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The Domecrete Building System (also known as the "Heifetz System") was invented in 1969, and later improved upon and patented, during the eighties.

The main goal of its development was to createa reusable, inflatable yet stable form, to support concrete-casting of non-straight-lines constructions.

This development led to the possibility to construct the strongest and most efficientstructures per building-quantities (and costs): domes and other curved shaped shell structures, e.g.: semi-cylinders, ellipsoids, etc…

These curved structures came about as a natural result ofutilizing the pneumatic form.

The domes and other curved structures have the highest earthquake resistance properties due to their geometric nature. The Domecrete system became popular in various seismiczones all over the world and has already proven the structures unique strength, and allows for drastic reductions in steel and concrete quantities used in the construction.

The perfection of thedome-shaped and other curved shaped structures also presents technical and architectural advantages.

The Domecrete system was invented by Haim and Raphael Heifetz, and is protected byinternational patents that were improved upon based on the accumulated knowledge developed during the course of thousands of projects all over the world. During the mid-90’s, further enhancements were made byRaphael Heifetz, mainly in improving concrete qualities to obtain better workability and plasticity for creating a sprayable concrete to be sprayed externally upon the pneumatic form in one layer only;without fallout, with better ratio of strength to weight, and with better thermal isolation. Additional improvements were made in the late-90s’ in the area of the safety of the air-controlled and theanchoring system of the pneumatic form, including a new refinement in the design of the pneumatic form to enlarge its life-span under higher pressure. These refinements and improvements were an...