Standardized steel shelters for a national shelter program

ABSTRACT

For a national shelter program, shelters would probably be fabricated in local shops according to standardized designs and in central facilities with asssembly lines. Factory assembly would have the advantage that large stamping machines could permit the use of corrugated galvanized steel. Corrugated steel shelters would require less steel, since corrugation provides additional strenght. The shelters can be located in playgrounds, parks, yards, streets, parking lots of other locations with less than one week of disruption involved in digging the hole, burying the shelter, and hauling away the left over soil. The shelters should be located in open areas to minimize rubble. Shallow burial with earthen berms or concrete encasement may be required in locations with a high water table. The ventilation and chemical and biological air filtration systems for these shelters are currently being obtained on a one-at-a-time import basis from LUWA in Switzerland. The 60 person LUWA-180 units currently cost about $67 per person sheltered on this expensive custom import basis