A 45m tall and 32m-wide dome silo, made of airform, has been inflated at the Port of Tilbury, Essex, as part of a new multi-million-pound cement factory project.
Building products supplier Aggregate Industries, which commissioned the structure, said it is “one of only a handful of its kind in the UK”.
The inflatable silo will be used to store up to 30,000 tonnes of cement to support demand for construction materials in the region.
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