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Stonebridge Golf and Country Club
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Fabric Covered Building
Attracts Attention of Golf
Professionals
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Location:
Ottawa.
ON
Application:
Maintenance
Shop, Offices.
and
Equipment Storage
Fabric Covered Building
Size:
62' wide
x
150' long
(18.8m x
45.7m)
In 2001, Stonebridge
Golf and Country Club
was officially opened as
part of a community
development. The club is
an excellent complement
to the residential
community in the
nation's capital of
Ottawa, Ontario. "When
the course opened, we
were looking for a
temporary maintenance
facility. We were
looking for a fabric
structure that would
serve as a temporary
facility and encompass
all of our equipment,
shop operations, and
offices," says Dave
Dickinson,
Superintendent.
The 62' wide x 150' long
(18.8m x 45.7m) fabric
covered building at the
Stonebridge Golf and
Country Club is now
utilized for all of
these applications. "The
front 50 feet has been
finished with a service
shop, a large staff room
with washrooms and an
emergency shower room,"
says Dickinson. "We have
offices for three staff,
as well as a grinding
room. The back 100 feet
is being used for
equipment storage for
all of our equipment.
Our building has worked
out extremely well for
us." Available in widths
from 18' to 160' (5.4m
to 48.7m), the
clear-span space of the
fabric building allows
maximum free floor space
for equipment and
operations.
The Canadian climate
presents the challenges
of chilling temperatures
in the depths of winter,
as well as unbearable
heat in the summer sun.
The temperature
moderation in a fabric
covered building helps
to counteract these
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"We get a lot of snow
here, as well as
freezing rain, and the
building has held up
extremely well," says
Dickinson. "In the
winter time when it's
-35°C (-31°F), we're
protected from the
elements, so it's not
nearly as cold inside as
it is outside. When we
get warm days reaching
45°C (113°F), you get a
nice flow of air through
the building.
Engineered for temporary
or permanent use,
fabric buildings can
be expanded or relocated
with relative ease and
provide an aesthetically
pleasing design that
fits in with the
surrounding environment
and course architecture.
"We chose the colors of
tan and green mainly
because it is a fairly
large structure and we
didn't want it to stick
out within the housing
community," says
Dickinson.
The fabric building at
Stonebridge Golf and
Country Club has
attracted interest of
the community and golf
professionals in the
area. "There's been a
lot of interest by other
golf courses wanting to
know what we had done
here with the fabric
structure," states
Dickinson. "We've had
several other
superintendents come by,
as well as general
managers and golf course
owners to look at our
facility. They find the
size of the building
pretty awe-inspiring and
when we take them
through the building,
they are thoroughly
impressed with the
structure itself, as
well as what we've been
able to do with
finishing."
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