Air and light the animals can use.
Engineered fabric livestock buildings for Ontario beef, swine, poultry and small-ruminant operations — natural ventilation, daylight and clear-span layouts installed turnkey.
Comfort starts with air and light.
A fabric livestock building pairs a galvanized frame and translucent membrane with ridge and curtain ventilation, giving beef, swine, poultry and small-ruminant operations a barn that moves air and daylight the way a dark insulated shed can't. The clear span means pens, alleys and feed access are laid out around your management plan, not around interior posts.
- →Foundation designed to species, bedding and manure handling
- →Ventilation openings sized to group size and season
- →Stamped engineering for any Ontario snow and wind zone
- →Membrane warranty terms confirmed in the issued documents
Natural Ventilation by Design
Ridge vents and curtain side-walls create airflow that moves with conditions outside, planned around the species inside.
Naturally Lit Interior
Daylight through the membrane reduces reliance on artificial lighting during daytime hours.
Durable in a Barn Environment
Galvanized frame and inert membrane hold up to moisture, ammonia and washdown without a rusting roof deck.
Clear-Span Flexibility
No interior columns — pens, alleys and equipment access are laid out around your management plan, not around posts.
Species and stocking plan first.
A livestock building is sized around how animals are grouped and moved, not a standard width. These are the inputs we use before any dimension is quoted:
- →Species, group size and target stocking density
- →Pen, alley and equipment layout for daily management
- →Bedding type and manure handling approach
- →Ventilation needs by season and by group
- →Whether the building is split for more than one species or group
- →Access points for feed delivery, animal movement and equipment
Send those details and we will come back with a building size, a foundation approach and a preliminary budget range. Preliminary figures are for budgeting only — final pricing follows engineering, site conditions and the configuration you select.
Get a preliminary project budgetThe base and the airflow are engineered together.
A livestock building's foundation has to handle bedding, manure and washdown, while the ventilation system has to manage humidity and air quality across the seasons. We design the slab or pony-wall base and the ridge and curtain ventilation as one system, then build with our own crews.
- →Base type matched to species, bedding and manure handling
- →Grading directs wash-down water away from the building
- →Ridge and curtain openings sized for the group and season
- →One contract from site prep through membrane tensioning
What we walk through before drawings start.
Drainage and runoff
How wash-down water and precipitation are managed around the building relative to wells, ditches and watercourses.
Apron and approach
Feed delivery, equipment and animal movement routes planned around the building footprint.
Foundation type
Slab or pony-wall system matched to species, bedding and manure handling needs.
Approvals
Building permit drawings for your municipality and any agricultural zoning or nutrient management conditions that apply.
Drainage, access routes and approvals are what make a livestock building work day-to-day. We plan them with the building rather than after it.
Different species, different layouts.
Beef operations
Bedded-pack and loafing barns laid out for group movement and feeding routines.
Swine operations
Finishing and grow-out buildings with ventilation and access planned around the production stage.
Poultry operations
Brooder and grow-out structures where daylight and airflow are part of the daily management plan.
Small-ruminant and mixed farms
Sheep, goat and mixed-species housing with flexible pen layouts on one footprint.
Where to go next.
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What actually moves the budget on a farm building project.
ExploreSend your project to Building Depot.
Upload architectural or engineering drawings, site plans, specifications, tender documents or photos. Our Ontario engineering team reviews every submission and responds with scope, pricing and schedule.
- Architectural & engineering drawings
- Site plans and grading information
- Specifications and tender documents
- Building dimensions and photos
Tenders, RFPs and early-stage budgets all welcome
Ontario livestock buildings — answered.
Ontario livestock buildings installed Toronto · Ottawa · Sudbury · Thunder Bay
Tell us your species and group size.
We'll spec the building, design the foundation and tension the membrane — one Ontario crew, one contract.
Ontario engineers on the line · quote returned within 24 business hours
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- TurnkeyEngineering · foundation · install
- OBCP.Eng-stamped to Ontario Building Code
- 25-yrMembrane warranty · 50-yr frame life