Why Square Footage Matters
For a house or apartment, larger square footage is often preferred by both buyers and renters alike, as it offers more room to make the space their own. In commercial and industrial settings,...
Optimize Energy Costs with Tension Fabric Buildings
The short answer? Yes. Naturally you will want a little more context than that, as there is a lot that makes a building function; just like there is a lot to consider when choosing the building that...
Benefits of Fabric for Military
Three basic things humans need to survive: food, water, and shelter. If you are looking for the latter, Legacy is where you should be looking. Let us show how the Armed Forces readiness can improve...
9 Fabric Building Benefits for Warehouse and Storage Uses
As logistical and delivery problems continue to plague the country, consumers still expect easy access to the goods they purchase in stores and online. The most successful companies are able to pivot...
Pitchin' the Myths in the Fabric Game
We want to go out. We want to run, to dance, to fly. As humans we try to be active, and as people we lean towards interaction and connectedness. Having a place to go to do these things increases the...
Moving Up with Aviation
These past couple years have been unprecedented across many industries. COVID-19 came in like a wrecking ball, and not in the way that construction usually likes it to. There have been shortages with...
Dry Fertilizer Storage Bins: Saving Money with a Legacy Building
Storing and distributing bulk fertilizer requires a sharp eye on the bottom line. Fiscal responsibility means your fertilizer storage operation must combine efficiency and low cost. Fertilizer bins...
Durability and Longevity: How Long Do Fabric Buildings Last?
The engineering behind a Legacy fabric building is essentially equal to its metal equivalent; the only significant difference is that one uses fabric cladding rather than metal. The technology...
Opening the Door to Fabric
If you don't automatically think "fabric structure" when you are contemplating a new building, you have some catching up to do. This article in ReNew Canada summarizes the changes that have taken...
Critical Factors to Consider for Long Span Fabric Structures
By definition, everything Legacy builds is a long span structure and part of the broader family of long span structures. Long span generally refers to the width of the building and the span of the...
Advantages of Rigid Frame Structures in Modern Design
In a world where flexible is defined as good and rigid is bad, we at Legacy are not afraid to say we like rigid. We are all about rigid, especially when we start talking about our frames.
Tension Fabric Structures: The Future of Building Design
We don’t need to tell you our tension fabric structures are different (even though we do it often). You can just look at them. Straight walls, solid steel frames, clean lines, and cladding tensioned...
Fabric Structures for Sand Salt Storage Building Solutions
If you are north of a certain latitude, you are probably anticipating some snow soon. That means you need salt to keep the roads clear. Legacy does salt storage for a lot of companies, organizations,...
Contractors Talk Fabric
Many contractors we talk to haven’t had a lot of experience with fabric buildings. For some, our tension fabric structure is their first experience with this unique type of project. We asked them if...
Fabric Buildings vs Steel Buildings: A Comparative Analysis
Fabric buildings and metal buildings have a lot in common. Legacy buildings, for example, are built with solid steel tapered I-beam frames—just like the pre-engineered metal buildings.