Market Sectors / Transportation

No matter how you travel, Birdair creates tensile structures to complement any mode of transportation.

Airport and train terminals, bus shelters and even pedestrian bridges have all benefited from Birdair designs. These architectural projects provide users with function, comfort and convenience.

At Denver International Airport, tensile fabric membrane technology is used dramatically in an enclosed setting, harkening the region’s Rocky Mountains, while simultaneously providing thousands of feet of protected, high-traffic access and egress areas, plus walkways and other shelters necessary for transportation facilities. In Seattle, the Amgen Helix Bridge, with its striking, DNA-like shape, provides pedestrians with unencumbered access over a busy railroad yard. At the University of Texas Medical Center in Houston, car travelers are protected from the elements en route to their vehicles by covered walkways. At the Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility in Arlington, Va., government workers walk and wait beneath covered bus stations. These facilities, which are illuminated at night, also offer important safety for commuters.

Birdair transportation structures meet all architectural criteria for extensive life cycle and durability. They adhere to fire safety codes, conserve energy, lower service costs, create lighting and HVAC operational efficiencies, plus meet or exceed wind and snow loading requirements.

They also offer intriguing beauty and generate an emotional response, because there’s more to traveling than just traveling from Point A to Point B.