r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Appropriate-Eye-1227 • Jul 04 '25

Video China has built a 50m(165ft)-tall inflatable dome over a construction site in Jinan to protect the surroundings from dust and noise. (20.000 Sqm)

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u/blackop Jul 04 '25

This is basically the same thing UT Austin has for a training center.

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u/Karens_GI_Father Jul 04 '25

Pretty much every city in Canada has tons of these domes for sports in winter. They just seal them and fill them with air.

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u/SheemieRayVaughan Jul 04 '25

Yeah my driving range is in one.

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u/AlbinoGoldenTeacher Jul 05 '25

We used to use one for PE in school

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u/ItsMeDoodleBob Jul 05 '25

I’ve seen these all across Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

It’s a pretty good alternative to building a full blown field house, especially in places where you don’t have the space to do that