Designing with Tensile Barriers: Simple materials that enable true innovation
03 May 2023 by Tensile Design & Construct
Tensile barriers offer a range of benefits, some surpassing the general standard of traditional barrier materials. Stainless steel barriers can play the role of a supporting act or be designed as an architectural element in their own right.
We’ve created an eBook to walk you through the uses and design considerations of Tensile barriers. The eBook touches on:
The benefits of designing with Tensile barriers
Applications for Tensile barriers
Balustrades
Atriums
Bridges
Educational buildings
Security
Fall protection
Design considerations for Tensile barriers
Determining load inputs
Primary structures for Webnet
Climability
Integration Aesthetics
And to sweeten the deal even more, our eBook is free to download.
Our Services
Tensile offers a full service to our clients from initial design concepts through to installation. We prefer to tailor our offer to your individual needs, whether you are an architect, engineer, builder or building owner, Tensile is able to provide a scope to ensure the successful execution of your project.Design
We provide assistance from the beginning of your project and can provide tensile concepts and advice on system selection. Custom fitting design can be undertaken to ensure a perfect fit and structural analysis provided when necessary. We can work along side your consultants or take on the whole scope of the project through to delivery.Supply
Tensile has a wide network of suppliers from across the globe to source the best products for our projects. Our products include: stainless steel wire, tension cable and rods and tensile mesh. You will find catalogs on the product page of this website. Tensile is able to provide the necessary fabrication for any custom component you require for specialised projects.Construction
With our team of qualified installers we are able to provide method statement, project management and coordination through to installation and certification. Using elevated work platforms to twin rope access, we have all install requirements covered.Our Philosophy
We believe that good buildings are created by good communication and collaboration, a successful building project is one that has:
- Concepts and goals of the design influencing all stages of decision making.
- Integration of building systems to achieve efficiency.
- A measurable positive impact for the client and building users.Tensile is genuinely passionate about tensile architecture, the drive to design and build a creative solution for a project keeps us motivated. We will always seek to understand the influencing factors for every project we are involved in, so that we can truly understand our clients needs.