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22 October 2024

Maintaining Optimal Conditions for Salt in Fabric Storage Buildings

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With winter weather comes the need to create effective, efficient storage space for salt management. Cities must consider numerous factors to maintain salt storage. Communities must be ready to manage the onset of snowy and icy weather, which means putting in place a way to easily store salt reserves so they are easily accessible to crews where they need them the most.

Yet, fabric salt storage and shed maintenance pose challenges for many cities. Not just any type of salt shed is ideal, and some may actually expose your product to inefficient use or frustration with your tired plow truck drivers trying to navigate the space.

Consider the value of an industrial fabric building instead of a traditional shed. It offers an effective solution that maximizes space use, protects products, and offers reliability even in the most challenging of environments. These long-lasting, cost-effective structures offer numerous benefits. If you’re looking for bulk salt storage ideas that make your team’s job easy and keep budget costs in line, consider how these  abric building types work to meet even the most demanding needs.

Why Fabric Structures Are Viable Options for Salt and Sand Storage

As you consider how to store salt for your city’s use throughout the season, take a careful look at how fabric structures can be highly effective.

Clearance to meet any need

One of the reasons this is the best way to store salt is that it provides unlimited clearance. Unlike other salt sheds, which tend to have height limitations that make moving vehicles into and out of them challenging, fabric structures have far fewer limitations. This means salt deliveries and loading are faster and more efficient.

With fabric salt sheds, cities gain:

  • High clearance
  • Easy for loading salt spreaders
  • Faster delivery of replenishing salt stocks
  • Fewer accidents related to constrained spaces

Open interiors

Fabric Salt Storage

Storing salt long-term is nearly always critical for municipalities. Purchasing well in advance of the season may keep costs lower, but having an efficient method for storing salt is also critical. With open interiors without columns, any space dedicated to salt storage is maximized.

There are no internal support posts in the way, which means there are no limitations on workflow and efficiencies moving throughout the space. The amount of room provided is also maximized without bulky, hard-sided structures or blocks offering protection.

Expansion options are numerous

Another core benefit is that expanding salt storage over time is easier to do when you are using a fabric structure. Much like fabric buildings for farm equipment storage, you can build onto these salt sheds over time, allowing for added space without a high cost or limitations on structural support.

Safety and security that prevents salt leaching

From a functional standpoint, it is critical for locations to create a durable structure that’s easy to use, but it is also necessary to keep salt in good condition. Storing salt long-term requires some careful planning to avoid salt leaching, which can degrade the product and make it less effective overall.

Also notable is salt that gets into the surrounding areas. If you do not have commercial salt storage in place to maintain the salt within a contained area, it will get into other areas of the property, causing damage to surfaces and creating a hazardous situation in some cases.

Fabric buildings must:

  • Keep the elements out to maximize the functionality and long life of the salt
  • Ensure that salt stays within the confines of the space to minimize any risk of product loss and environmental damage

Protection Against the Elements

When choosing an option for long-term storage of salt, consider a structure that is easy to maintain and durable enough to handle whatever storm is coming in. For example, if you create a traditional hard-sided building, there will be limitations on the weight it can hold and the overall durability in place.

Fabric buildings do not minimize structural quality, though. In fact, they can handle high winds, even hurricane-force winds in some cases. They can also handle the intense rain, snow, and ice that can quickly build up on these solutions in poor weather. Snow loads will differ from one product to the next, but some of today’s best storage solutions for salt are exceptional at providing up to 100 pounds of weight support for snow loads as they claim through the season.

Easy and Cost Effective to Maintain

Superior salt storage must make your employees’ jobs easier to manage and protect the product itself. At the same time, they need to be easy to maintain so that your off-season budget is not spent replacing an ineffective salt shed.

Consider a fabric building for agriculture for example. These structures are highly durable and can handle intense environments. At the same time, they do not require any painting. They may need some updates from time to time to keep them clean, but there are no complex processes involved. There are no leaking roofs to fix or concerns related to interior supports failing.

Let Britespan Help You With All of Your Salt Storage Needs

Britespan offers salt storage solutions for municipalities of all sizes. Britespan knows that every salt storage facility has a perfect recipe for designing the ultimate solution, which includes the longest lifespan, lowest cost per ton, damage prevention, and workspace safety. Set up a consultation with us and request a quote for a custom solution you can rely on.