Fully or Partially Enclose Your Project With Retractable Buildings
Alaska Structures® provides fabric buildings for various applications and uses, including unique projects needing a retractable fabric building. Most commonly designed with the Alaska Structures DAGB Series™, our retractable building system is available to any width or length. You can easily move these building systems along a rail system and provide the open-air or enclosed space needed for your jobsite.
Popular uses of retractable fabric buildings from Alaska Structures include the following:
- Graving docks, dry docks and ship repair facilities for fully or partially enclosing vessels for repair and maintenance
- Highway construction projects
- Sandblasting and paint facilities for heavy equipment
- Concrete plants, precast concrete manufacturing and curing facilities
- Manufacturing facilities for large-scale components (bridge components, overpass sections, commercial roof trusses, wind turbine blades, etc.)
Retractable building solutions from Alaska Structures allow companies to quickly establish on-site facilities and easily relocate when the project’s needs change. Minimal foundation requirements allow our retractable buildings to securely anchor to intermodal containers (ISO containers), paved or unpaved roadways, dry docks and virtually any level surface.
Choose from manual or automated retractable building systems. Our automated retractable building system will depend on the availability of electricity at your fabric building’s location and your general facility’s needs. The number of people needed to expand or retract the manual version will depend entirely on the fabric building’s size.
See How Expandable Building Systems Transform Your Workspace
When your operation demands flexibility, a fixed structure can quickly become a limitation. Alaska Structures® retractable fabric building systems are designed to adapt-expanding to provide additional covered workspace when needed and retracting to create open-air access for equipment, materials, and workflow efficiency.
Whether supporting maintenance operations, material handling, or large equipment servicing, these systems give you the ability to dynamically adjust your facility footprint-without compromising structural integrity or performance.
ALASKA RAIL SYSTEM™ | ENGINEERED FABRIC BUILDINGS DESIGNED FOR CONTROLLED EXPANSION
At the core of these retractable systems is the Alaska Rail System™, an engineered rolling rail solution that allows fabric buildings to move while remaining fully assembled. This system enables structures to expand or retract along a guided track, creating flexible, on-demand covered space tailored to your operation.
Designed for performance in demanding environments, the Alaska Rail System™ can be installed on a variety of surfaces, including ISO shipping containers, concrete, or compacted ground. Systems can be configured for manual operation or fully motorized movement, depending on site requirements, providing precise control over how and when your structure is repositioned.
This capability allows operations to maintain efficiency, protect equipment, and adapt quickly to changing project needs-delivering a level of flexibility that traditional fixed structures simply cannot match.
