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Concrete Canvas Shelters are rapidly deployable hardened shelters that require only water and air for construction. The shelters have 
won 11 awards including the Saatchi and Saatchi Award for World Changing Ideas and a D&AD Global Award for Outstanding 
Achievement. Patents have been filed.
Concrete Canvas Shelters (CCS) have major advantages over conventional tented shelter:
Operational: CCS enable a hardened structure from day one of a crisis. They provide much better environmental protection, 
increased security and vastly improved medical capability. Crucially, CCS can be earth bermed to protect against small arms fire and 
shrapnel.
Financial: CCS have a design life of over 10 years, whereas tents survive for only a few years and must then be replaced. CCS are 
a one stop solution, saving effort and cost over the lifetime of medium to long term operations.
The key to CCS is the use of inflation to create a surface that is optimised for compressive loading. This allows thin walled concrete 
structures to be formed which are both robust and lightweight. CCS consist of a cement impregnated fabric (Concrete Cloth) bonded 
to the outer surface of a plastic inner which forms a Nissen-Hut shaped structure once inflated. 
A 54m CCS can be deployed by 2 people in less than 2 hours 
and is ready to use in only 24 hours.
The compressive structure of CCS can be covered with sand or 
earth (berming) to provide protection against small arms fire and 
shell fragments.
CCS concrete shells have good thermal properties. When buried 
they provide excellent insulation and a very large thermal mass. 
This dampens temperature fluctuations between day and night.
CCS are far more durable than tenting with a minimum design 
life of 10 years.
The sealed plastic inner of a CCS, means it can be delivered 
sterile; vastly increasing frontline medical capability from day one 
of a crisis.
Concrete Cloth is a ceramic and will not burn. Each shelter is 
lined with a flame retardant fibre reinforced polyethylene inner 
with a B1 (DIN 4102-01 05/98) fire rating.
CCS can be fitted with a combined forced air / inflation unit and 
decontamination module to provide full spectrum CBRN 
protection.
The hard shell and lockable doors of a CCS provide a level of 
security not possible with soft skinned structures, protecting 
stores, equipment and personnel. 
CCS provide all the benefits of a permanent structure without the 
associated cost and time delays.
Rapid
Concrete Canvas Shelters
CCS Key Facts
Force protection
Insulating
Durable
Sterile
Fire proof
CBRN protection
Security
Semi-permanent
CCS have excellent thermal performance.
CCS remains undamaged after diesel has burnt out.
CCS dowsed in diesel for flame testing.
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Concrete Canvas Shelters are supplied folded in polyethylene, 
airtight, water and rot proof sacks within ISPM15 heat treated 
timber/ply panel crates. The dry weight of a 16m variant is 
500kg, light enough to be transported on a pick-up truck or light 
aircraft. The 54m variant shown here, weighs 2500kg and 
requires a 4WD vehicle to aid with unfolding.
An electric fan is activated which inflates the plastic inner to lift 
the structure until it is self supporting. The shelter is then pegged 
down with ground anchors around the base. Inflation of a CCS54 
will take approximately 40 minutes.
The CCS is then hydrated by spraying with water. Hydration is 
aided by the fibre matrix within the Concrete Cloth which wicks 
water into the cement. In hot environments, CCS should be 
deployed at dusk to avoid over drying the cement. Water does 
not need to be potable but must not be sewage. Sea water may 
now be used to hydrate CCS due to recent developments in 
Concrete Cloth.
The Concrete Cloth cures in the shape of the inflated inner and 
24 hours later the structure is ready to use. Access holes allow 
the installation of services; water, power, A/C and heating units. 
The fibres of the fabric form a coherent fibre matrix within the 
concrete providing tensile reinforcement and preventing crack 
propagation. This greatly improves the composite strength of the 
shelter. 
CCS DEPLOYMENT
1. Deliver
2. Inflate
3. Hydrate
4. Set
CCS Deployment
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Telephone : + 44 (0)845 680 1908
Email : info@concretecanvas.co.uk / sales@concretecanvas.co.uk
Website : www.concretecanvas.co.uk / www.concretecloth.co.uk
UNIT
PRE-DEPLOYMENT
CCS16
CCS25
CCS54
LENGTH (m)
CCS16
2.2
2.2
2.2
WIDTH (m)
1.4
1.8
2.5
HEIGHT (m)
0.7
1.0
1.15
WEIGHT (kg)
500
1000
2500
UNIT
POST-DEPLOYMENT
CCS16
CCS25
CCS54
LENGTH (m)
4.0
5.0
10.0
WIDTH (m)
4.0
5.2
5.6
HEIGHT (m)
2.0
2.6
2.8
AREA (m )
16.0
25.0
54.0
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(Packaged) (Side Profile) (Profile)
CCS25(Packaged) (Side Profile) (Profile)
CCS54(Packaged) (Side Profile) (Profile)
Concrete Canvas have developed three shelter variants, CCS16, CCS25 and CCS54 (with 16m , 25m and 54m of floor space 
respectively). CCS structures have been designed to maximize their internal usable space. A standard CCS54 can 
accommodate up to 15 people according to Sphere Standards, Humanitarian and Disaster Response Charter. For longer term 
operations, CCS54 will accommodate 8 standard cots with free standing mosquito nets. The technology can be scaled up to 
provide even larger structures. Future product developments include shelters to be used for storage of vehicles and helicopters.
CCS structures are designed as part of a modular system; units can be easily linked together enabling the space to be tailored 
to the application. CCS are designed as generic structures with initial uses as accommodation, field offices and secure storage. 
Small openings for services can be cut or drilled in the Concrete Cloth shell. Larger openings for windows can be cut but require 
bolted frames to distribute the stress. They can be demolished using basic tools. The thin walled structure has a very low mass 
leaving little material for disposal. 
CCS structures can withstand a very high distributed compressive load, enabling berming by sandbags, local fill material or 
snow. This gives the shelters excellent thermal properties and can provide protection against shrapnel, blasts and small arms 
fire. CCS are specified to withstand 0.75m of wet sand on the sides (sufficient to stop 7.62mm rounds) and 0.5m on the roof (to 
protect against shell fragments).
FLEXIBILITY
Earth berming
Size variants
Flexibility
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