In consultation with non-government organisations and aid agencies, HESCO Bastion has combined its proven technical expertise in structural fortification with its evaluation of humanitarian aid to develop a new concept in transitional housing - R-House™, a semi-permanent and rapidly constructed building which provides a uniquely universal shelter solution. Based on the hugely successful HESCO Concertainer® unit, originally developed to protect UK shorelines against erosion and which later achieved international recognition in military and civil operations across the world, R-House shelters are ideally suited to provide optimum protection and comfortable living space for six to eight people against the potentially devastating after-effects of any disaster. 29-30th January 2008 Hesco Bastion R-House at Aid and Trade, Geneva. (read more)