Linsay Park Sports Centre has an arch-supported fabric roof and covers a 3.5 acre facility. What sets it apart fromits fabric-roof predecessors is its superior insulating properties. Compared to a common R value of 2, this fabric roof provides an R16 value while maintaining the translucancy of the roof. In addition to its insulating properties, the Lindsay Park facility also exibits the first roof membrane that is heat-sealed on site in order to provide a continuouss membrane roof absolutely garunteed water-tight. To acheive these properties, The roof has an outer mebrane a Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric, an inner layer of a similar, though lighter, material and insulation in between.
To support the roof, a truss arch was designed to span the 420 foot length of the facility. From the arch, cables drape to an elliptical compression ring at ground level.
The acoustic liner was need to provide a slight thermal benefit. Many layers were applied to the roof to deliver an R value of 22 ,while maintaining a minimum translucency of 4%.
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