Monolithic Dome News-- Dome Technology, Inc.

Dome Technology of Idaho Falls reports they have recently completed the largest flyash storage built in the world. The 220' x 20' Monolithic Dome, built for Great River Energy of North Dakota, is capable of storing enough flyash to fill a train twelve and a half miles long.

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Also recently completed is the world's largest petroleum coke storage building in St. Croix, Virgin Islands for Hovensa Oil. Each dome is two-hundred-sixty feet in diameter and one-hundred-sixteen feet high. The six-million dollar dome project is a portion of the two-billion dollar "coker" expansion to the Hovensa refinery.

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Under construction in Valparaiso, Indiana is a first of its kind Monolithic Dome commercial bakery, Natural Ovens Bakery. The entire second floor, which consists of an eight-inch concrete floor slab which hangs off the dome shell above. The dead load of the floor and live load of the oven and food processing equipment make this an astronomical load. This allows the bottom floor of over 38,000 square feet, nearly one acre, to be completely clear span without supports, posts, pillars, and obstructions. Natural Ovens can produce 50,000 loaves of bread, bagels, or other products in a day. Construction completion is estimated for July 2002; therefore, operations will begin in August.

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