If you need a beautifully engineered, spacious and cost-effective building with an interior bathed in natural light, Cover-All Alberta has got you covered.

The company’s steel-framed, fabric-covered buildings are growing steadily more popular across North America.

That’s because their distinct advantages over traditional structures in many instances are so appealing that customers now wonder how they ever got along without their Cover-All® building.

Many consider these award-winning structures to be the most creative and versatile buildings on the market today.

John Cameron says Cover-All buildings have been used for many purposes, including a drydock in Alaska and for sporting events.

A major selling point is their “clear span” design, with all structural support confined to the sides and ends. No awkward pillars or bearing walls to get in the way of free movement or interior requirements.

Consequently, they are ideal for riding arenas – Calgary’s Spruce Meadows has several – and for indoor tennis, hockey, soccer and other sports, as well as for oilfield work, salt and sand storage, multiple-vehicle or RV storage and numerous agricultural applications.

There’s a Cover-All building at an Alaska drydock and one in Las Vegas, where it’s used as a designer-clothing retail store.

Many farmers across North America use theirs as barns for cattle or hogs, and the structures’ cultural value is demonstrated by one that forms a concert amphitheatre in Pittsburgh.



While livestock haven’t been consulted on the acoustic appeal, Cover-All buildings are praised for their sound eminence by symphony musicians and concert-goers alike.

But purchasers of the buildings typically cite such qualities as sunshine filtering softly and evenly through the fabric covering, plus efficient use of space, when expressing their satisfaction.

"One of the key selling features of the building is the natural light," says John Cameron, owner of Cover-All Alberta.

"During the daytime, lights are not needed. At times when they are, the reflective value of the fabric makes it very easy to run a moderate lighting system. There are no shadows in the building."



The structures are manufactured in standard clear span widths from 18-ft. wide to 160-ft. wide, with the ability now to go up to 270-ft. wide clear span.

“You can quite easily knock these buildings down and relocate them if required,” Cameron points out, and they can be purchased or rented as required.

If travelling circuses had been able to buy Cover-All buildings in the golden era of the Big Top, they might still be with us.

But Cover-All came along nationally in the mid-1990s and was set up in Calgary five years ago. Business has boomed ever since, increasing by about 30 per cent a year.

The company has built and sold more than 40 million sq. ft. of buildings, making it North America’s largest for this type of structure.

Since its inception, Cover-All has been recognized locally and nationally for its achievements. Among the most recent honours garnered by the company are the provincial Achievement of Business Excellence (ABEX) export and business of the year awards and 50 Best-Managed Private Companies in Canada for three consecutive years.

Whatever the projects, they all start the same way – with a client who needs a building.

“First of all we ask them about the application, what their needs and planned usage are,” Cameron says.

“We do site planning and project development with the customer as well.” His people then suggest a variety of designs that would work well, taking into account any equipment that might have to be installed.

“We can handle substantial loads on trusses for supporting lighting and heating systems.”

When a building design is chosen or customized, the manufacturing side of the company builds the necessary galvanized-steel structure and the polypropylene fabric, which is thermally almost non-conductive. The most commonly chosen colour is white, but there are several options.

The patented truss-arch design assures superior building integrity and is engineered from certified structural-grade steel tubing.

High-performance DuraWeave® fabric covers are virtually maintenance-free, and have unmatched rip, tear and puncture resistance.

Cover-All Alberta also builds foundations.

Once delivered, the package is assembled on-site by a dealership crew, unless the purchaser wants to put it up using the available concise, thorough manual.

“Cover-All Alberta supplies a full turn-key package with either permanent heating systems or temporary heat,” Cameron says. “The buildings can be insulated, and our dry-air heaters are quick, safe and portable heating systems that can be set up in a few hours and can be run on propane, natural gas or diesel.”

Unlike many traditional construction jobs, a Cover-All project works in any weather.

“All the buildings are engineered and will meet all weather conditions,” Cameron explains. “We have a building on the north slope of Alaska that was put in at minus-60 degrees Celsius. They’re actually drilling inside the building.”

For more information, phone 403.735.1021, call toll-free at 1.866.399.7569, fax 403.735.1089, visit www.coverall.net or e-mail info@coverallalberta.com.