Flexivault Burial Chambers by CDS

CDS, working with one of the USA’s largest chamber manufacturers and
installers has designed a burial chamber that provides...

• Reduced environmental risks • Up to 3 times the burial number per unit area • Reduced management & maintenance costs • Reduced interment costs • A range of memorialisation options • A specification to LACO requirements

Solving Environmental Restrictions

For many Local Authorities groundwater is becoming a major issue in the development and expansion of new or existing cemeteries.
Flexivault chambers, either single or double units, isolate the potential source of contamination from the surrounding environment.
CDS’s in house qualified civil and drainage engineers ensure groundwater is kept below the chamber at all times. This allows burial chambers to be installed in land that would previously not be acceptable for conventional earth burials.

Space Saving

Flexivault Chambers can be closely spaced as they are self supporting, the re-inforced perimeter chambers provide strength and protection to the thinner walled inner chamber, maximising the number of chambers that can be installed for any given area. Up to 4800 chambers can be installed per hectare, nearly 3 times the burial number of conventional burial layouts, maximising both burial space and revenue options in areas where available land is at premium.

Reduced Maintenance - No more depressions

Once installed the chambers are covered over with root zone. This provides a level surface after interments. Turf can be re-laid immediately after the lid is replaced allowing normal maintenance and mowing regimes to resume straight away.

Range of Memorial Options

Memorials can also be erected as soon as the bereaved require, either with the patented headstone container box or a shoe fitting. This headstone system allows uniform, stable and safe fixing with almost zero subsidence that can happen even with certified ground anchor systems in earth burials.

Interment Simplicity and Speed

Interments are made simple quick and effective, plots can be prepared in a fraction of the time with minimum fuss and no requirement for shoring equipment. Grave plots can be reinstated to original levels and surface finish almost immediately after the interment service.

Reduces Risk of Leakage

CDS engineers reviewed both slatted and single span lid options and after due consideration it was in the engineers opinion that slatted lids may have a greater potential for leaks and movement. The Flexivault single lid design has a unique tongue and groove rim seal reducing lateral movement and ingress of water from the top.

Pandemic Planning

The recent scares of Avian and Swine Flu have highlighted the potential risk of a major pandemic. Should the outcome of such a pandemic result in a high mortality rate, Flexivault chambers can provide a genuine burial solution.
The CDS system could be installed under an existing sports ground that can be re-instated for long term play on an improved playing surface. In the event of a pandemic the chambers can be readily accessed for interments without taking soil off site. Either a chip a or numerical identification system can be placed on the one piece lid for rapid post pandemic audits.