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NY DOT chose over 150
fabric
buildings to help
manage
their
salt storage and road
maintenance program.
Location:
New York, USA
Building Size: 50' wide x 90'
Application: Salt Storage Fabric Covered Buildings
When two wood salt
storage buildings
collapsed within months
of each other in
February 2003, the New
York State Department of
Transportation (NY DOT)
hired an independent
engineering company to
examine the remaining
146 salt storage
buildings across the
state to ensure there
were no more building
failures. The report
concluded 70 more
buildings suffered from
major structural
inefficiencies and a
building solution was
needed fast.
The repair cost
estimates ranged from
$20,000 to $180,000 per
building and it was
determined anything over
$75,000 to repair needed
to be replaced. A
resident engineer in
neighboring Allegany
County constructed a
tension fabric structure
for salt storage in 2001
and was very impressed
with it. He highly
recommended fabric
buildings for salt
storage state-wide, and
that proved to be the
answer.
Fabric covered buildings
were an immediate
solution and all 72
buildings were installed
in just four months. The
tension fabric
structures were
delivered and fully
installed each building
90 days after NY DOT
placed a building order.
According to the NY DOT,
machine operators like
the fabric buildings
because the clearspan
space and wide
entranceways make
accessing the salt much
easier. In 2004, the NY
DOT ordered another 20
buildings which were
replaced by fabric
buildings. To date, NY
DOT along with several
towns in the state have
over 150 tension fabric
structures that are used
for salt storage.
Tension fabric
structures are easier to
maintain than
conventional buildings.
If damage occurs on a
particular section of a
fabric building, the
section can easily be
replaced. Unlike NY
DOT's other buildings,
fabric buildings don't
require specialized
personnel to monitor and
repair the buildings.
Fabric covered buildings
are easier to maintain
than conventional
buildings.
These fabric buildings
are used to
store salt range in
size
from
50' to 60' wide and 90'
long.
The average time for a
crew of four
to install a
60' wide x
90' long building
is just seven working
days.
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