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Durable climate-controlled fabric buildings offering efficient acoustic and thermal performance

Acoustic and Thermal Performance of Fabric Building Materials

Fabric structures have become increasingly popular as entertainment venues, including concert halls, sports centers and meeting and event spaces. Their clearspan design offers more useable space...

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Building construction and design for fabric buildings in bulk storage

Building Construction & Design to Maximize Bulk Storage Capacity

Fabric structures have many natural advantages for agricultural storage: a temperate environment with passive ventilation, clearspan storage space, an inability to corrode. The added design...

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Tension Fabric Building Project - What you need to know - Legacy Building Solutions

Things To Consider on a Fabric Building Project

The fabric structure design process will depend on the type of frame chosen for the building. Aluminum-framed structures on open web trusses are pre-engineered to meet most building requirements. In...

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Tension Fabric Athletic Facility - Tennis Center - Legacy Building Solutions

Why Choose a Legacy Tennis Center?

An indoor tennis center is the only way to guarantee the ability to play, practice and hold events year-round. The ideal facility meets USTA standards, allows for spectator seating, has optimal...

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River Cree - Tension Fabric Event Center & Casino - Tension Fabric Buildings

The Venue at River Cree Resort & Casino

The new event centre at the River Cree Resort & Casino has officially opened! The Fab Four, a Beatles tribute band, helped the crowd ring in the new year on December 31, 2015.

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Advanced Methods of Preventing Corrosion in Steel-Framed Buildings

Lyons Salt: A Case Study in corrosion protection

Corrosion is the deterioration of metal caused by a reaction with the environment. It is estimated that corrosion costs billions of dollars in repair, replacement and lost time every year.

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Rigid Frame - Tension Fabric Building

Rigid Frames Support Better Loads

Large fabric structures are available with two framing types: rigid frame structures and open web trusses. While there are pros and cons to each system, one advantage of rigid frames is that they may...

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ENR Top 600 Specialty Contractors - Tension Fabric Buildings

Legacy Among Top 600 Specialty Contractors

South Haven, Minn. – Legacy Building Solutions has been listed by Engineering News-Record (ENR) as a Top 600 Specialty Contractor. This is Legacy’s second consecutive year on the list. This year, the...

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Legacy Building Solutions Provides Two Fabric Buildings for Keeyask Generating Station

Legacy Provides Fabric Buildings for remote energy project in Manitoba

When Manitoba Hydro, in conjunction with four Manitoba First Nations, put up the bid for its new Keeyask Generating Station, three contractors converged to form BBE Hydro Constructors.

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Flame-Retardant Tension Fabric Building Protect Your Assets

Flame-Retardant Tension Fabric Buildings

Safe buildings protect the people and assets inside. Some industries – including mining, oil and gas production, military, and aviation – have strict flammability codes due to the work performed and...

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What is a Fabric Structure Questions and Answers

What is a Fabric Structure Q&A

Are fabric structures susceptible to vandalism? Fabric structures are no more susceptible to vandalism than other buildings. For areas requiring extra security, wall claddings such as steel or...

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New Fabric Building at River Cree Resort and Casino

River Cree Casino: The Venue - Concert and Event Center

Legacy Building Solutions and the River Cree Resort and Casino have broken ground on The Venue, a new concert and event center expected to open in Enoch in the fall of 2015.

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Energy-efficient fabric building using thermally non-conductive materials for enhanced climate control.

Achieving Optimal Climate Control with Thermally Non-Conductive Fabric

On a hot day, the desire to stay cool seems all-consuming. Equipment and bulk material – particularly temperature-sensitive items such as commodity crops and waste matter – also thrive in a cooler...

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TLegacy Building Solutions project highlighting design-build advantages with clear-span fabric structure construction.

Advantages of Design-Build Construction

Design-build is a construction method in which one entity designs and constructs a building, rather than relying on separate entities for architecture, engineering, and construction. While...

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3 Reasons to Invite Legacy to Your Next Port Storage Project

Fabric Port Buildings: Advantages for Port Storage

Waterways are among the safest, most cost-effective and greenest ways to transport goods. Many items, including bulk material, break bulk items that are loaded individually, and containerized...

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