Showing posts with label tension fabric building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tension fabric building. Show all posts
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Reasons We Don't Do Rapid Deployment Fabric Structures
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
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
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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.
Monday, May 14, 2012
We've Launched a New Website!
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| www.legacybuildingsolutions.com |
The new site provides extensive
information about our unique rigid frame engineering design and
customizable tension fabric structures, including example building profiles,
recent project photos, videos, and downloadable literature as well as suggested solutions for specific applications. A new feature to the site is our dedicated technology page which offers a detailed look at the many considerations in the design and
construction of tension fabric buildings.
“As the fabric structure industry
continues to evolve, it’s critical for building users to understand that
tension fabric buildings are not all alike,” said Ben Fox, president. “Our site offers thorough information about engineering and
installation differences that have a big impact on a project’s success. We hope
that arming potential customers with more knowledge will help each of them make
a sound decision.”
We encourage you to browse through our site and welcome the opportunity to work with you on your building project.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Legacy Building Solutions - A message from the President
At Legacy Building Solutions, we pride ourselves in our ability to listen to the needs of our prospective customers and aim to offer creative and reasonable building solutions for your needs. We will never try to sell you what we have in inventory or the standard product. We strive to design build a tension fabric structure that meets your customer specific needs. Each of our fabric buildings are custom designed and delivered on very aggressive timelines. We offer large sidewall doors and enormous endwall doors, insulation, lining and vents, just to name a few. We can connect to existing structures and use conventional materials to finish off the lower portion of your fabric building, including brick, stone, steel sheeting or even half log siding. We offer full service, from concept to completion, including engineering, design, manufacturing, installation and total project management.
If you have a unique need for your fabric building, I’m quite confident that we can provide you with that structure. We look forward to the opportunity to design a building that fits your requirements. We are a versatile team of experienced sales professionals that provide our expertise in designing a fabric structure that fits your customer specific needs. As a customer service and design-build based company, our goal is to ensure that every single customer is 100% satisfied. We won’t stop working until that goal is obtained. Over the past 16 years, we have installed over 25 million square feet of tension membrane structures around the world and we’d like the opportunity to allow our experience to work for you.
Ben Fox
President
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