When it comes to create housing space and real estate on the Ocean the colonization technology of choice is definitly concrete shells...
Things like the Ramform harbor or floating concrete honeycomb structures come to mind.
Definitly the next step to ocean colonization will just be ONE step away from what is already floating on the oceans today.
To get an overview what are the structures that pave the way to ocean colonization check "Outstanding floating concrete Structures"
Basic Concrete Engineering for Builders with CDROM / Design of Concrete Structures / Strength Design for Reinforced - Concrete Hydraulic Structures Engineering Manual on CD / Design of Offshore Concrete Structures / Construction of Marine and Offshore Structures, Second Edition (Civil Engineering - Advisors) / The Dock Manual: Designing/Building/Maintaining / Theory and Design of Concrete Shells / Thin Shell Concrete Structures / design procedures of reinforced concrete shell structures (JGJT 22-98) / Understanding Structures / Concrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-made Material / Concrete Construction Manual (Construction Manuals (englisch)) / Large Wind Turbines: Design and Economics / Dynamics of Offshore Structures / Offshore Technology in Civil Engineering / Design of Offshore Concrete Structures / Concrete in the Marine Environment (Modern Concrete Technology) -- Edited by admin on Thursday 15th of March 2012 10:17:04 PM
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