Fabric building contractors in Fort McMurray.

Structures for Wood Buffalo winters

Fort McMurray is one of the hardest places in Canada on fabric structures. Winter design temperatures fall below −40°C, which makes fabric brittle. Snow loads build quickly, and windstorms and site fires make deferred maintenance costly.

We build and repair for local conditions: heat-welded seams rated for cold-weather flexing, snow-load engineering based on Wood Buffalo climate data, and crews trained for oilsands site access. Orientations, permits, drug and alcohol programs and ISNetworld® compliance are handled before crews arrive.

Clients served: oilsands operators, site contractors, RMWB municipal facilities, camps and lodges, aviation, waste and recycling operations, and equipment rental yards.

Common requests

• Lease-site warehouses and laydown structures on sea can or ballast foundations, with no permanent groundwork.
• Emergency storm repairs. We secure the building first, then return with materials for a permanent panel repair if fabric must be ordered.
• Pre-winter inspections of tension, cable condition and snow-load readiness before November.
• Relocations at lease end: dismantling, transport and re-erection at the next site, with engineering included.

Regional work: pipe storage, Fort McKay

A clear-span pipe and materials storage building on a concrete block foundation at Fort McKay, built in winter for oilsands operations and handed over ready to load.

Building size	72′ × 150′
On-site duration	11 days
Coldest work day	−31°C
Recordable incidents	0