Legacy is Proud to Announce the Opening of our New Fabric Manufacturing Plant

It was a busy summer 2012 for us at Legacy Building Solutions!  We recently celebrated the opening of our new fabric manufacturing plant at its headquarters in South Haven, Minn. The new facility will allow us to produce higher quality fabric panels while also increasing capacity.

The new plant is a hybrid fabric-steel structure that incorporates steel sheeting on the exterior sides. Offering more clearspan space than our previous plant, the new building enables our employees to operate more efficiently, particularly when manufacturing larger polyethylene or PVC fabric panels. The set-up allows for greater production capacity and, in turn, faster deliveries of completed tension fabric structures to customers.

Featuring a 40-foot skylight and R-30 insulation for increased energy efficiency, the plant is fully climate controlled to eliminate the temperature and humidity fluctuations that can affect the quality of fabric welds. We have also added state-of-the-art equipment — including a laser-guided welding system — to aid in producing fabric panels for larger structures. This is especially advantageous when manufacturing panels for fabric buildings with widths of more than 200 feet.

Visit our website to learn more about our fabric buildings.  Be sure to browse thru our "Building Technology" page to get an in-depth look at the unique engineering and design behind our structures.  www.LegacyBuildingSolutions.com

Storing Corrosive Materials in Fabric Buildings

Summer is ending, and fall is approaching, which for some means they are faced with the need for winter storage.  Today we would like to discuss the challenges of storing corrosive materials, i.e. salt and sand.  There are multiple factors to consider.  Roofing material, ventilation, lining material and life expectancy, to name a few.  In this article, I’m going to compare storing corrosive materials in a tension fabric building versus a steel structure.  

• Life Expectancy – Because fabric will not corrode as easily or quickly as a steel structure, the life expectancy for a fabric roof is 20-25 years.  Whereas a steel roof will only last for 7-10 years.
• Working Environment – Fabric buildings offer a reflective interior and natural light, which not only lowers your initial investments costs, but also will reduce yearly lighting expenses and replacements.  A steel structure allows virtually no lighting in which requires an expensive lighting system and costly monthly electricity bills.   In addition to the lighting benefit, a fabric structure will provide a cooler building during the summer months and a warmer structure during the winter months.  Because of the bright and airy feel of a fabric structure, these buildings do not offer a good “nesting” area for local rodents.
• Flexibility – Most fabric buildings are engineered to be permanent structures but designed to be relocatable.  This feature makes a fabric structure especially beneficial when installed on a leased site, for example.  Steel buildings are engineered and designed to be permanent structures and would be very costly to relocate them to another site. 
• Non-Conducive Material – A fabric structure will “sweat” less
• Weather Tight – Fabric buildings offer a panel system with monolithic sheeting.  This means there are no holes, screws or areas for water to leak providing a virtually maintenance free design.  On the flip side, a steel structure will use a series of fasteners, placing holes in the roof, which allows access for water and other materials to enter. 
• Installation and Delivery Times – Fabric buildings often deliver and install in about 8-10 weeks resulting in quicker occupancy and profit.  On a larger project, the installation time alone for a steel structure can take as long as 12-16 weeks.
• Liner – To provide additional protection, a fabric building can be lined with material to help prevent corrosion.

The team at Legacy Building Solutions has years of experience selling and installing tension fabric buildings.  Contact us today to explore your storage building options!  www.LegacyBuildingSolutions.com

Legacy Building Solutions Obtains CSA-A660 Certification

We are proud to announce our certification through the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) A660 certification program for steel building systems.  Legacy Building Solutions introduced the concept of incorporating structural steel framing into tension fabric structures, replacing the hollow-tube, open web truss frames that traditionally has been used in the industry.

The CSA-A660 standard requires that steel structure manufacturers comply with applicable engineering criteria and building codes. It was developed to assist code enforcement officials in reviewing submissions for building permits incorporating a steel building system, and to help purchasers obtain a quality building.

To be certified, building manufacturers must maintain production facilities, staff and quality assurance systems that are consistently capable of producing quality steel buildings. To ensure these design and production standards are met, the CSA-A660 standard requires a manufacturing facility to obtain documented approval from a licensed professional engineer.

Contact us today at 877-259-1528 or visit our website, www.legacybuildingsolutions.com to learn more about our fabric building systems.