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ORION Shield Fabric Canopies

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The ORION Shield Fabric canopy with its curved spine profile creates a distinctive aesthetic feature for both contemporary and traditional settings, and offers excellent year-round weather protection.

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Application

Suitable for application in outdoor public or private spaces including schools and commercial sites, for outdoor dining areas, social spaces, playgrounds and more.

Description

With a freeform shape not limited by conventional canopy and shelter design constraints, tensile structures provide superb scope for innovative structures like the ORION Shield.


The flexible design aesthetic and distinctive elegant form of a tensile structure results from the characteristics unique to membrane tension. In daylight, fabric membrane translucency provides diffused, naturally lit spaces, while at night, artificial lighting can be used to create an ambient exterior luminescence. The lightweight nature of tensile membrane design requires less structural steel compared with conventional roof coverings, enabling clear spans of column-free space.


The durability and longevity of tensile membrane design is well proven with fabric canopy structures installed in climates ranging from arctic cold to scorching desert heat. ORION fabric membrane manufacture complies with all relevant national regulations for fire resistance. ORION tensile canopy structures use a PVC-based architectural fabric manufactured with a PVDF self-cleaning top lacquering layer.


Features and benefits:

  • Consistent eaves height offers excellent weather protection and shading under the structure.
  • Supported by a central row of columns. If required the row of columns can be offset to create a more cantilevered structure.
  • One-piece fabric membrane used per structure, providing a smooth, low maintenance surface.
  • Soft membrane fabrics absorb echo, the sound of rain and voices to a much greater extent than a hard roof.
  • Membrane tension is achieved using stainless steel wires in the membrane edge.
  • Complies with all relevant national regulations for fire resistance.
  • The fabric membrane has a lifespan equal to alternative covering materials with a 25-year design life.
  • Covered by a manufacturer-backed warranty for up to 15 years dependent on specification.

General information

Color

Blue

Green

Red

Grey

Orange

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Finish

Powder-coated

Galvanized

Material

Steel

Fabric

PVC

Shape

Other

Length

Bespoke

Guidance for specification option:

Up to 30 m.

Width

Bespoke

Guidance for specification option:

3–10 m.

Height

Bespoke

Warranty description

15 year

Guidance for specification option:

Dependent on specification.

Uniclass

Pr_20_65_78_58 Open-sided sheltersPrimary

CAWS

B91/330 Canopy

B91/385 Shelter

Specification data - Open-sided shelters

Description

Open-sided shelter.

Manufacturer

Urbanspec.

Shelter description

Fabric canopy shelter with a curved spine profile.

Dimensions

-

Plan size

-

Manufacturer guidance

Up to 30 m lengths and 3–10 m widths available as standard. Insert requirements.

Height

-

Manufacturer guidance

Contact manufacturer for details and insert requirements.

Frame

-

Material

Steel.

Finish

Polyester powder-coated.

Guidance for specification option:

As standard. Colours selected from a basic range or from the RAL colour selector. Contact manufacturer for details.

Hot dip galvanized.

Guidance for specification option:

Specified for the harshest environments where a decorative finish is not required.

Colour

Galvanized.

Guidance for specification option:

Hot dip galvanized.

RAL colour.

Guidance for specification option:

Insert requirements only when specified with polyester powder-coated finish.

Roof covering

PVC fabric - White.

PVC fabric - Light grey.

PVC fabric - Grey.

PVC fabric - Yellow.

PVC fabric - Green.

PVC fabric - Lagoon.

PVC fabric - Champagne.

PVC fabric - Vanilla.

PVC fabric - Aniseed.

PVC fabric - Red.

PVC fabric - Ocean blue.

Manufacturer guidance

An advanced, high quality and hard wearing product, with a smooth PVDF surface coating that stops dirt getting ingrained in the fabric, reducing the level of maintenance required to keep the roof clean.

Accessories

Not required.

Lighting.

Guidance for specification option:

Various lighting solutions are available to extend safe use of your covered space outside of daylight hours.

IR heating.

Guidance for specification option:

External grade radiant electric heaters can be fitted to ORION canopies to provide warmth to users in colder weather.

Sustainability data

Contains Red List materials

No

Country of product manufacture

United Kingdom

Material

Steel

Fabric

PVC

Manufacturing plant location

Recyclability


All non-production steel is 100% recycled and separated at source from fabrication and sheet metal processes.
All timber cladding products are sustainably sourced and certified with non-production material separated at source for 100% recycling.

Expected Life

25 year

Third party certifications

Third party certifications

Alcumus SafeContractor

Alcumus SafeContractor

Alcumus SafeContractor

CHAS

CHAS

CHAS Advanced

Constructionline

Constructionline

Constructline Gold Member

ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems

ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems

ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System

ISO 9001 Quality Management

ISO 9001 Quality Management

ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System

smas WORKSAFE

smas WORKSAFE

smas WORKSAFE

Case studies

Nottingham High School, Nottingham

Nottingham High School, Nottingham

Kew House School, London

Kew House School, London

Colchester Zoo

Colchester Zoo

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