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Large Artificial Island Base

The LAIB is a moderately large Aritficial Island Bases. It is appropriate for all weather ocean use. It features 5 deacks: an open top deck, 3 interior living deck, and an interior facilities deck. The interior decks have a celing hight of 2.5m. Each deack is separated by a 25 cm floor/bulkhead.

Statistics:
Top deck area: 900m2
Interior Living deck area: 900m2
Interior Facilities deck area: 900m2
Total deck area: 4500m2
Max suggested occupancy: 250 people
Max safe wave height: 100m
Deck height: 11.25m
Spar length:
total: 67.5m
above water: 22.5m
below water: 45m
Total weight with ballast: 1500 tons.
Hull displacement: 1800 tons at designed water line.
Max deck weight: 300 tons
Approximate cost (platform only): $5,000,000.