Five Rivers Sand and Salt Storage
The Rundown
These clearspan fabric structures have a cast-in-place concrete foundation and hot dip galvanized solid web beam frames. The terminal storage buildings use eave extensions and rooftop exhaust vents to stay cool and dry inside.
Feature Details
- Three buildings: 120 ft x 250 ft, 75 ft x 200 ft, 120 ft x 160 ft
- All steel members hot dip galvanized
- Blue and white non-FR PE fabric cladding
- CIP concrete foundation
- 18-in overhangs with black mesh ventilation
- RV-3000 air exchange vents in each bay
- 10# snow load, 105 mph windspeed, seismic zone C
- Building use: Salt and commodity storage and handling
Industry
Ports & Waterways
Size
62,400 sq ft
Location
Van Buren, AR
Year
Testimonials
The new building will protect the salt supply.
It will be protected from being compromised by wind and precipitation. Once the general contractor completed the footings and floors, Legacy installed the fabric building very quickly, in about two weeks. It was a very positive process with professional communication between Legacy and Dewberry throughout the project.
Everything that Legacy said they were going to do, they did.
We obviously had contracts, but the overall feel was kind of like the olden days, where you felt you could just take somebody at their word. Price is a major factor in any purchase decision. But we didn't blink at having to pay a little more for the Legacy structure. Sometimes you have to spend more to get a higher quality building. The installation was very smooth. Legacy's in-house crew worked in cold winter conditions, and they erected the building within five days. They were a very professional group, and I'd highly recommend them. We like the sidewall columns going straight up instead of curving down like in our hoop buildings. First off, it lets us put more product in there. And our front-end loaders can get much closer to the walls and drive straight down the sides. It gives us more working room and increases our efficiency. In the long run I think this will be a building that requires less maintenance. Legacy was so outstanding to work with that I didn't even bother looking at pricing elsewhere.
The Legacy construction crew was very professional and courteous.
Because of our soil issues, we simply couldn't afford to construct a more traditional building. The concrete costs made a more traditional building cost prohibitive. The lightweight design of our Legacy building allowed us to reach a compromise between soil conditions and cost. Regarding the design and construction phases of the building, I can say that the process went exceptionally well. When I made eleventh-hour changes to the job, Legacy handled them with ease. They finished the job well ahead of schedule, worked safely, and followed our stringent safety requirements to the letter.
