Location:
Seattle, WA, USA
Fabric Covered
Building Size: 72' wide
x 72' long
Application: Fabric
Structure Containment Room Project
MBD Provides Industrial Fabric Covered Building Solution for
Boeing
MBD Buildings
solution for Boeing aviation, a fabric covered building
to be used as a clean room; to control air flow and air
quality which are critical aircraft production factors.
Boeing is the world's
leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer
of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined.
In terms of sales, Boeing is the largest U.S. exporter.
The company, with a 70-year heritage of leadership in
commercial aviation, has nearly 12,000 commercial
jetliners in service worldwide, which is roughly 75
percent of the world fleet. In the fall of 2005, Boeing
needed to install a new piece of equipment inside one of
their production buildings. Like many companies, Boeing
has a need to control air flow and air quality since
dust is a critical factor when working with composite
material.
Working with Milestones Building & Design, Boeing
developed an excellent solution, using a 72' wide x 72'
long (21.9m x 21.9m) fabric structure. "We chose a
fabric covered building because of the clearspan space
that is available while optimizing the overall floor
space,"¯ says Jon Larscheid, P.E., Major Projects &
Construction Management, Boeing. The timelines for this
project were very tight. Once the fabric building was
ordered, it was delivered in 43 days and installed
during the one week shutdown over Christmas holidays, to
eliminate any lost work hours in production. "The
construction was very smooth, methodical and well
constructed in a very short time period," says
Larscheid. "The fabric building performed extremely well
for its intended function."
The timelines that had to
be met were very strict and required that the fabric
structure to be installed in the week-long shutdown that
takes place over Christmas to eliminate any lost
manufacturing time.
"The
construction was very smooth, methodical and
well-constructed in a short period of time,"¯
said Jon Larscheid P.E., Major Projects & Construction
Management. The fabric building went up in a week
and had to be taken down later over a single weekend in
June. The install crews were required to use
machinery and tools that would not contaminate the work
space and had to work long hours in order to meet
Boeing's timelines.
"They
went well out of their way to insure our aggressive
schedule was maintained. They were very
professional and worked beyond
"normal"
work hours to insure the install and removal was
complete and to our satisfaction,"¯
says Larscheid. The building performed flawlessly
and Boeing is sure that it will utilize fabric covered
buildings in the future.
"The
fabric building structure portion turned out to be the
least of our worries in a very tight, schedule-driven
project. We wish we could rely on all of our
products and vendors to work this well."¯
says Larscheid. This sentiment echoes the voice of
all of our customers, and shows why fabric covered
buildings continue to be an industry leader.
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