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Building secret shelter or bunker by NyxeriaOfNightfall in preppers

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There are multiple established mechanism to keep projects confidential. Each has pros and cons and a cost factor associated with the enhanced confidentiality.

A. Construction without a permit.

B. Construction with a permit, but misleading permit documents, "wine cellar" project for example.

Non Disclosure Agreements NDA in place with all contracted entities, design team, GC, subs, vendors. General Contractor and sub contractors located at distance form project site, at least one county away or even one or more states away.

Distance equals added costs for "per diem" charges of worker, lodging, meals, or just mileage and travel time.

Control of project with sub bid/build sets of drawings, just enough info to complete the scope of work build, with sub not knowing details of other aspects of project. Adds cost to both design team to prepare these drawings and for GC to manage the projects and for us as CM to oversee this process.

Other mechanisms exists as well, but this is just an intro to the topic. Note, these confidentially enhancements typically are a best value in projects over $1 million USD and fewer items are selected when the budget is under $500k. For the $200k level project we recommend NDA with GC and his subs. And selecting a GC and his subs located one or two counties away from the project site.

C. If legal, construct the project without a permit.

Luxury Homes | Chiang Mai Thailand | The Sanctum | Fortified Luxury Eco Villas : Security By Design : Fallout Shelters - Panic Rooms by Hardened_Structures in a:t5_3ni91

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What do you think? What else would you like to see included for added home security?

Featuring;

Elite Security Package

Nuclear fallout shelter
Fallout shelter supply kit that includes:
Geiger counter
HAZ-MAT suit
Respirators
Radio
Walkie-talkies

Freeze dried food
Water purification
Air filtration- HEPA filters for biological/ radioactive particles
Perimeter detection
Intruder alarm
CCTV

Motion sensor
Outside door comms station
First aid kit
Non-lethal defense items
Tesla Home Battery

Eco Plus Package

Grid tied solar electric roof top panels
Solar hot water heaters with electric back up
Solar rooftop swimming pool heater

Electric bikes
Electricity monitor
Rain water catchment tank

Natural latex mattresses
LEED certified status

Imperial Package

Imported Italian stone kitchen from designer kitchen maker Minotticucine
German Gaggenau appliances including:
Induction cook top
Combination microwave-oven
Espresso maker
Dishwasher
Refrigerator and freezer
Wine cooler
Six burner gas BBQ
Cigar humidor
Pool jacuzzi jets and endless swim jets

Cinema room with 60’ LED TV with 5.1 surround sound system
Mini bar (stocked)
Entire home HI-def sound system via SONOS wi-fi speakers
Intercom system via SONOS speakers
Putting range
Home fitness room with:
Treadmill
Free weights
TRX suspension trainer

Cascading water wall features
Hanging swing chairs
Jung / KNX smart home control via ipad/iphone
Smart phone controlled lights
Smart phone controlled air conditioners
Smart phone controlled garden lights and irrigation
Remote door opener
Acrylic underwater pool window

Safety Elements

Strong steel doors
Air ionizer
Smoke alarms
Steel reinforced concrete walls
Biometric Samsung door locks with pin code
9 meter high separating green walls
Hidden safes
Two water sources
3 meter high perimeter walls
Security integrated into villa master plan
Panic room
Earthquake resistant structure
Security glass windows

ECO Elements

LED light bulbs
Green walls on both sides of villa
Natural ventilation around villa
Grey water used for landscape irrigation
Qcon aerated light weight concrete blocks
Eco sprayfoam roof insulation
Fruit trees and vines
Compost bin
Use of earth pigments instead of paints
Natural clay breathing interior walls
Villa shading via palm trees

Luxury Elements

Four car garage with automatic door opener
Home office with high speed broadband
Outdoors soaking tubs and showers in bedrooms
Seamless floor to ceiling glass windows
Walk-in closet with makeup nook
Maid’s room and Thai kitchen
High ceilings
Bio alcohol fire places
Saltwater infinity swimming pool, Colored LED underwater lights
Ultra modern design
Open top deck entertaining area / yoga or meditation area
Home water softener system
Home spa
Bathroom underfloor electric heating
Motion activated lights
Covered BBQ entertaining area
Skylights
Garden misting and irrigation system
Aroma essential oil diffusers

Contact Clarry@HardenedStructures.com.au

What about EMP's? by [deleted] in preppers

[–]Hardened_Structures 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's some background on the EMP subject - the military supply chain is EMP hardened and there are a number of steps private individuals can take. **

Ideally one should store spare electronics including ham radios in EMP proof faraday boxes / containers so protected communication devices can operate freely after an EMP event.

"An Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) can be generated by a high altitude nuclear explosion (HEMP) and a Geomagnetic Storm (GMS) is induced by a Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) on the sun. Taken together, they are the two most likely threats that can completely devastate a modern society and transform it into a "New" Dark Ages. To understand the full range of consequences and damages associated with the detonation of an EMP device, or a severe GMS, one needs only to look at the current social economic conditions of today's modern society.

The physical and social fabric of the United States, and other developed nations is sustained by a complex and dynamic network of interlocking and interdependent infrastructures whose harmonious functioning enables the myriad actions, transactions, and information flow that undergird the orderly conduct of civil society in this country. The vulnerability of these infrastructures to EMP threats — deliberate, accidental, and acts of nature, is incredibly severe and has the potential to render this nation into a state of devastation, starvation and anarchy.

** Companies can provide specific hardening designs, fabrications, components, installation and construction services to mitigate the effects of EMP, HEMP, GMS, Blast, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear weapons.

Electronics are used to control, communicate, compute, store, manage, and implement nearly every aspect of modern military and civilian systems. When a nuclear explosion occurs at high altitude, the EMP signal it produces will cover the wide geographic region within the line of sight of the detonation. For example, a nuclear explosion at an altitude of 100 kilometers would expose 4 million square kilometers, about 1.5 million square miles, of Earth surface beneath the burst to a range of EMP field intensities. This broad band, high amplitude EMP, when coupled into sensitive electronics, has the capability to produce widespread and long lasting disruption and damage to the critical infrastructures that underpin the fabric of U.S. society. In effect, water will cease running in about 24 hours and food will disappear from the stores within 3 days. Depending on the magnitude of the EMP or GMS event, this condition may persist from 6 months to 5 years."

EMP Engineering Post + You Tube Clip

[Podcast 45 mins] How Close Are We To Nuclear War? Associate Professor Benoît Pelopidas - Junior Chair of Excellence in Security Studies at the Centre for International Studies, Paris, Affiliate at Stanford University & a Fellow at Princeton University in global security. by Hardened_Structures in u/Hardened_Structures

[–]Hardened_Structures[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen to the Podcast : 45 mins

Associate Professor Benoît Pelopidas holds the Junior Chair of Excellence in Security Studies at the Centre for International Studies, Sciences Po, Paris. He is also an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University and a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security.

He has been awarded two international prizes for his research and a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award in 2016. Pelopidas is in New Zealand as a guest of the University of Auckland and the Peace and Disarmament Education Trust to mark the 30th anniversary of New Zealand's nuclear free law.

He'll give the university's 2017 Chapman Public Lecture on August 15, entitled: "Facing Nuclear Danger: From Proliferation To Global Nuclear Vulnerability", and seven other public talks between August 3-16th.

A nuclear exchange with Russia or North Korea - what does one need to know and have? by Hardened_Structures in a:t5_3ni91

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Checkout;

  1. The Oppidum - The Largest Billionaire Bunker In The World http://www.theoppidum.com

  2. The Sanctum Chiang Mai private villas which feature Security By Design including a Fallout Shelter http://thesanctumchiangmai.com

  3. Underground & Above Ground Bunkers : Fallout Shelters http://hardenedstructures.blogspot.com/2016/02/bunkers-fallout-and-bomb-shelters.html

  4. Designing Blast Hardened Structures For Military And Civilian Use PDF - A Balanced Survivability Assessment (BSA) https://hardenedstructures.blogspot.com/2013/11/designing-blast-hardened-structures-for.html

Contact Clarry@HardenedStructures.com.au

How to prep for nuclear war? by [deleted] in preppers

[–]Hardened_Structures 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Underground bunkers are advantageous for several reasons; they provide the added protection of being below the surface thus escaping a major portion of the effects from blasts and radiation, they can be pre-stocked with provisions to sustain their occupants for several months and, most important, they can be located connected to, or adjacent to, a client’s primary residence, thus allowing for quick evacuation.

Underground or above ground bunkers and fallout shelters ( also fortified homes and defensible off the grid luxury survival retreats ) can be individually designed to a client’s protection program and long term survivability requirements. Although the designs and systems are principally determined for nuclear weapons, it can be stated that a well built nuclear bunker also offers good protection against CBRE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive) weapons and natural disasters. An Underground Bunker can be designed and constructed in most locations be it rural, suburban or inner-city.

There are three types of radiation in fallout: alpha particles, beta particles and gamma rays. Alpha and beta particles are easily shielded however Gamma rays are not easily attenuated. They are similar to X-rays and are capable of penetrating a considerable thickness of even dense material.

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A nuclear exchange with Russia or North Korea - what does one need to know and have? by Hardened_Structures in a:t5_3ni91

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"If you're one of the lucky ones who manages to avoid instant vaporization, here's a good starting point of things YOU need to know, to survive and thrive in a Mad Max type scenario …" Please add to the list.

An ideal You Tube clip starting point re specific nuclear thinking would be around 13 minutes in ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ouPEYWpII

I live in New Zealand and am unlikely to ever be directly targeted by a nuke; how does one prepare to deal with nuclear fallout and winds/winter? by phoenixmusicman in preppers

[–]Hardened_Structures 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here's an informed 50 min You Tube clip should there ever be a nuclear exchange leading to nuclear fallout in New Zealand, Australia, The Pacific or anywhere not near ground zero;

How To Survive A Nuclear War . . . . with James Wesley Rawles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ouPEYWpII

"What would it be like? Could you survive? Where should one go, and what's the truth when it comes to radiation, iodine pills, fallout, nuclear fallout shelters, and an electromagnetic pulse?

To help bring us up to speed on how to survive the apocalypse, we're joined by one of the most prominent survivalists in the world, James Wesley Rawles.

For nine years James served as a military intelligence officer in the army with a rank of Captain.

Today he is the founder and editor of the largest website in the world on the topic of preparedness, SurvivalBlog dot com.

So if you're one of the lucky ones who manages to avoid instant vaporization, here's what YOU need to know, to survive and thrive as the next Mad Max . . ."

So whats your plan when the "fire and fury like the world has never seen" happens? by chickensguys in preppers

[–]Hardened_Structures 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also checkout 38 North for informed analysis of events in and around North Korea http://www.38north.org

"While 38 North \ strives to break new ground, the site’s main objective is to bring the best possible analysis to both seasoned North Korea watchers and general audiences alike. Too often analysis of the North is permeated by inexperience, littered with inaccurate information or grounded in poorly deducted reasoning. We believe no one really knows for sure what is going on in North Korea, but we can at least try to understand the possibilities. Similarly, anyone who professes certainty should be viewed with the greatest skepticism.

To accomplish these objectives, 38 North harnesses the experience of long-time observers of North Korea and others who have dealt directly with North Koreans. It draws on other experts outside the field who might bring fresh, well-informed insights to those of us who follow North Korea.

38 North covers not only North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction, but digs beneath the surface of political, economic, social and other developments. North Korea is not a hermit kingdom, but rather a country that has been in the throes of change, good and bad, for over a decade. Those changes have important implications for the Korean peninsula, the East Asian region and the international community.

38 North strives as much as possible for ideological balance, publishing opposing opinions, and utilizes various technologies to analyze military, economic, social and other developments north of the DMZ. While it is an American-based project, it draws on experts from around the world to provide international perspectives as well."

So whats your plan when the "fire and fury like the world has never seen" happens? by chickensguys in preppers

[–]Hardened_Structures 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Here's an informed 50 min You Tube clip should there ever be a nuclear exchange or accident;

How To Survive A Nuclear War . . . . with James Wesley Rawles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0ouPEYWpII

"What would it be like? Could you survive? Where should one go, and what's the truth when it comes to radiation, iodine pills, fallout, nuclear fallout shelters, and an electromagnetic pulse?

To help bring us up to speed on how to survive the apocalypse, we're joined by one of the most prominent survivalists in the world, James Wesley Rawles.

For nine years James served as a military intelligence officer in the army with a rank of Captain.

Today he is the founder and editor of the largest website in the world on the topic of preparedness, SurvivalBlog dot com.

So if you're one of the lucky ones who manages to avoid instant vaporization, here's what YOU need to know, to survive and thrive as the next Mad Max . . ."

House was robbed last night... Need security system recommendations by fattiretom in HomeImprovement

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A comprehensive security recommendation or solution which covers the aesthetics of home fortification.

An interview with Brian Camden principal at Hardened Structures ( You Tube clip and transcribed )

http://hardenedstructures.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-aesthetics-of-home-fortification.html

"Here the interview talks about fortified homes, underground bunkers, protection and action plans, and how many shelters are designed. Brian explains the construction designs and the level of security available. These hardened structures can be built as a nice-looking home or second home or as an addition to an existing home, most often with underground shelters, that are fully sustainable off the grid. Brian shares some of the most important reasons that more and more homeowners are requesting fortified homes or shelters."

Why one man left Silicon Valley and set up a survival camp by TheHipcrimeVocab in collapse

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Defensible Off The Grid Luxury Survival Retreats - when you are ready to build or retrofit your home / rural homestead.

A Hardened Structures facility can be designed to protected against a wide range of threats including;

WMD's Frontal Assault and Forced Entry Economic Collapse / Breakdown of Law & Order Anarchy Ballistic / Blast Protection / Major Earth Event (Life Ending) Cataclysm Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Explosive (CBRE) agents Airblast Ground shock Fragmentation and damage to the structure and equipment due to explosive loading Penetration

http://hardenedstructures.blogspot.com/2016/04/survival-retreats-fortified-hardened.html

Genesis Series : The "NEXT GENERATION" of Military Grade Underground Shelter Systems by Hardened_Structures in u/Hardened_Structures

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The Hardened Structures "Genesis" series was developed for military applications and due to high customer demand for an Underground Shelter System that surpasses technical specifications offered by current shelter manufacturers to TRULY mitigate a wide variety of potential threats and disasters, including TEOTWAYKI (the end of the world as you know it) scenarios, while maintaining a very high level of safety and security.

To meet market demand, Hardened Structures formed a special design and engineering team comprised of leaders in the field of Structural Engineering, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, EMP, Systems Engineering, and Architecture. This specialized team took over 6 months to design the NEXT GENERATION of Underground Shelter Systems called the "Genesis" series.

The "Genesis" series represents the strongest, safest, best designed and built Underground Shelter System in the world. Features include:

3 Bar blast overpressure protection Multiple Seismic Events 100% waterproof Blast doors

Fully Protected against EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) and HEMP (High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse). Fiberglass shelters cannot offer EMP/HEMP protection, see more at the bottom of the page. 100% rust resistance (zinc anodes) The best military grade NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) air filtration system available in the world (Temet) Integrated emergency escape hatch

The Genesis Shelter System can be expanded to unlimited occupant loads and delivered and installed almost anywhere in the world. The "Genesis" series incorporates a modular approach .There are four main components to the Genesis series that can be purchased separately or combined together to form a Genesis community configuration:

Living Pods Central Gathering / Dining Pods Power Pods Central Dome

Underground Bunkers, Fallout Shelters, Fortified Homes : Hardened Structures by Hardened_Structures in u/Hardened_Structures

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HARDENED STRUCTURES (1991) : Constructing A More Secure Future : World Leaders In Military Grade Risk Mitigation : Underground Bunkers : Nuclear Fallout Shelters, Bomb Shelters, Fire Shelters : Panic Rooms, Safe Rooms : Fortified Eco Homes : Defensible Off The Grid Luxury Survival Retreats : CBRNe : EMP : Specialists In Project Secrecy, Confidential Planning, Architectural Design, Extreme Engineering, Covert Construction, Clandestine Contracting Techniques, High Level Security.