Gaining space to the mountain

The economy of mountain areas is a story of love and hate with the orography. The same mountains that generate wealth are scant when it comes to giving up space for human implantation. Building in the highlands has its particularities, one of which is that, sometimes, you have to create the space to build. The clearings and embankments are common in the construction of buildings as well as infrastructure. And CRAS, the non-explosive demolition cement manufactured by the Spanish firm Kayati SL, is an ally in the fight for space in mountainous terrain.

The images included in this note shows a clearing carried out in a hilly area. The goal of this demolition project was to steal square meters from the mountain, to allow road improvement and the building of a house.

The use of CRAS in this project allows its viability. Being a demolition work carried out in an inhabited area, the use of explosives was totally forbidden for security reasons. CRAS performs the demolition by expansion, without blasts, noise or annoying vibrations. In some cases it is the only possible way for demolition.

The demolition was performed not only safely, but also quickly and economically, two other virtues of the cement created by Kayati SL. In the images can be seen the marks of the perforations carried out to allow the pouring of the mortar kneaded with CRAS and water.

In addition to giving a solution to the major problem of clearing, CRAS was useful to perform some minor demolitions, such as the rock seen in the image on the right, that was an obstacle to the works in the place where they were carried out the emptying.  The CRAS ease of use, without the need of special permits for demolishing works, guaranteed the success of this demolition project.

The final result was a new small victory in the eternal war between the humans and the mountains. A fair battle in this case, given the environmentally friendly features of CRAS.