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The Baldakin Modular Accommodation System (BMAS) Construction
Accommodation Capsules & Modules
Construction Construction Construction Construction Construction Twin BC/BM 8' Twin BC 8' Twin BC 40' BM 40' BM Side view Top view Back view Top view Back view
BCs & BMs can be industrially produced in a factory, which can be located virtually anywhere, as long as it has road or rail access (i.e. ISO container handling capacity).
Capsules (BC)
The BCs can be factory produced and dispatched in BM modules of four 10’ Twin, or five 8’ Twin, or eight 5’ Single, or seven 5’8”, or six 6’8’’ Single BCs (or a combination thereof) pre-fitted in a 40’ container frame (or two 10’ Twin, or four 5’ Single, or six 6’8’’ Single BCs (or a combination thereof) in a 20’ frame).
Each of these BCs is basically a box, constituted, for example, by two interlocking “shells” and a front part.
The lower (bottom) shell, typically made of self-extinguishing (clear or white tainted) polyester resin with reinforced fibreglass (GRP), possibly using the injection process, would constitute the floor of the living quarters up to the bed’s height and the floor and partitions of the bathroom up to the ceiling’s height.
The inclined shape given to the outer walls of that shell will allow for its easy removal from its mould.
The upper (top) shell would interlock with the lower one and form the upper part of the box, i.e. the external partitions and the ceiling of the living quarters.
This upper shell, the internal partitions, the bottom and (possibly the) side panels of the front part as well as all the cabinetry would be made of (black or dark coloured) marine plywood and/or and lightweight PVC boards, such as Komacel/Forex, or composite panels, such as MarineCell /BalsaMarine.
The other panels of the front part would be constituted of preferably soundproofed glass framed by a specially designed aluminium frame with built-in sliding rails.
The Accommodation Capsules would also be fitted with silent blocks and externally with flexible foam, such as Airex/Stopflam/Tansonic, and/or pre-formed rigid foam, for sound/vibration and thermal insulation).
Modules (BM)
The BM container modules can also be produced in an industrial manner, pre-furbished, with pipes and cables pre-installed.
Preferably, the container’s outside external “skin”, pre-fitted with thermal insulation and the windows, is fastened to or welded onto (usually the back, top and small ends of) the container frame.
The ISO container frames and the skin can be made of steel or (possibly thick-plate) aluminium alloys, depending on the importance of the weight factor, as well as the required resistance to/and the corrosion exposure.
Each Accommodation Module (BM) has single inlet/outlet points for electricity, telecom/network (LAN/ Internet & Intranet), cable TV, hot and cold water, fire-fighting circuits and fluids, heating and cooling fluids or A/C inlet (if/when applying), as well as the required ventilation outlet and wastewater outlet, so that the various modules can be assembled and connected together without much connection work.
Possibly, the BCs could be delivered un-complete, particularly regarding the electronic equipment, and could be finished at a local assembly point or on the erection site, where the Accommodation Modules could then be completed and fastened or welded together to become part of a chosen BMAS application.
Other components such as the ISO container modules housing the “shared facilities” could also be pre-fitted in containers, or “technical modules”, thereby allowing the saving of considerable amounts of time and money compared to the traditional construction.
It is to be noted that most combinations of BCs can be based on entire BMs of twin or single BCs, fitted in a 40’ ISO container frame.
This should allow not only savings on manufacturing and stocks, but also a better design and manufacturing quality control on a single product with few variations.
However, the BMs could also be 20’ or 40’ container frames housing a combination of various types of BCs and even BCs WPB (with or without a shared bathroom capsule).
Accommodation Capsule & Module “Servant” (BS)
Baldakin Servant
The BS would be composed primarily of a trolley carrying a vacuum cleaner, a water-pressure cleaner and possibly a tank sprayer, with an “arm” regrouping all the flexible hoses.
This “arm”, which should extend to at least 3m to be able to reach any location in the BC, would be retractable on the trolley, possibly through a simple pulley fitted with a counter-weight.
The electrical supply to this cleaning equipment could be possibly be done, preferably at low voltage for safety reasons, through the set of rails of the trolley or simply by a (spooled) cable connected to an outlet located at one end or in the middle of the BM.
The end of the “arm” could possibly be fitted with a “command handle” regrouping the switches commanding the different machines and could also be fitted with an electrical projector flooding with light the location being cleaned.
In a larger structure like a multi-storey hotel, the “Servant” could be more sophisticated, allowing the cleaning to be more automated.
The “arm” and the trolley could for example be motorized/robotized and programmable to clean semi-automatically all the (or the pre-selected) BCs of a module in a row before being moved to the next module or trolley, and so on.
BMAS applications
Camp 80' catamaran 240' cata 240' cata 40' ISO 40' ISO 40 ISO 40' ISO Container Container Container Container assembly assembly assembly assembly T/S View T/S View Side View Top View
The BMAS applications, which would normally be built of aluminium or steel alloys (at least for the larger models), could be at least pre-constructed in the factory(ies) producing the BMs and the technical modules, which could itself be located virtually anywhere (accessible to ISO containers).
The similar 40’ BMs (and possibly 20’) or their F2F combinations could be produced in an industrial manner, pre-furbished, with pipes and cables pre-installed and the outside external “skin” at the back (pre-fitted with “marine” windows, if/when applying) and possibly at the top and on the sides welded on the container frame, which could be used as a structural part of the application.
It is important to note that the space between the skin of the containers and the BCs could be filled before or after that with adequate (closed cell) foam, possibly pre-formed or injected in-situ.
This is intended to ensure not only the proper sound insulation of the BCs but also, in case of floating applications, the floatability and un-sinkability of the vessel.
These BMs could then be fastened and welded together at the assembly location / the shipyard to become part of the application / hull.
Other components such as the “technical modules” housing the machinery and the laundry & storage, but also some of the common facilities such as the kitchen, etc. could also be pre-fitted in containers, thereby allowing the saving of considerable amounts of time and money compared to traditional construction methods.
No specific material is imposed for the construction of the BMAS Cruisers or Catamarans.
It seems however that a construction in thick Aluminium alloys would take best advantage of the ship skeleton constituted by the frames of the ISO container modules.
The smaller BMAS catamarans could actually be sold to amateur builders or smaller yards as semi-prefabricated “kits”, with all elements cut and formed by the licensed yard(s) and shipped in containers, to be welded and assembled locally.
The yard(s) licensed by the BMAS licensor could actually supply not only these aluminium elements but also the container modules, as well as the spars and rigging, together with the technical supervision for the assembly/construction and certification.
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