Is Ferrocement really disaster resistant?
Yes. The Ferrocement am-cor Unified Steel & Cement Construction system is resistant to: • hurricanes • earthquakes • tornados • flood • fire The am-cor System is extremely strong, due to the true composite nature of Ferrocement. The steel & cement are structurally unified into a single, seamless stress-skin building shell, which does not rely on fasteners or joints (e.g.: screws, nails, bolts, etc.), as in standard construction, and is directly integrated into the building’s foundation. The building’s Ferrocement skin is the structure. As such, forces inflicted on the building’s structural skin during a natural disaster are distributed throughout the stress-skin, even to the foundation. See our Disaster section for more information and real world examples.
