Secure and Optimize Your Frac Sand Storage
Frac sand is essential to fracking, as it penetrates tight rock like shale to produce natural gas and oil. Fracking sand is a specialized sand, often called silica sand, with uniform particles that allow liquids to flow between them. The fracking industry requires significant amounts of fracking sand, which workers must store in bulk storage facilities to keep the sand secure and accessible. Fabric structures from Calhoun Super Structure provide effective storage for fracking sand and related materials and equipment, like fracking water.
Calhoun’s structures are ideal for this industry because our designs allow you to maximize storage space to keep an optimal amount of frac sand on hand. You’ll also benefit from increased accessibility. Our building materials create a weatherproof facility ideal for keeping sand dry and secure in various weather conditions. We understand that reliable and long-lasting frac sand storage is essential to the fracking industry, so we will help you customize a storage facility to meet your needs.
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Keep frac sand dry and flowing with structures designed to protect against moisture and support efficient handling.
Why Calhoun
Maintains dry, free-flowing sand by protecting stockpiles from rain, snow, and humidity, reducing clumping that can disrupt processing and delivery schedules.
Clear span interiors support continuous loader, conveyor, and truck movement, keeping material flowing without bottlenecks.
Engineered to handle abrasive materials, dust, and constant equipment traffic typical in frac sand operations.
Protects inventory from environmental exposure, preserving product quality and minimizing waste.
Ideal for remote sites where traditional construction is costly and slow, Calhoun’s structures can be installed quickly with minimal infrastructure.
Exceeds winds 150 mph and snow loads 300 lbs psf. Protects critical equipment, materials, and maintenance areas from wind, snow, and extreme temperature swings.
The natural light provides workers with comfortable and healthy working conditions, while providing adequate lighting. Our hot-dip galvanized steel frames support life-safety and fire suppression systems.
HDPE fabric maximizes natural daylight significantly reduces reliance on artificial lighting; lowering overall operating costs.
Tell us about your project goals, building requirements, site location, and intended use. Whether you need bulk frac sand storage, conveyor and material handling system covers, or loadout, transload, and distribution terminals, our team will help identify the right building solution for your operation and budget.
Once we understand your needs, we review key project details including building dimensions, access requirements, fabric options, doors, ventilation, insulation, and site conditions. We also evaluate local wind, snow, and environmental loads to ensure the structure is designed specifically for your location.
After project approval, our engineering team performs a comprehensive site-specific review using advanced 3D Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Once engineering is complete, the steel framework is fabricated, hot-dip galvanized, and prepared for shipment alongside the fabric building system.
Calhoun offers installation services through experienced crews or can support your preferred contractor. Following installation, our team remains available for inspections, maintenance, repairs, fabric recovering, and relocation services to help maximize the lifespan of your investment.
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