Dome Technology history

1981 1981:First water tank – Provo, Utah, USA

1982 1982:First mineral dome – Mexico, Missouri, USA

1983 1983:First large commercial dome – South Bend, Indiana, USA

Ore Storage — Built in 1984 for J.R. Simplot Co. in Pocatello, Idaho, this Monolithic Dome, 182′ × 82′, stores 40,000 tons of raw phosphate ore.

1989 1989:First cement dome – Newport, Minnesota, USA

1990 1990:First coal dome – Ebensburg, Pennsylvania

1994 1994:200th dome Also, first fly-ash dome – Montreal, Quebec, Canada

In 1996 Hurricane Bertha ravaged Morehead City, but did not succeed in damaging the Monolithic Domes.

1997 1997:First ore dome – Blytheville, Arkansas, USA

1999 1999:300th dome Also, first clinker dome – Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

29 to Sunday, Oct 1, 2000 Keith, a Force 4 hurricane with winds up to 135 mph, raged over Ambergris Caye.

2004 2004:First community storm shelter – Beggs, Oklahoma, USA

2008 2008:Completion of the world’s largest capacity clinker-storage DomeSilo – Lafarge Cement Romania, Medgidia, Romania

David B. South • Published on Sep 11, 2009 • Monolithic Dome Bulk Storage

2011 2011:Construction of the world’s largest concrete storage dome at 330 feet in diameter – Climax Molybdenum, Leadville, Colorado, USA

2013 2013:Four wood-pellet domes built for Drax in Selby, United Kingdom — Europe’s single largest decarbonization project to date

2014 2014:First Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) FLEX dome built, in response to the Fukushima, Japan, incident – Dominion Surry Power Station, Hardy, Virginia, USA

2015 2015:Six coal domes built for China Coal in the inner Mongolia province

2020:An expanded scope of services