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Playing with Fabric

Civil + Structural Engineer

By Shannon Humbert, Legacy Building Solutions Rigid-frame fabric buildings offer a permanent solution for athletic facilities. For many entities, both public and private, the need for an athletics and recreation facility comes down to two options: A permanent brick and mortar building, or a lower-cost fabric bubble.

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Building True Service Partnerships

Civil + Structural Engineer

Fabric building companies offer several services to help ensure successful facility projects. By Eric Donnay, Legacy Building Solutions Decades ago, acquiring a tension fabric structure didn’t require much of a process. In some corners of the fabric structure industry, this type of situation still occurs.

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Offsite vs. Onsite Construction Part 2

Civil + Structural Engineer

The benefits of offsite construction, which comprises the manufacturing, planning, design, fabrication, and assembly of building elements offsite are expansive. The panel of experts below, representing the construction, engineering, and building systems industries, explore and explain the many benefits of this alternative construction method.

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11 Advantages Of Fabric Buildings

Construction Marketing

Since fabric buildings are tensile structures, the membrane can be pulled into a three-dimensional surface for developing shading, a roof, or a decorative component. Simply put, they’re a building made of all-steel frames and tarp covers or fabric material. Read on to learn about the advantages of fabric buildings.

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Maryland college’s arts center celebrates act of ‘making’ through design

Construction Specifier

The structural system, a legible “kit of parts,” connects the building’s interior and exterior, providing a dynamic environment for current and future generations of artists and designers. Positioned adjacent to the fabrication lab, it facilitates the transition of large pieces—from prototyping to presentation.

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CDGB Bookstore – Independence, KS

The MCP Group

Bid Packages are available for the following; Demolition with ACM abatement, Masonry Restoration, Carpentry with window replacement, EPDM roofing system with (flashings, insulation, parapet caps, gutters and downspouts), Concrete, and Steel fabrications with installation.

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Adventures in Renovation: The Historic Courthouse and the Stair and Elevator Tower Conundrum

Civil + Structural Engineer

A significant number of MEP systems, some active and some abandoned, needed to be demolished and moved out of the footprint of the tower just under the second floor roof. New micropiles were drilled to support the tower foundations and massive structural steel columns were set in place to support the tall tower.