A Decade of Grateful
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”– Cicero
Tension Fabric Building Cost: Factors Affecting Pricing
When considering a fabric building, one of the most common questions is, "How much does it cost?"
Custom Fabric Building Design: Tailored Solutions for You
This article appears in the November/December issue of The Military Engineer, and it explains how tension fabric structures have evolved from "hoop buildings" to the current state of the art. Current...
Legacy Builds Fabric Buildings Worldwide During COVID-19
This article focuses on the operational challenges of installing tension fabric structures all over the world, even during a pandemic. It examines a project in Guam--a military hangar--that is...
Explore Single-Source Tension Fabric Structures
Bringing all aspects of our single-source tension fabric structures in-house has been part of Legacy’s evolution these past 10 years. That’s what single-source means to us, and it’s why our customers...
Investing in Your Future Through Infrastructure
Even though the economists don’t know what to call our current situation—recession, double-dip recession, depression, etc.—you are probably pretty sure what to call it.
Communication: The Construction Material You Don’t Hear About
Like a lot of construction companies, we like to talk about our steel, our proprietary fabric and even our new exclusive epoxy coatings. One of the most important elements, however, is communication....
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Request a Quote? It’s not hard.
If you’re ready to talk to someone about our tension fabric structures, we try to make it easy with the “Request a Quote” button on the website. However, if you are nervous about clicking on that,...
Real Wind in the Real World
Our engineers and designers do a lot of work to make sure our buildings stand up to the elements—wind, snow and seismic activity. We often mark our buildings with wind ratings, saying they will stand...
Fighting Corrosion: It’s What We Do
Neil Young did a famous live album called “Rust Never Sleeps”, and that’s a phrase that makes a lot of sense to our customers who have storage buildings. If you’re in mining, agriculture, bulk...
Fabric Building Specifications for Durable, High-Performance Structures
When we tell folks we make fabric buildings, they often get this puzzled look on their faces and ask “what kind of fabric?”. Sometimes, the more we explain, the more questions it prompts. That’s good...
Do You Have Time to Plan?
Ben Franklin said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Trouble is, up until recently, who had time to plan? The day-to-day rat race often left planning on the back burner.
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Architectural Features of Fabric Building Endwalls
In this three-part series, we are breaking down the structural integrity of tension fabric buildings. Part one took us through structural frames v. open web trusses and part two highlighted the...
Fabric: Panels versus Monocovers
In this three part series, we are breaking down the structural integrity of tension fabric buildings. In part one, we looked at structural frames vs. open web trusses. If you missed it, you can check...
Structural Frames vs. Open Web Trusses
In this three-part series, we are going to break-down the structural integrity of tension fabric buildings, reviewing structural frames vs. open web trusses, fabric panel cladding vs. monocovers, and...