SIREWALL tagline: Your Future This Is

First & Best

Our record as innovators in rammed earth tech

SIREWALL Firsts
  • 1992Invention of structural insulated rammed earth by Meror Krayenhoff of SIREWALL
  • 1993First code-approved insulated rammed earth project in the world
  • 1994First curved insulated rammed earth in the world
  • 1995First fully buried (underground house) insulated rammed earth in the world
  • 1997First two storey, curving insulated rammed earth in the world, creation of the SIREWALL System
  • 2005First commercial SIREWALL building in the world (NK’Mip Desert Cultural Centre)
  • 2007First commercial SIREWALL buildings in USA and CHINA
  • 2008World Intellectual Property Office approves the novelty, utility, and marketability of all 86 claims toward patent on the SIREWALL System
  • 2010SIREWALL selected for Living Building Challenge and LEED Platinum Van Dusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, BC
  • 2011New Zealand Patent #575594 issued
  • 2012First SIREWALL constructed in India – New Delhi boutique hotel consulting completed
  • 2013US Patent #8375669 and Canadian Patent #2660979 issued
  • 2016Tallest load bearing modern earth building (52′ tall) Brinton Museum in Wyoming completed
  • 2017Walls complete on first large scale public SIREWALL structure in France – Narbo Via history museum designed by Foster & Partners
  • 2018First SIREWALL project in Pakistan complete, Telenor 345 head office complex
SIREWALL World Records
We acknowledge that there are many ways to measure the best modern rammed earth on the planet and here are some:
TALLEST:
  • 30m (100′) tall SIREWALL tower
  • 18.25m (60′) tall SIREWALL stair well
  • 15.5m (51′) tall SIREWALL building spine

Tallest competitor’s wall is 8m (26′).   If anyone knows of a taller wall please inform and we will change this

STRONGEST:

Strongest average strength using no more than 10% cement:

  • Skanska project, Seattle, WA ~50 MPa
  • Van Dusen project, Vancouver, BC  ~42 MPa
  • Lalit Mangar project, Dehi, India  ~30 MPa
  • Average competitor’s strengths are 2 – 7 MPa
LONGEST WALL:
  • Perimeter wall, Telenor 345: 1 km x 3m tall
     
     
STRUCTURAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Deepest back fill:       30′ (9m)
    Many competitors require their rammed earth to sit on a stemwall so it doesn’t even venture below grade.

 

  • Longest lintel:      41′
    Heaviest hanging RE section:      100 tons
DELIVERY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
  • Most production in one day:    110.5 cu yd (84.5 m3)
  • Largest gang form panel:   32′ x 28′ = 896 sq ft

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