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10 Things We Know For Sure About Tension Fabric Buildings

10 Things We Know For Sure About Tension Fabric Buildings

Ten years ago, Legacy Building Solutions began to reshape the future of how fabric buildings are designed, manufactured and installed. We bucked a few trends, contradicted some conventional wisdom...

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fabric grain storage building in North Dakota

Attention Contractors, Fabric Structures Have Evolved

If the last year has taught us anything, it taught us to think differently about how to operate a business when many of your assumptions are blown out of the water.

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Fabric Buildings for Energy Operations

In addition to our friends in the aviation industry, companies in the oil and gas industry have faced the one of the toughest years in decades. As the economy begins to ramp up again, your...

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Tension Fabric building for sheet roc storage

Need a Building? Time to Consider Fabric

Has your contractor told you, “if you want to do major renovations on your house, better wait a year.” If you want to build new, there are similar or longer wait times.

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The Advantages of Rigid I-beam Fabric Buildings over Sports Domes, Inflatable Buildings, and Sports Bubbles

Rigid Frame Structures vs Inflatable Sports Domes

Air-supported fabric structures—also known as sports domes or sports bubbles—are a tempting solution for indoor sports arenas. These structures offer large free-span areas and lower costs compared to...

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Building an indoor riding arena with tension fabric pavilions, ideal for equestrian sports and year-round use

Durable tension fabric pavilion riding arenas for year-round use

When you are in the market for a structure, you may not need the whole shebang—an insulated, enclosed space with HVAC and windows, doors, etc. You may only need some shelter from the elements, and...

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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...

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Municipal salt storage solutions - Legacy Building Solutions tension fabric buildings

Go Long: Are There Practical Limits to Fabric Building Size?

We talk a lot about the width of our tension fabric structures because we can create some impressively wide buildings due to our use of solid steel tapered I-beams. The proven engineering and...

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A Decade of Fabric Structures in Review

Thirteen years ago, Legacy started its business to revolutionize the fabric-building industry and change how fabric structures were designed, manufactured, and installed. Thirteen years and hundreds...

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Tension Fabric Structures Talking Points for General Contractors

General Contractors: Talking Points to Help You Land the Project

When you are a B2B supplier of tension fabric structures—sometime quite large structures—helping our customers do business is part of the contract. We don’t want to just sell you a building; we want...

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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...

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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...

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Tension fabric structure vs. monocover fabric buildings

Single panel fabric structures versus Monocover buildings

Before Legacy began operations in 2010, our team already had years of experience installing all manner of fabric structures. Many had been doing it since the mid 1990s, and they installed their fair...

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Tension fabric field house - how much will your tension fabric building cost

How Much Does a Fabric Building Cost? Insights

When considering a fabric building, one of the most common questions is, “How much does it cost?” More specifically, many buyers ask, “How much does a fabric building cost, and what goes into that...

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Looking for Custom Building Options - Request a Quote from Legacy

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,...

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