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Fabric Covered Buildings:  Boats Storage and Aircraft, Plane, Helicopter Hangers

 

  The Boat House

Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Building Size:
    62' w x 120' l (18.9m x 36.6m)
    72' w x 128' l (21.9m x 39.0m)
Application: Boat Storage and Retail Showroom
 
 

Don Anderson’s lifelong love of boats and boating fuels the success behind his business, The Boat House of Madison. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, Anderson’s boat business serves a wide variety of boating enthusiasts, from sail boaters to power boaters. A few years after the business was up and running, Anderson was looking to make space and appearance improvements to his operations. With an existing fabric building on his property used by the previous owner for storage, Anderson decided that he could grow his business by installing another fabric building.

"We needed more showroom space and wanted to improve the look, so we bought a new fabric building. The deciding factors were the clear span interior, the interior lighting and we also really liked the existing fabric very much," says Anderson, who was also pleased with the installation. "The crews came in, put it up real quick."

 

"Even with the white vinyl, the buildings stay clean."

- Don Anderson

Anderson wanted to use one of the buildings as a showroom for his boats. "We put down recycled black top and covered it with carpeting to allow us to use the building as a showroom and also for storage for the boats." The height of the fabric covered building was another benefit for Anderson. "The height of the building is nice. When we put up sailboats, we can put up the masts and move the boats around without worrying about hitting the trusses. Installing large doors also added to the maneuverability of bringing the boats in and out of the buildings."

Although Anderson replaced the vinyl on the older fabric building, he says it wasn’t because it was worn out. "We wanted to match the colors and to put our advertising on it, but the vinyl was still in good shape after all those years. Even with the white vinyl, the buildings stay clean. At night, the buildings do put off a nice glow."

Reduced temperature fluctuations, ease of building installation, and the clear span interior were the main reasons why Anderson chose the fabric covered building. In addition, Anderson says, "The biggest thing the customers like is the natural light in the building. When you walk in, you don’t need to turn the lights on. Another advantage with having a building with a truss system is that we have fewer birds.  With the round piping, there are fewer places for the birds to build nests, so that means less mess on the boats." These benefits, Anderson feels, made the fabric covered buildings a good choice for his boats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Boat House - Fabric Building Solutions for Boat Storage Buildings

Fabric Covered Building Solutions for The Boat House Storage Buildings

Inside The Boat House Fabric Covered Boat Storage Building

Looking Down the Road at Both Boat House Storage Buildings

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Marina with Fabric Covered Structures

Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Building Solutions for Coved Boat Docks     Fabric Covered  Boat Docks

 

Whole Row of Covered Boat Slips Using Steel Truss Fabric Covered Units.

Boat storage in the above pictures are fabric structures with varying widths and up to 65' in length. 

They endure winter conditions of an annual average snow fall of 50 inches and winds up to 100 mph.

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Canadian Airmotive

Location: Ottawa, ON
Building Size: 50' x 50' (15.2m x 15.2m)
Application: Cold Storage/Aircraft Maintenance Facility
 

Fabric Building Versatility Proves to be Valuable

Since 1971, Canadian Airmotive has provided aviation products and services to the aviation industry around the world. Its product offering includes clean air heaters, invented and manufactured by Canadian Airmotive and sold to militaries in Canada, the United States, and other militaries abroad.

At its manufacturing facility located at the Ottawa Airport, Canadian Airmotive is home to a fabric covered building, originally purchased for cold air storage. Most recently, the company has decided to have it insulated, add bi-fold doors, and utilize it year-round as an aircraft maintenance facility. "We're quite happy with this facility," says Ron Williams, president, "it's a bright place to work. We are going to end up with an approximate R-12 insulation factor, and then we'll put some heat in it, some fans and so forth, so it can be used on a year-round basis."

The 50' by 50' fabric building provides Canadian Airmotive with 2500 square feet of working space. The building includes a small office with all the necessary operational requirements including fax, internet, and phone. "We have no objections from the staff working in this building, they find it bright and cheerful," says Williams. "It's cool in the summertime, and it doesn't get exceedingly hot. Even in January and February, without insulation, we find that if it's a nice sunny day, the building is not that cold inside from the radiant heat of the sun."

Five years ago, when Canadian Airmotive needed a storage facility, Williams looked into using a fabric building. "Interestingly enough, I saw fabric covered buildings start to pop up around the neighborhood. I pulled in at the Heather Hills Golf Course, three or four miles from here to ask questions about their building.  Two and a half months later, we had this facility up and running."

The building size was carefully selected to maximize storage space for the aircraft. "We selected this size building because we operate a 3 bladed rotor system which requires a minimum of a 30 foot door expansion to get in the building and leave the rotor blades on," says Williams. "We've had as many as 9 aircraft in here and still have plenty of room to walk around, maintain and work on the aircraft, open the accessory doors and so forth."

The building has proved to be an efficient storage space and its versatility will now prove to be beneficial as a maintenance facility for Canadian Airmotive. The features of the fabric building are ideal for both applications. "Everybody's quite amazed at how bright and solid it is even in the most windy conditions that we get here in Ottawa," shares Williams. "And we have not had condensation in this building accumulate to the amount where it actually drips. We don't at this time have any extra fans to evacuate the air in the building. We've had the building for 5 years now, had absolutely no problems with it, and we're quite satisfied with its performance."

"Everybody's quite amazed at how bright and solid it is even in the most windy conditions that we get here in Ottawa."


- Ron Williams, President, Canadian Airmotive
 

 

Fabric Building Solutions for Helicopter Hangars at Canadian Airmotive

Inside the fabric covered building Canadian Airmotive Helicopter Hangar

Ron Williams Inside the Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Building Helicopter  Hangar for Canadian Airmotive

2 Helicopters Inside the Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Building Solution for Canadian Airmotive Helicopter Hangars

 

 

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  Other Examples of Cover-All Aircraft Hangars:

 

A  Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Small Plane Building Hangar - Milestones Building & Design.

2 small planes inside a fabric covered building showing one end, steel trusses, and Fabric cover -  Milestones Building & Design.

   

Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Aircraft Hangar with Jet Inside -  Milestones Building & Design.

Second Example of a Steel Truss, Clear Span, Fabric Covered  Aircraft Hanger with Jet Inside -  Milestones Building & Design.

   

Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Building Solutions for Aircraft Hangar -  Milestones Building & Design.

Second View of Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Building Solutions for Aircraft Hangar -  Milestones Building & Design.

   

Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Building Solutions for Aircraft Hangar, Enclosed Building with 1 mandoor and 2 aircraft doors -  Milestones Building & Design.

String of Jet Hangars made from Steel Truss, Fabric Covered, Building Solutions for Aircraft Hangars -  Milestones Building & Design.

 

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