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Product:

28m Cantilever Walkway for Fabric Roof

Location:

Hurstpier Point College West Sussex.

Optional Extras:

Galvanised & Powder Coated.

Earlier this year Able Canopies Ltd invited us to tender on a 28m long canopy they wanted to install at Hurstpierpoint Collouge in West Sussex. After our site survey visit we discovers some areas on site that would prevent us from constructing a traditional canopy that is supported on both sides, after speaking with the customer we agreed a cantilever canopy design.

We then set to work on designing a canopy that could cover a 28m x 5m area and only be supported on one side, we worked closely with a structural engineer so our canopy design passed all of the wind and snow load calculations it needed to comply with Able Canopies strict design policy, once we had the design complete it was agreed by all parties involved.
We also had to make sure the canopy covered the entire area and there wasn’t a gap between the canopy and the existing building, this was all worked out before we went ahead with manufacturing.(See Picture 3)

The Complete Canopy:

The Canopy Underside Connection:

Cover Area of Canopy:

As Fabrications Direct was designing and manufacturing the frame we had to work closely with the fabric roof company and we designed the fixings used to attach the fabric in place.

Roof Corner Clamp Plate:

The plate is connected to the fabric and sits in a shot gut extrusion on top of the frame roof bar, as you tighten the fixing it stretches the fabric to a tight firm finish.

The clamp plate is made from 6mm thick stainless steel which is laser cut.

We produced a total of 17 drawings for this frame for all of the individual components; the frame roof was manufactured in house using our section rolling machines and fully welded by a team of 4 fabricators that worked on this project.

It took a total of 5 days to produce this canopy in a raw steel finish, it was then sent off to be Galvanized and Powder Coated which took the total manufacturing time to 10 days. This was in time and in budget.

We produced a number of onsite drawings to help Able Canopies Install team construct the frame in the most time effective way, all parts are given numbers and drawings showing the exploded views to help everyone involved.

Work in Progress:

Completed Canopy on Site:

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