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Schager Weekblad

13.06.2001

Building companies and financiers trust Hupkens’invention

The test with the earthquake resistant building on june 7th 2001 that was developed by Jan Hupkens from Dirkshorn (the Netherlands), on the site at his home at the Middenweg, unfortunately for the spectacular oriented media,did not give pictures as expected, but then this never was the purpose. The only purpose was to show that the building could survive a stroke comparable to a heavy earthquake. And in that Hupkens succeeded for 100 % !!

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Hupkens Engineering's earthquake resistant trackinghouse. The trackinghouse construction
method is developed for earthquake resistant houses and business buildings. Resistant for
natural disasters like earthquakes, landslides, cyclones and hurricanes, but also resistant for
terrorist attacks. This earthquake resistant building has a special element in it, what makes the
trackinghouse resistant for the most biggest earthquakes and terror attacks. The earthquake
resistant method is lowcost and therefore extremely suitable for less prosperous inhabitants in
earthquake sensitive areas around the world. The building principle also lends itself well to
mechanized building.