Welcome to Special Structures Lab

At Special Structures Lab we provide services to architects, engineers and manufacturers of special structures of all kinds, in particular membrane structures. Our experience of designing the worlds largest portable venue (Guinness book of records) and many other portable structures such as seating grandstands, demountable trailer units and stages of all kinds, gives us a unique perspective when approaching new projects. The lessons learned in the fields of architecture and construction can be combined with those of the event industry to provide a technology lead design methodology.

Our engineering capabilities include the design, analysis and certification of structures, both traditional and fabric supported, with specialist knowledge of mobile or temporary installations, specialist services to manufacturers for the production of 3 dimensional membranes, with regard to surface or form generation, finite element analysis using the ‘force density’ method, manufacturing information such as edge and pressure point detailing, and cutting patterns generation. Presentation capabilities include C.A.D. (2d & 3d), DTP, Animation (3d modelling and rendering, including rendering to CD and video), and traditional graphical presentations. The practice is one of the first independent design teams working specifically on industrial fabrics and structures projects for the events industry in the UK.

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Special Structures Lab Ltd, 320 Petre Street, Sheffield S4 8LL UK, -  UK -  0845 90 000 65 -  international +44 (0)  114 257  2072