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Auto parts manufacturers face many challenges in today’s low margin, high volume environment. Options for expansion of storage space today include prefabricated and custom-built solutions using several different materials and technologies. Fabric buildings are a growing segment, but traditional fabric buildings are often small-scale and can be unnecessarily costly when factoring in environmental controls, foundations and construction. AGC Automotive wrote a specification for side-by-side fabric structures for storing their manufacturing equipment and tooling at their Elizabethtown, Kentucky location, and were on track to spend more for an inefficient solution.

As manufacturing businesses grow, they need more space to house equipment and product, and they need it fast. Conventional, monocover fabric buildings are inexpensive, fast and easy to construct, but fail to meet industry standards for extreme weather resistance and need to be entirely reskinned for repair – wasting time and money. However, recent technological advancements in fabric building technology have the construction industry looking up, with previously unheard-of designs for every application.

As a metal building corrodes, it weakens the structural integrity of the building – drastically reducing the lifespan of the structure, introducing leaks and causing expensive maintenance. Fabric buildings by Legacy Building Solutions have several advantages for port and terminal storage. Zinc provides sacrificial protection to the steel – if corrosive materials creep in through the outer protective layers, the zinc will corrode instead of the steel. This corrosion protection process makes Legacy’s steel building frames suitable for very corrosive applications, including marinas, salt storage or locations where the building frames will be partially submerged.

Choosing high-quality building materials is one way to choose the best builder for your project; carefully vetting a builder is another. Manufacturers who reach the standards set by ISO and submit to an annual audit carry a special certification that ensures all processes meet established levels of quality and accountability. With these processes in place, builders are able to focus on the customer – making that builder a great partner at every step of the process. Welding standards set by the American Welding Society (AWS) and the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) require all steel welds to be visually inspected by a Certified Welding Inspector.