Self-Propelled Rainout Shelter

The University of Nottingham invites tenderes for a design and build contract for up to four self-propelled rainout shelters: The purpose of the rainout shelter is to be able to manipulate growing conditions, in the field, to simulate drought at specific stages of crop development. For example, to exclude any rainfall during the grain filling period of wheat. To enable this, we wish to commission shelters that respond to rain and only move into position when needed. This means that crops grow in natural, field cond...