The tensile fabric webinar series

Webinar 2: Realising your tensile fabric vision

Kevin Hemmings, Architect

Over 27 years of tensile fabric experience
Had a hand in some of the most exciting
tensile projects in the UK and overseas

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Hello

We are Base Structures

Incorporated in 2001
Based in Bristol, UK
Operating worldwide
Key Projects
The London 2012 Games, Lords Cricket Ground,
Heathrow Terminal 5, Up at The O2

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The tensile fabric webinar series

Webinar 1

Webinar 2

Webinar 3

Getting started
inspiration, tips
and tools

Realising your
tensile fabric
vision

London 2012
Games The
Basketball Arena
& Shooting
Ranges

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An architects tensile fabric refresher programme

Webinar 2

The procurement
route

Specifying
tensile fabric

Top tensile tip

Q&A

Engineering
interfaces

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Realising your tensile fabric vision

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The procurement route

Step 1: Feedback
So you have a design idea, you need to know:

Viability of shape
Budget
Loads

Fabric choice
Programme

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Our service pro bono

Step 2: Tendering

Design & build

Two stage tender

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The different procurement options

Step 2: Option A

Request
design
ideas

Deferred design costs

Wide range of ideas

Tender
process

Like for like comparisons difficult

No early warning of imposed loads
Limited up-front support
problems not thought
Potential
through

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Design & build

Step 2: Option B

Complete
preliminary
design

Design development
GA for planning permission
Tender drawings
Specifications
Fixed quotes

Tender or
check prices

Viable design
Cost certainty
All interfaces are resolved
Imposed loads are known early
on in project

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Two stage tender process

90%

Yes Main Contractor appoints a

specialist tensile sub-contractor

10%

No Tensile specialist works as

a principle contractor

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Do you need a Main Contractor?

NEC contract
Purchase order
12 month retention
Warranties and O&M manuals

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Contracts

Local partner takes contract

Base design and manufacture membrane
Local steelwork
Base supervise installation
Scandinavia, Middle East, USA
& Brazil

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Overseas

Turnover
Relevant experience
Quality
In house or sub-contract?
Finances & insurances

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Choosing a tensile fabric company

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Specifying tensile fabric

Transparency

Lifespan

Cost

Maintenance

Colour / Printing

Translucency

Retractable /
relocatable

Fire rating

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Fabric criteria

PVC coated
polyester

PTFE coated
glass

Silicone
coated glass

-Cost effective
-Relocatable
-Colours
-Printable

-Long life
-Easy to clean

-Long life
-High translucency
-Eco friendly

Tenara
-Retractable
-High translucency

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Exterior fabric choices

PVC coated
polyester
mesh
-Printable
-Range of colours

Clear PVC
coated mesh
-Watertight
-High translucency

PTFE coated
glass mesh

Reinforced
mesh

-Non-printable
-White/silver/black
-Long life

-Woven steel strand

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Exterior mesh choices

Sprung
structures

Sprung
sports hall

Insulated
cross section

-Temporary or
permanent
-Relocatable

-ISO 9001
accredited
-Excellent Breeam
rating

-230mm fibreglass
insulation
-U value of 0.18

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Insulated fabric buildings

ETFE cushion
-Thermal
performance

Single-skin
framed ETFE
-Modular
-Cheaper than
glass

Single-skin
cable
supported
ETFE

-Neat appearance

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ETFE choices

PVC meshes

Coated glass
cloth

Cotton /
polyester

-PTFE or Silicone
-Perforated

-Huge range of
colours and
textures

Lycra

Silks +

-Useful stretch
characteristic

-Paintable
-Huge range of
colours and
textures

Stretch
fabrics

-Glass or
polyester base
cloth
-Wide range of
openness
-Printable

-Unreinforced PVC

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Interior fabric choices

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Engineering interfaces

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Form finding & load analysis

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Biaxial fabric testing

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Cutting patterns and nesting

Fabric boundaries

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Cable edge & membrane cuff

Fabric boundaries

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Cable edge & membrane cuff

Fabric boundaries

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Luff track edge

Fabric boundaries

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Luff track edge

Fabric boundaries

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Luff track edge

Fabric boundaries

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Luff track edge

Basketball Arena

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Luff track framed

Basketball Arena

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Luff track framed

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Ground attatchment

Building connection

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First fix brackets

Building connection

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First fix brackets

Building connection

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First fix brackets

Building connection

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First fix brackets

Building connection

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First fix brackets

TEXO overcladding

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Modular framing system

TEXO overcladding

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Modular framing system

TEXO overcladding

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Modular framing system

TEXO overcladding

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Modular framing system

The tensile fabric webinar series

Webinar 1

Webinar 2

Webinar 3

Getting started
- Inspiration, tips
and tools

Realising your
tensile fabric
vision

London 2012
Games The
Basketball Arena
& Shooting
Ranges

BASESTRUCTURES.COM

An architects tensile fabric refresher programme

The tensile fabric webinar series

The vision

The challenge

The solution

Register now!
www.basestructures.com/portal/tensile-fabric-webinars.html

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Webinar 3 preview:
London 2012 Games The Basketball Arena & Shooting Ranges

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