SBIR/STTR Research Award
Using Indigenous Materials for Construction
Award amount
$1,049,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- METNA CO
- Proposal award date
- 2016-04-06
- Contract end date
- 2017-08-05
- UEI
- ECHDBK5TQGJ7
- Solicitation number
- 2014.2
- Topic code
- A14-088
Research abstract
Versatile construction materials are under development where readily available raw materials (soils) and indigenous construction materials are blended to produce high-performance hydraulic cements. Abundant natural fabrics are used as reinforcement to produce indigenous ferrocements. Natural foaming agents are also used to produce indigenous aerated concrete. Sandwich composites comprising indigenous ferrocement skins and aerated concrete cores are designed as efficient and lightweight structural components for construction of safe, serviceable, energy-efficient and economical building systems.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Underwater Adhesive for Coral Restoration
- Selectable Cutting and Fragmentation of Damaged Runway Surfaces
- Underwater Adhesive for Coral Restoration
- Method for Locally Measuring Strength of a Polymer-Inorganic Interface During Cure and Aging
- Novel Pyrrhotite Detection Method in Concrete Aggregate
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
29 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2012–2021). Reported award amounts total $11,080,464. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Commerce, Department of Agriculture