Legacy Building
Solutions Blog

Subscribe to Our Blog

Advantages of Tension Fabric Structures (4)

Dry Fertilizer Storage Buildings - Fabric Building

Dry Fertilizer Storage Buildings: Why Choose Fabric Structures?

As the Ag industry changes, the nature of fertilizer storage has to keep up with the changes. For example, with larger machinery in the fields, crops go in faster and earlier. That changes the...

Read More
Fabric aquatic center

Building Value into Sports Facilities

In this article in Civil & Structural Engineer Magazine, the authors look at creating cost effective structures with a different approach to the traditional fabric building. The new generation of...

Read More
Steel I-beams in an equestrian fabric riding arena

Constructing Fabric Buildings with Solid Steel Frames

This article from Engineering.com examines how fabric buildings are constructed. In particular it looks at framing the buildings with solid steel tapered I-beams versus web trusses. It explains the...

Read More
Pacific Football Club - Tension Fabric Athletic Facility - Maintenance-free fabric cladding

What Does Maintenance Free Mean When You Own a Fabric Building?

When you are buying a building, there is probably a spot on your budget spreadsheet for ongoing maintenance. That totally makes sense, because with traditional buildings you have costs associated...

Read More
Northern Farmers bulk storage facility

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.

Read More
Legacy Building Solutions - In the Fight Against Corrosion

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...

Read More
Complete Fabric Building Specifications for Durable, High-Performance Structures

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...

Read More
environmentally sustainable - Green Buildings - Tension Fabric

Are Tension Fabric Structures Green?

In the 10 years that Legacy Building Solutions has been creating our buildings, many of the innovations we have incorporated into our structures are quite environmentally sustainable. Almost all raw...

Read More
Tension Fabric Buildings - Tension Fabric Structures

Tension Fabric Structures 101

Welcome to class. If you’ve looked through the syllabus, you will already know we are going to investigate the ins and outs of Tension Fabric Structures. Your regular instructor would typically begin...

Read More
Bulk/Commodity Storage Solutions - Tension Fabric Building - Legacy Building Solutions

Dry Bulk Magazine: 5 Commodity Storage Challenges

Our own Paul Smith published an article in Dry Bulk Magazine in March. In it he examines five storage challenges in the dry bulk industry and how a tension fabric building can address those issues....

Read More
Fox Creek Multiplex Tension Fabric Building - Legacy Building Solutions

How to Start Your Next Athletic Facility

It’s time to start planning your next athletic facility, and there are some things you should consider. We at Legacy have been building a lot of athletic complexes lately and there are a lot more on...

Read More
Three design criteria for your equestrian riding arena

Three Design Criteria for Your Equestrian Arena

Building an equestrian facility is one of the biggest investments you'll make. If it goes wrong, your horses might struggle in poorly ventilated spaces, deal with stress-induced behavioral problems,...

Read More
Tension Fabric Aquatic Pool Buildings - Legacy Building Solutions

We Don’t Use the T Word Very Often

When we talk to people about what we build, they, more than likely, think we build something else. They think we manufacture and build The "T" Word.

Read More
Collateral loads on rigid steel frame fabric building

Custom Engineered Tension Fabric Structures for Collateral Loads

One of the benefits we often mention when we are talking about tension fabric structures is the strength of our solid steel frames. That’s important because a lot of our clients like to hang stuff...

Read More
permanent fabric structures

Are Tension Fabric Structures Permanent or Temporary?

We get this question a lot, and we don’t mind it too much, because a lot of people simply assume our buildings are temporary and never bother to ask. People naturally assume that a structure with a...

Read More