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Q. What is the official name of your company?
A. ClearSpan Fabric Structures
Q. What do you most want people to know about your company?
A. We are the industry leader in tension fabric structures and provide economical, design-build solutions for any application and any budget.
Q. Where is your company located?
A. We manufacture and distribute out of our centrally located center in Dyersville, IA.
Q. What year was the company founded and by whom?
A. In 1979 by Barry Goldsher and Chuck Clark.
Q. What is your company’s primary business activity?
A. ClearSpan Fabric Structures provides design-build solutions for material, equipment and other storage needs. ClearSpan buildings feature abundant natural light and spacious interiors without internal support posts. With minimal foundation requirements, the structures can be permanent or temporary, and they are easy to relocate. Made in the USA, they can be built to any length and up to 300’ wide.
Q. Are there important projects the company is currently a part of or has done recently?
A. Recently, ClearSpan installed two of our Hercules Truss Arch Buildings for an oilfield services company in Montana. The fabric structures, one at 73’ wide by 100’ long and the other at 73’ wide by 160’ long, were installed using our Helical Anchor foundation, which requires minimal site prep and rapid installation. Our 73’ wide design is our special Turnkey Building, which means manufacturing, delivery and installation is included for one low price. For this project in Montana, the customer also added end walls and doors so they could securely store their sand sacs for oil drilling.
Q. Is the company changing any of its services or products?
A. Our customers continue to look at fast construction timelines. We continue to develop building and foundation solutions that allow us to build fast and at low cost.
Q. What is your company’s main strength or its edge over the competition?
A. Two areas that really separate us from the competition are our in-house financing and our product warranty. Pending credit approval, our customers can qualify for up to seven years financing with zero money down and no interest, as well as no payments for one year. The warranties on our structures carry a 50-year warranty on the structural steel tubing we use for our trusses and a 20-year warranty on our high-density polyethylene rip-stop and UV-treated fabric cover.
Q. What new markets, clients or projects did your company attract in the last year?
A. Our fabric structures are classified as the “Buildings of 1,000 Uses.” Just when we think we’ve covered every industry and application, another customized request comes in. We do a lot in the agricultural and equestrian industries and also quite extensively serve the municipality and industrial arenas as well. Our products have been distributed all across North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Pacific islands, Europe and Asia.
Q. What is the most challenging work/contract the company has undertaken?
A. Our fabric structures can be engineered to meet local wind- and snow-load for any community. We’ve designed structures to meet extreme demands in “Hurricane Zones” like Florida. Conversely, our fabric structures have also been engineered and installed in places like Alaska and Russia, where snow can be frequent.
Q. What are the biggest obstacles to completing work your company undertakes?
A. Our ability to build year round means that we find ourselves building in cold and frigid environments. Dealing with the frozen ground can present some obstacles, although we’ve always been able to overcome them.
Q. What is the address of your company’s Web site?
A. www.ClearSpan.com/ADPN
