Fabric-roof manufacturer Birdair recently extended its reach into Latin America, working under demanding deadlines to successfully design and fabricate a tensile fabric membrane and steel cable roof ...

Tara, Ontario: Calhoun Super Structure today announced the launch of two new product lines – its Side Entry (SE) line of building profiles and its Gable (GB) line of building profiles – to be made ...

One Friday night in March 2008, spectators at a college basketball game in Atlanta noticed the scoreboard inside the huge Georgia Dome stadium beginning to sway. Outside, a tornado was whipping ...

Ever since the Metrodome was completed in 1982 it has been seen as a mistake by many people in Minnesota. Considered a marvel of engineering in the early 1980′s the Metrodome held promise as a great ...

The design of a power plant often revolves around efficiency and mapping out operations in a manner that decreases unnecessary expenditures, while increasing productivity. This challenge produces the ...

Throughout the 20th century, a number of innovators experimented with fabric as a flexible membrane for the support of fluid concrete, forming structural members. Significant among the early ...

From freezing Arctic winds to scorching desert heat, truly resilient buildings are those that endure the test of nature. Today’s modern fabric structures have evolved far beyond temporary tents; they ...

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