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Bamboo Resort Houses Stand up to Hurricanes
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Bamboo Living Homes are designed to exceed seismic and hurricane requirements of international building codes. Steel reinforced bamboo brace panels are used in each building and then bolted securely to engineered foundations.
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| Now we have real evidence of just how well bamboo houses held up against 173 mph hurricane winds and tsunami like waves, compared to nearby conventional wood frame resorts. In February 2005, three cyclones (hurricanes in the southern hemisphere) smashed into South Pacific Islands from Samoa to the Cook Islands. After Meena and Nancy brought high winds, Olaf coincided with high tides and drove waves 100 meters inland, demolishing buildings on the west coast of Rarotonga. |
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Conventional wood resort houses nearby were destroyed and have to be rebuilt. See more photos.
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Bamboo houses, boarded to prevent glass damage, were still standing. See more photos.
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Bamboo Technologies designs, engineers and manufactures resort cottages and lodges for eco-resorts. The company can customize kiosks, restaurants, snack bars, cabanas, spa buildings and gazebos and its design team translates ideas and concepts into sketches, architectural plans and CAD drawings.
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Beautifully crafted Bamboo Living Homes are designed by licensed architects and engineered by licensed structural engineers. They are custom engineered to meet local building code requirements for each specific building site. Designs use the strength of the bamboo and its connections to exceed building code requirements for earthquake and hurricane zones.
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