…roof has maintained its durability through extreme temperatures, wind and occasional torrential rain storms. Birdair additionally designed and installed “stand offs,” vertical metal plates used to absorb lightning strikes and…
…building structures must be subject to unique tests. To pass this stringent standard, a nine-pound wooden 2×4 is loaded into a CO2-powered cannon and fired multiple times at a tensioned…
…cleanup continues in Atlanta from the mid-March tornado that ripped through the city—leaving collapsed buildings and much rubble in its wake—inspections reveal that the Georgia Dome survived relatively unscathed after…
The Minneapolis Metrodome Sports a New Roof From Birdair, Inc. Roof Replacement Completed in Five Months in Time for NFL Preseason Football Published: August 02, 2011 Birdair, Inc., the leading…
…The roof was installed in 1981 and had a projected lifespan of twenty years; it has weathered so well that it has outlasted this expectancy by seven years. The fact…
Birdair, Inc. Awarded Empire City Casino Contract Yonkers Attraction to Feature ETFE Porte-Cochere Published: October 18, 2011 Birdair, Inc., the leading specialty contractor of lightweight long-span roofing systems and tensile…
…who have worked on projects using the versatile material. Published: November 04, 2016 This little-known plastic polymer, first created in the 1930s, ETFE film has suddenly become a build world…
…thanks to its signature Tensotherm™ roofing system. The rebuilt café, located at the Central Mall of Jones Beach State Park in Wantagh, New York, features a twin polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) insulated…
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway Metals in Construction Published: February 26, 2014 A sculptural entrance canopy reinvents the histroic track’s image with an 11,000-square-foot LED-lit lattice structure covered with…
…for both audience members and performers. “The TiO2-coated PTFE specified for the fabric canopies at Haddad Riverfront Park provides a winning combination of functional benefits and unparalleled visual appeal,” says…
Birdair, Inc. Selected to Retrofit Canada Place’s Iconic Sail Roof Canadian Landmark to Receive Updated TiO2-coated PTFE Tensile Roofing Published: August 17, 2010 Birdair, Inc., the leading specialty contractor of…
…subcontractor to Taiyo Membrane Corporation (TMC), Birdair designed, manufactured and supplied the 88 membrane panels that form the facility’s 54,000 square meter tensile roof that spans over 240 meters. TMC…