Fabric building offers cold-storage solution

June 28, 2016  |  Case Studies, Features

Steel-framed, fabric-covered structure installed in two weeks at potash mine. The Mosaic Esterhazy K3 mine, part of Associated Mining Construction Inc. (AMC), is located approximately four kilometers east of the town of Esterhazy in Saskatchewan, Canada, and is an expansion of Mosaic’s potash mini…
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Marlen Textiles adds two new distributors

June 28, 2016  |  News

Marlen Textiles, a manufacturer of outdoor textiles, announced that it has reached agreements with Covin Sales of Huntington Park, Calif., and Sailrite of Columbia City, Ind., to be full line distributors of the company’s products. Stock of most products in California (Covin) and Indiana (Sailrite…
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ETFE canopy to cover L.A. Rams stadium

June 28, 2016  |  News

Before Dallas, Texas-based HKS Architects developed a design proposal for a new 3.1 million-square-foot multipurpose venue and stadium in Los Angeles, the company did a California reconnoiter. “Homes and restaurants in the region have areas that flow from indoors to outdoors, with glass doors that…
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Sheltering safety standards with fabric

June 28, 2016  |  Case Studies, Exteriors, Features

Fabric roofing structure—one of the largest in North America—allows a crash test facility to continue research year-round. Earlier this year, the National Safety Council estimated motor vehicle deaths to be 8 percent higher in 2015 than they were in 2014—the largest year-over-year percentage i…
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U.S. coated fabric demand to reach 650 million square yards

June 28, 2016  |  News

Demand for coated fabrics in the U.S. is forecast to increase 2.1 percent per year to 650 million square yards in 2020. Coated fabric usage is highly dependent on two factors: the production of end products and the level of competition from alternative materials, such as leather, plastic and rubber …
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Fabric architecture supports an industry

June 28, 2016  |  Features

Fabric architecture creates a partnership with the architectural community and fabric manufacturers to develop what’s next for specific fabric projects and applications. The breadth of options in today’s architectural membranes is increasing every year. While cotton and polyester woven products …
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ICC Code hearing update

June 28, 2016  |  News, Reports

The International Code Council (ICC) held Committee Action Hearings (CAH) hearings on the Group B sections of the International Fire Code (IFC) in Louisville, Ky. April proposals had been entered for modifications to the IFC that would affect IFAI divisions Tent Rental Division (TRD), Professional A…
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