Like Falkbuilt, Bennett says Autodesk software has helped the company
immensely in its ability to respond immediately in crisis
situations. Sprung Structures has robust experience in providing
immediate solutions during natural disasters. It provided 20
structures at Tyndall Air Force Base near Panama City, Florida,
within days after Hurricane Michael in 2018. It also provided
workforce facilities to Ground Zero in New York City, temporary
schools to American Samoa after a 2009 tsunami, and medical
facilities for Rwanda refugees. Now it’s delivering structures for
drive-through coronavirus testing facilities and rapid response
healthcare facilities.
“We realize just how fast you have to be on-site, and the logistics
involved,” says Sprung Structures vice president Jim Avery. “The
software allows us to get our designs out quickly. We’ve been doing
this for years, and we succeed because we have an
aluminium-engineered membrane structure that is ideal not only for
emergency response but for other applications later.”
Healthcare facilities can repurpose both Falkbuilt and Sprung
components. Falkbuilt’s patient bays can be reconfigured into
permanent hospital rooms, for example. Sprung’s emergency shelters
can be dismantled and reused for future emergencies—whether a
natural disaster or war against a virus.