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The MONOTECH® WALL SYSTEM<p>
MISSION The MONOTECH® Wall system is dedicated to providing affordable wall enclosures around the world. Our new method of construction will produce environmentally friendly and attractive walls that will be built dramatically faster and less expensively than ever before. <p>
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TECHNOLOGY The MONOTECH® Wall system, a patent approved process, utilizes expanded polystyrene foam, a non-toxic and recyclable material, as the formwork for the structure. A fiber reinforced, polymer enhanced blend of our MONOCRETE® is then applied. This forms a monocoque structure, whereby the rigid skin serves as the structure for the final wall. The monocoque design - which requires a minimal amount of material to span large distances - has traditionally been used in formula one race cars, airplanes fuselages, boats and in the common household soup can. <p>
The MONOTECH® Wall system has been tested in independent laboratories under engineering supervision as well as in the field with prototype wall constructions. With the sophisticated use of computer aided drafting and design (CADD), the MONOTECH® Wall system has developed a design and fabrication system which will revolutionize building methods, increase the speed of construction, and reduce construction costs.<p>
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THE MONOTECH® BLEND Our specially blended MONOCRETE® material exhibits properties of very high tensile and flexural strength, while maintaining high compression. It is also water repellant and firespread resistant. It cures very quickly, even in wet climates. This exclusive material is manufactured, blended and distributed under our strict supervision. MONOCRETE® is non-toxic and can be recycled. <p>
INHERENT BENEFITS MONOTECH®’s system for building walls is a unique method of constructing walls within a very short period of time. This efficiency will necessarily provide extraordinary savings in labor costs, capital requirements, and financing costs.<p>
Moreover, the innate properties of the EPS foam we employ creates walls that are naturally warm in the winter and cool in the summer.<p>
THE HISTORY Two thousand years ago the Romans developed a cementitious material for constructing aqueducts and buildings. It wasn’t until the reinforcing of concrete in the 19th century that the widespread use and plasticity of the material began to be realized. In the 20th century the discovery of gunite (spraying concrete on the walls of swimming pools), of fiber reinforced concrete, and the use of polymers for adhesion and flexural strength, paved the way for new concrete applications.<p>
Thus, the seeds for the MONOTECH® Wall system were born. By using the polymers in the admixture, the MONOCRETE® sticks to the EPS foam when applied by spraying or troweling. In this new material, polypropylene fibers provide an increased tensile and flexural strength which had been unknown in the historical development of concrete. It is from this new material, with a patent pending unique monocoque system, that the MONOTECH® Wall system can now offer walls that are low cost, low maintenance, environmentally friendly, and extraordinarily fast to erect. <p>
THE MARKET The population growth in the 20th century is unprecedented in the history of the world. Concurrent with this growth, the critical demand for housing has grown and remains largely unfulfilled. The MONOTECH® Wall system was formed to create and market a 21st century building system to solve the problem of constructing walls in these new communities.<p>
With the MONOTECH® Wall system, a solution has been found that is cost competitive, ecologically friendly, does not deplete the forests, is flexible in its design, has an ease and speed of construction, and is energy efficient.<p>
<U>SPEED 500 lineal feet of wall can be completed in one day.<br>
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REDUCED CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS Due to the speed of construction, a builder can increase the turnover and therefore, increase the phases in the development, substantially reducing the capital requirements for a given construction project. In addition, the MONOTECH® Wall system requires no major up front capital requirements.<p>
REDUCED CONSTRUCTION COSTS <p>
Construction costs are less than any comparable wall building system. The cost savings on decorative work are dramatic.<p>
DESIGN FLEXIBILITY Utilizing CADD-CAM technology any size or shape wall can be constructed, while maintaining the cost / meter. Varying the designs within a project will greatly enhance the aesthetics within the subdivision.<p>
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE Since the outer skin provides the structural integrity and because of the structure’s reduced weight, the MONOTECH® Wall system is less prone to earthquake damage than any other alternative wall system.<p>
LOW MAINTENANCE A MONOTECH® Wall will last longer. What were normal repairs - , repainting, etc. - will now be minimized.<p>
LOCAL MATERIAL AND LABOR All materials and equipment needed for a MONOTECH® Wall system are either available locally or will be provided to the job site. Only unskilled labor is required.<p>
NO WOOD PRODUCTS REQUIRED The MONOTECH® Wall system is environmentally friendly, which will be important to all builders in the 21st century.<p> |
