By Nicole Pulyado
Professionals across many industries, including construction, mining, excavating and more, rely on costly equipment and machinery to complete their work. The condition of the equipment can mean the difference between finishing jobs on time and within budget or experiencing unnecessary delays throughout. Preventive maintenance is often the most simple and cost-effective option when caring for heavy-duty machinery.
One opportunity to keep equipment performing at its best is to take advantage of year-round coverage solutions, which remove vehicles from the harsh impact of the outdoor elements. Storing equipment inside prevents excessive wear and costly repairs, and fabric buildings provide an economical and sustainable option for protecting your equipment investment.
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Without proper coverage, it won’t be long before noticeable damage in the form of corrosion, rust, rot and broken parts begin to reveal themselves. Wear is a normal occurrence while equipment is in use and operating on a regular basis, but damage to stored machinery is completely preventable with the proper precautions. Fewer repairs means that jobsite efficiency is automatically improved. It also means operators are safer while using it and less exposed to malfunctions.
Multipurpose Design
When businesses opt for a fabric structure, they often see many direct benefits from day one, including a lower price tag than traditional buildings, an abundance of customization options to suit specific needs and countless other advantages once the structure is in use. Many structures can be built to nearly any desired size, creating a clear span of storage space.
Fabric buildings provide an economical and sustainable option for protecting your equipment investment.
Fabric buildings can be customized to specific sizes, often large enough to cover entire operations and jobsites. The structures not only fit more equipment than a shed or small building, they can be used in multiple ways at one time.
Mike Maedge, Mike A. Maedge Trucking, Inc., realized he needed a storage space to protect his investments for his excavating and trucking company. He invested in a tension fabric building from ClearSpan Fabric Structures and found the versatility to be the building’s greatest asset.
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The 65-ft.-wide by 160-ft.-long structure proved spacious enough to fit even more than Maedge originally anticipated. “We are able to store tractors for construction jobs, a fertilizer and rock spreader for road repairs and about 2,000 hay bales, which we sell to individuals as a side business,” he says. “Our building serves so many purposes.”
Creative Storage
Fabric buildings can become a creative storage solution in more ways than one. While the inside provides plenty of room to maneuver and store machinery, the structure’s foundation can offer unexpected storage, as well.
Some fabric buildings offer the option to use shipping containers rather than traditional concrete to secure the structure to the ground. A business can park trucks, excavators and other large equipment underneath the building, then store additional supplies inside of the shipping containers beneath the fabric cover.
Fabric structures are a cost-effective alternative to traditional buildings and offer greater storage space than a simple garage, plus help prevent costly equipment repairs. Keeping vehicles and machinery sheltered is a smart choice, and fabric buildings are a sustainable solution to do so.
Nicole Pulyado is a digital content specialist for ClearSpan (clearspan.com), which specializes in fabric structures.
