Erection of Wood-Framed Salt Dome 1

[RPGs]

I've driven past these things my entire life and never given them much thought. I had my first site visit at one today that needs repairs and was genuinely surprised to learn that it was wood-framed.

I am hugely curious--does anyone know how these are erected? The client mentioned that it is pre-fabricated, panelized construction that is assembled on-site. I did a cursory google search and didn't come up with much, so I was curious if anyone has thoughts or information on how they are assembled--with falsework or otherwise? This particular one is ~65 ft tall at the apex and ~116 ft in diameter.

 

[JStephen]

One photo here seems to show some support structure in place:

https://www1.sscc-canada.com/products/wood-domes

Photo here shows setting tip on with crane:

https://www1.sscc-canada.com/projects/wood-dome-150ft-diameter-maxville-ontario

A couple of erection photos here:

https://www1.sscc-canada.com/projects/wood-dome-hamilton-105-foot-diameter

Structure inside here:

https://www1.sscc-canada.com/projects/totten-mine-hydraulic-fill-project

 

[JStephen]

I ran across these, then discovered the domes in question are geodesic, so not the same exact style. Flyover of a big garage project that also includes two domes.
Walls formed up in this video:

https://youtu.be/yymgDJtHBXk?si=Y_q2qHPByPg6pIx5

Big roof assembly on the ground in this video:

https://youtu.be/r50CnALmMgQ?si=7HSXUshingxlM3_U

One assembled:

https://youtu.be/qZQdLPNcP3s?si=8s_T5pK5VUPKzao-

There are others in the series as well.

 

[RPGs]

Very cool--thank you for providing all of that and helping satisfy my curiosity.