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Dallas-based FabriTec Structures LLC’s Mosaic Stadium project in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, was entered in the 2017 IFAI International Achievement Awards. The stadium features a 136,000-square-foot coated fiberglass membrane roof cladding made using Sky Top FGT-800 and FGT-1000 fabric made by Chukoh Chemical Industries Ltd., Japan.
IFAI will again recognize design excellence and technical skill in specialty fabrics with the 2018 IFAI International Achievement Awards to be announced during IFAI Expo 2018.
Photograph courtesy of City of Regina
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