At present this is being used to house equipment used to make concrete foam to stabilise the nearby Coombe Down mines.

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The concrete is often made with foam, fly-ash or other waste materials to make it lighter as well as cheaper.

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It's made of steel, concrete and high-density foam.

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In Afghanistan, the foam would be wrapped in a low-tech layer of chicken wire, then covered in a thin layer of concrete.

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