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About Us
Horizons Industrial Development Co. L.L.C. (HIDC) is a Company with exclusive manufacturing rights of the
RBS technology; Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum Panels commercially known as Rapidwall®.
HIDC has collaborated with M/s Rapid Building System PTY Ltd (RBS), an Australian Company, which is the
founder of the technology and owns the world-wide patent for the technology.
Rapidwall® Building Systems by Horizons Industrial Development Co LLC is a straight forward solution to
current day construction constraints like shortage of manpower, excess usage of water, spiraling cost of
steel, cement. Rapidwall®, is an energy efficient green building material with huge potential for use as load
bearing wall. In the last 10 years in Oman market, Rapidwall® panels has been successfully used to build
Villas, Office buildings, Commercial buildings, Multi stories, Industrial warehouses and boundary walls. In
current competitive market, investors can bring their projects to the market almost 50% ahead of target
date at a reduced cost. HIDC started its operations in 2008.
 15mm 15mm

Superior Building Material

94mm

Rapidwall® is a revolutionary, low cost pre-fabricated, load bearing walling product suitable for use in
high-rise residential, commercial and industrial building construction.
Rapidwall® is manufactured in an automated moulding process, using glass fiber reinforced, water
resistant gypsum plaster. After removal from the casting table the flat, single sized, panels are air dried.
The technically advanced manufacturing process provides a durable walling product with structural 20mm
properties that makes Rapidwall® panels load-bearing & well suited for use in earthquake-prone areas.
All panels are 12mtr long and 124mm thick and can be produced in heights of 3mtr. Construction using Glass Fibre
Reinforcement
the precise Rapidwall® panels is very fast, low cost and eliminates the need for brick, blocks, wall framing
and wall-board. Rapidwall® can be used as floor / roof slab.
250mm 230mm

124mm 20mm

3 meter

12 meter
Rapidwall® building / Housing is Cooler
Conventional building materials like concrete have high thermal
conductivity and low thermal resistance. Conventional concrete roof
and walls radiate heat inside the building. Heavy electrical energy is
to be used to maintain indoor comfort level. There will be high electric
energy for maintaining the temperature. In contrast Rapidwall® panel
have low thermal conductivity and high thermal Resistance.
A comparative research study, found that in summer indoor temperature
of Rapidwall® building is cooler by 5 to 6 degrees Celsius as compared
to concrete building. The high thermal resistance of Rapidwall® will
keep interiors cooler in summer and warmer in winter, saving substantial
recurring energy use.
Superior Finish
The finish of Rapidwall® is smoother and flatter
than equivalent pre-cast concrete, in-situ concrete
or masonry walls. Rapidwall® provides the ideal
green structural walling material for contemporary
architectural designs. Rapidwall® panels can be
finished in a range of decorative texture finishes and
can include bands, quoins and rendered finishing.
CORNER JOINT

Earthquake Resistant
When used as load-bearing shear walls Rapidwall®
exhibits superior ductile qualities that makes it safer
and effectively stronger than reinforced masonry. Its
mechanical properties make Rapidwall®a superior
earthquake resistant structural walling product for
both vertical and lateral loads.
INTERNAL INTERSECTING WALL

Water & Fire Resistant

Rapidwall® provides essential protection against
fire and water. Rapidwall® buildings will have two,
four hour fire resistance once filled with insulation
and concrete respectively. Rapidwall® panels are
manufactured with water repellent additives which
makes the product as water resistant. Rapidwall®
panels absorb water Less than 5% of its weight
when completely immersed in water for 48 hours.
T - JUNCTION
Load - Bearing Rapidwall® for Affordable
Radipwall® is lightweight, (only 40kg/m2 or approximately 12% of the
weight of a concrete or brick wall) and is stronger than conventional Quality Construction
materials. Furthermore, it is load-bearing and can be used for Rapidwall® Panel provides a new method of building construction in fast track,
external & internal walls as well as for roofs or floors in combination
with reinforced concrete cavities. Fully utilizing the benefits of prefabricated, light weight large panels with modular
cavities and time tested conventional cast-in-situ constructional use of concrete
Rapidwall® is a system that has been proven in exhaustive scientific and steel reinforcement. By this process, man power, cost and time of construction
testing to withstand considerable loads and is therefore ideal in is reduced. Conventional construction involves various cumbersome and time
earthquake prone areas; can be constructed to withstand high consuming processes. In contract, Rapidwall® construction is much faster and
winds, such as cyclones and hurricanes; uses natural gypsum and is easier. There will be no debris left at site. Rapidwall® enables load-bearing
recyclable; can be used in load-bearing buildings of up to 15 storeys; wall by wall construction. Rapidwall® also does not require framed structure
is ideal for repetitive design construction and can be erected in a construction and wall plastering, as Rapidwall® both surfaces are smooth and
fraction of the time of other building methods. ready to receive paint.
Technical Properties
Shear Strength (SS) of Mechanical Properties
vertical Rapidwall® panels The table below provides the various mechanical properties of Rapidwall® panels when
Shear Capacity φR used empty and when concrete filled.
Description (KN/M)

Unfilled Rapidwall® Panel 21.6 Description Property Value Note

Rapidwall® Panel Filled Uni-axial compressive

61 160 KN/M
with 25MPa Concrete strength

Sound Transmission Class (STC) values of Uni-axial tensile strength 28.8 KN/M
various forms of Rapidwall® construction
Out-of-plane flexural
Description STC 3.5 x1011
rigidity EI, rib parallel to Strength obtained from
Nmm2/m
span longitudinal compression/
Single leaf Rapidwall® 28 tension tests with ribs
unfilled Out-of-plane flexural
1.7x1011 vertical
rigidity EI, rib
Nmm2/m
Single leaf concrete-filled 45 Unfilled perpendicular to span
Rapidwall® Rapidwall® Panel
Unit weight 40kg/m2
Thermal Resistance (TR) values of various
forms of Rapidwall® construction
Thermal expansion
12x10-6 mm/mm/˚c
coefficient
Description R (m2K/W)

Single leaf Rapidwall® 0.36 Water absorption <5%

Water absorption by
unfilled weight % after 24hours of
immersio
Single leaf Rapidwall® 0.25 Mohr hardness 1.6
filled with 20MPa normal
concrete Rapidwall® panels filed Obtained from longitudinal
Uni-axial compressive
with 25 MPa concrete in 1360 KN/M compression tests with ribs
Single leaf Rapidwall® 0.6 strength
all the cores in the longitudinal direction
filled with light weight
concrete
Light Weight & Accurate Rapidwall® for
Compared to other building materails each
lightweight Rapidwall® panel can be easily installed Floor / Roof Slab
with a small crane (maximum lift 1.5 tonnes) and Rapidwall® used for floor / roof slab with
because of the reduced weight, savings can also embedded micro beams. Rapidwall®
be made on the cost of foundations. A similar slab act as one way slab, concrete is
(12mtrx3mtrx124mm) concrete wall panel weights done on the top of the Rapidwall as
over 10t in comparison with Rapidwall® which screed. The screed thickness may
weigh only 1.5t.A normal truck can transport varies from 8cm to 12cm as per the
450m2 Rapidwall® panels compared to 125m2 of structural design.
Precast concrete blocks.
Rapidwall® slab will give better thermal
insulation than the conventional slab.
Overall slab thickness varies from 20cm

Economical
to 25cm.

Rapidwall® has an installed cost considerably lower

than that of an equivalent standard pre-cast concrete
wall. Rapidwall® costs less than equivalent masonry
walling over which it also enjoys an up to 10% space
saving. Because Rapidwall® is quicker and easier to
erect, projects are finished faster and development
funds are tied up for shorter periods. Rapidwall® can
eliminate the need for bricks, timber walls, frames
and plaster board linings.

Accommodate building services

The cellular panels can be used to accommodate
building services such as plumbing & electrical
conduits. They can be left empty or filled with
insulation for increased thermal performance or
they can be filled with structural grade concrete
for increased axial strength. All MEP lines are
concealed in cavities will avoid chipping and
repair. MEP works done at site makes better
design flexibility for the designer & the end user.
 APPLICATIONS
OF
RAPIDWALL®

Integrated Residential Complex

Tourism Complex
Staff / Worker
Accommodation Complex
Educational Buildings

Office Buildings

Shopping Malls

Industrial Buildings
Temporary Facilities

Fire Rated Walls

MEDC Substations

Boundary Walls
Manufacturing facility
Rapidwall® is manufactured off site in a Rapidwall®
production unit. HIDC’s manufacturing facilities
are strategically located in Sohar Industrial Area
Phase III, Sohar, Sultanate of Oman.
u Rapidwall® plant consist of automated production
plant, drying area & computer controlled cutting
machine.
u
The Rapidwall® System streamlines the
construction process by transferring the majority
of on-site work to the Rapidwall® factory.
u It is within the factory that the large single
spanning walls, roofs are produced. These
building components are then easily erected on
site in a matter of hours rather than weeks.
u Rapidwall® plant with three manufacturing tables
would produce approximately 700,000m2 of
panel per annum, 2,376m2 a day, based on a 24
hour production schedule over 300 days. This
equates to more than 2000 houses of 120m2
each including rapidwall roofs.
u A full size Rapidwall® panel large enough size
to form an entire wall of a building structure. It is
cut easily either at the factory or site and can be
tailored to a great variety of designs, including
window and door requirements.
u HIDC have been operating, testing & perfecting
Sohar plant for the manufacture of Rapidwall®
since 2008.
RAPIDWALL® PROJECTS

SUR AL HADID
Construction of more than 150 villas (Present Phase)
Project Description
At Sur Al Hadid in Al-Seeb (Phase 3, 4, 5&6)

Client City Home Building Materials L.L.C.

Consultancy Rayan International Design L.L.C.

Total Built Up Area 54,000 m2

Completion Date June 2018

SAWADI TOURISM PROJECT

Project Description Integrated Housing Tourism Project

Client Blue City

Consultancy Dar Al Imarah Engineering Consultants

Total Built Up Area 30,000 m2

Completion Date July 2018

 SAUDI MF APPARTMENT PROJECT
Construction of Integrated Township
Project Description
At Jeddah Saudi Arabia

Client RBCC Saudi

Consultancy EPC

Total Built Up Area 20,000 m2

Completion Date January 2018

SHAZA ACCOMMODATION BUILDING

Project Description Staff Accommodation for 5 star hotel

Client Al Sedrah Real Estate

Consultancy DG Design Engineering Consultants

Total Built Up Area 9,000 m2

Completion Date March 2018

RAPIDWALL® PROJECTS

CHINA MALL - SOHAR

Project Description China Mall

Client China Market L.L.C.

Consultancy Al-Qarshoobi

Total Built Up Area 16,500 m2

Completion Date June 2018

MAZOON DAIRY PROJECT

Project Description Staff Accommodation for Mazoon dairy

Client Mazoon Dairy Company SAOC

Consultancy Aecom Middle East Consultant Engineers LLC

Total Built Up Area 15,000 m2

Completion Date December 2018

 MEDC PROJECT
Project Description Substation for MEDC

Client Muscat Electricity Distribution Company

Status On-Going

JENAN SALALAH
Project Description Jenan Residency

Client Gulf Developers LLC

Consultancy Al Saqf Engineering Consultancy

Total Built Up Area 75,000 m2

Completion Date September 2013

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