Structural Failure is a major problem for countries worldwide. Every year, millions of lives are lost to catastrophic Structural Failure and the failure of conventional concrete construction on a very wide range of structures, including public buildings, homes, hospitals, parking structures, nuclear power plants, dams, pipelines, Embassies and many varieties of structures in many of the largest cities in the world. Most Structural Reinforcement has become ineffective due to a lack of knowledge in the field of modern composite construction. Although the problem is essentially a materials technology problem, the main failings of the materials used for Structural Reinforcement can be reduced to a few very simple main problems.

Structural Reinforcement systems typically do not fail because of a lack of compressive strength, but rather due to the poor flexural properties of conventional concrete and steel Structural Reinforcement methodology - which is horribly antiquated, when used alone. Many thousands of lives are lost each year - as victims of the building materials themselves. A hurricane, tornado or explosion, turns the materials into deadly flying bomb fragments - or heavy crushing falling debris. Concrete and steel are notoriously poor barriers against toxic gases, fluids and bacteria - all of which claim an unconscionable number of human lives - and Structural Polymer Systems are impermeable to those deadly agents. WHY should structures be less safe than the inside of aircraft? It simply isn't ethical practice to use antiquated materials to protect human life and property. Concrete and steel alone, are simply, woefully, inadequate for this task.

Steel reinforcement, relies on its bond with concrete, which typically degrades over time, and with exposure to humidity and the moisture permeability of concrete - which behaves as a sponge, wicking moisture to this critical component of the structure and destroying the reinforcement which is critical to protecting human life and property. MANY of the world's most destructive disasters, are simply, and easily preventable. Many have already been prevented through the intelligent use of Simulform Structural Polymer Systems.