Francisco Castaño father and son are being inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame for their groundbreaking Freedome® technology.
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Geometrica's revolutionary patented all-terrain building system offers economical and efficient bulk storage options while lowering lifetime maintenance costs through excellent long span design, cladding options and safety accessories.
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30km southeast of Copiapó City are grape plantations and families who work in the vineyards and mines. When dust from ore handling and crushing affected the landscape and crops, it was time to cover the plant and completely enclose the crushing operations. The free-style dome at Planta Cerrillos was the perfect solution for the sprawling stockpile.
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Geometrica is pleased to announce that it has received certification of its Factory Production Control system for CE Marking of its construction products.
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Geometrica's exclusive Freedome® technology makes it possible to cover areas of any shape: circular, rectangular, or even freestyle. The structure may rise from the ground, or it may rest on material containing walls. A Freedome may be adapted to cover building courtyards or sloping mountainsides.
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Over the last 23 years, Geometrica has installed hundreds of domes for commercial and industrial sectors. Whether designed with glass cladding or built of galvanized steel and aluminum, these architectural and industrial applications have, literally, changed the landscape in 30 countries.
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Covering stockpiles under these harsh regional conditions would have been a monumental challenge in years past. But with Freedome® technology, today's domes can be constructed in a variety of dimensions spanning up to 300m on virtually any topography.
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Geometrica designs some of the world’s largest free span domes, trademarked as Freedomes®, as a solution for challenging architectural and logistical feats across the Middle East. Freedome technology has revolutionized the installation process on any terrain, including sandy deserts, high dunes, salt flats, gravel plains and coastal strips.
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Geometrica is pleased to share an article recently published in December 2014 issue of World Coal reporting examples of Geometrica domes that provide sustainable coal storage solutions.
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Castaño Sr. was the first to realize the potential for free form and long span in gridshell design. Many of the projects he built are architectural icons even today, including the Palacio de los Deportes, the atrium dome at Archivo de la Nación, various hyperboloid water towers, and the Rio 70 theater, among others.
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"Spare the environment." This call to action is heard round the world and challenges industries to tread softly around Mother Nature. But sometimes compliance is more easily said than done. "Green" initiatives may seem cost prohibitive or difficult to implement. Logistics, terrain and weather may provide obstacles.
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With all the transportation-oriented clients Geometrica has served since 1992 (and even a generation earlier), we considered entitling this article "Planes, Trains and Automobiles!" We hope you enjoy "traveling" with us through an album interspersed with nostalgic projects and modern space frames, all envisioned by clients of Geometrica's trademarked system.
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Electric power, solid fuel, waste management, sustainable energy... Geometrica is a global expert in long span applications for energy generation and power plants. In a "look back" at power generation projects. These applications help make the storage of coal, petcoke, biomass, compost and recyclable products a reality.
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Caserones construction involved unprecedented challenges due to its rugged location, freezing temperatures, high winds, low ore grade and scarcity of resources. The Caserones domes are designed to withstand a rugged environment involving snow loads that reach 800kg/m2 and wind pressures of up to 300kg/m2.
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Mining has also taught an entire sector the meaning of the word “green” — a design factor in which Geometrica specializes.
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One hundred meters. It's a nice round number, about the length of a football field. Or one thousandth the distance to space. And a heck of a long way for any roof to span without columns.
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Geometrica was pleased to be featured in the July 2014 issue of Gulf Construction Magazine.
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Geometrica is pleased to play a part in the overall picture as an international supplier of long span storage domes that help insure such port stockpiles are environment-friendly.
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