Between growing student bodies and increasingly higher student-to-teacher ratios, there exists a great demand to quickly expand school buildings and provide additional classroom or learning space.
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Between growing student bodies and increasingly higher student-to-teacher ratios, there exists a great demand to quickly expand school buildings and provide additional classroom or learning space.
One of the major expenses of college athletic programs are the university’s athletic facilities, indoor facilities can be especially costly. Universities have options to keep costs low when building indoor athletic facilities, including fabric athletic facilities. For example, Colorado Mesa University uses a fabric building for their indoor sports training facilities. More colleges and universities should consider using fabric buildings because they are less expensive than traditional construction, offer the same quality as traditional buildings, are portable, and adjustable. Fabric buildings also allow schools with smaller budgets to have quality indoor facilities which boost the morale of student athletes.
Almost anywhere in the world, the elements make it difficult to play outdoor sports year round. Whether you live in the coldest arctic region or the hottest desert, athletes can’t play in extreme weather with peak performance. Instead of building a stadium, one option could be to use a fabric structure to protect athletes and have longer sporting seasons. Fabric structures are more durable than ever and are even superior to traditional stadiums for seven reasons. Fabric structures have better sound, no dangerous beams, can adapt to any climate, can be customized, have natural light, energy efficient and are portable.