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Originally Posted by nuke11
It does look interesting.
A circular starcase with a counterclock-wise twist would be the best from a space saving standpoint. This will allow the stairs to be defended more easliy from the floor above, this could go up the central part of the tower or be placed in one of the back corners of the tower, farthest from the main door.
How is the tower shipped in and erected?
Purpose of the ran gutters? To gather water for the showers and latrine?
How is the place heated and or cooled?
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Thanks for making me think about this.....
SHIPPING:
http://www.ecoliteconcrete.com/shipping.php
ERECTION/INSTALLATION:
http://www.ecoliteconcrete.com/installation.php
SUMMARY OF MATERIAL:
http://www.precast.org/publications/...r/studcast.htm
This is partly bluff to impress the locals. The concrete/studcrete is less than 2 inches thick and therefore not able to stop much firepower (it should stop any SINGLE bullet smaller than a Heavy Machine Gun - but a GPMG will eventually eat holes in it) . Therefore, many garrison commanders like to have sandbags lining the interior walls
The gutters are there to remove rainwater to a more useful location.
HVAC is something I hadn't considered... If they must have heating etcterera, then it's probably with electrical powered space heaters and/or a few air conditioners. Considering the power requirements, the 'generator' is probably quite sizeable and probably includes truck batteries as well as a KFS multi-fuel wankel engine.