Completed Project — Industrial & Manufacturing
Indian Oil Corporation, Greater Noida Tensile Structure
A tensile structure for Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) at Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh — about 2,100 m² of tensioned fabric cover on a galvanised steel frame, built by Ekra Decor in about six weeks.
- LocationGreater Noida
- StructureTensile Structure
- Coverage2,100 m²
- Delivered≈1.5 months
Project Overview
from Ekra Decor’s
project records
Ekra Decor built a tensile structure for Indian Oil Corporation at Greater Noida. IOCL is India’s largest oil-marketing company, with a wide network of depots, terminals and offices across the Delhi-NCR region.
At about 2,100 m², the structure is consistent with a depot or office canopy — a covered vehicle or loading area, a staff assembly and parking cover, or a weather-protected working zone. IOCL sites in the region typically have exactly these needs, and a tensile canopy delivers a large covered footprint quickly without a heavy building programme on an operational site.
The archive records about 2,100 m² of cover and a roughly 1.5-month build.
Project Highlights
Project highlights
About 2,100 m² covered
A substantial single canopy — loading area, covered parking or working-zone scale.
Built for an operational site
A tensile canopy adds a large covered area without the disruption of a conventional build.
Fast delivery
Survey to handover in about six weeks.
Column-light span
Clear spans keep vehicle and forklift movement free underneath.
Delhi-NCR climate
Designed for the region’s summer heat and monsoon.
The Brief
A large covered area on a working site
An oil-marketing depot or office needs covered outdoor space for a specific reason — a loading bay kept out of the rain, a covered area for vehicles or staff, a weather-protected working zone — and it needs it added without shutting the site down. A tensile canopy covers a big footprint on a light frame that goes up fast.
Ekra Decor delivered the structure as a turnkey job: survey and setting-out, 3D structural and membrane design, fabrication of the galvanised steel frame and the welded fabric, and installation and tensioning, over about 2,100 m² in roughly six weeks.
Design & Engineering
A clear-span industrial canopy
An industrial canopy is designed around what moves underneath it. Columns go to the edges and out of the vehicle and forklift paths, and the membrane spans the working area overhead with the clear height set for the tallest vehicle or handling equipment expected to use it.
The fabric is form-found in 3D and pre-stressed into double curvature so it stays taut under wind uplift and drains the monsoon to defined points clear of the working area. Ekra Decor designs the steelwork to IS 800 and checks the structure for wind, rain and seismic loading to the applicable Indian codes, with the foundations sized against the uplift that governs a lightweight roof. On an oil-industry site the detailing is kept clean and the materials are specified for a long, low-maintenance life.
Fabrication & Installation
Prefabricated, erected around operations
The steel is cut, welded and hot-dip galvanised in the workshop and the membrane is cut and high-frequency welded into panels off-site, so on-site work is limited to casting the foundations, erecting the frame and tensioning the membrane.
On an operational facility the work is fenced and sequenced around site traffic and activity, with completed areas handed back as they are finished. The canopy went up in about six weeks.
The Result
A working area, now under cover
The IOCL site gained a large covered area that keeps vehicles, materials or staff out of the sun and the monsoon, added quickly and without stopping operations. It is a low-maintenance structure — periodic cleaning and a routine check of the frame and tensions.
Ekra Decor builds industrial canopies and covered yards for energy and logistics clients. See more finished work on the projects page, or read about tensile structures in the Noida area.
Technical Specifications
Project data
Only the fields recorded for this project are shown. Membrane grade and steel sections are specified per project after the site survey.
Project
- Client
- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL)
- Location
- Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Category
- Industrial & Manufacturing
Structure
- Type
- Tensile Structure
- Coverage
- 2,100 m²
- Membrane
- Architectural tensile fabric (PVC / PVDF-coated polyester) — compare membranes
Delivery
- Scope of work
- Site survey · 3D design · engineering · fabrication · installation
- Programme
- ≈1.5 months
- Engineering
- Wind, rain and seismic loads to applicable IS codes; steelwork to IS 800
- Photographs
- 1, Ekra Decor archive
About This Project
A real, completed Ekra Decor project
This project is recorded in Ekra Decor’s own project archive. It is documented with 1 site photographs from Ekra Decor’s own project archive. Ekra Decor designed, fabricated and installed the structure. Ekra Decor is an ISO 9001:2015-certified tensile structure manufacturer, established in 1998, working pan-India from Delhi and Bangalore.
View ISO 9001:2015 certificate- Structure type
- Tensile Structure
- Location
- Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Coverage
- 2,100 m²
- Completion
- ≈1.5 months
- Scope
- Design · engineering · fabrication · installation
- Manufacturer
- Ekra Decor Pvt. Ltd. — ISO 9001:2015, est. 1998
Common Questions
About this project & building something similar
Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
2,100 m², per Ekra Decor's project records.
≈1.5 months from start to finish, per Ekra Decor's project records — in line with the standard 10 to 15 day fabrication and 3 to 7 day on-site installation timeline used across most projects.
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL).
Yes — 1 photograph from Ekra Decor's own project archive appears in the gallery above, not a stock or illustrative image.
Yes — every project starts with a site survey and a custom 3D design tailored to your space, not a fixed template. Get in touch to discuss a similar structure for your own site.
The choice depends on span, climate and intended lifespan. PVC-coated polyester is the most cost-effective option, with a 10–15 year service life. PVDF-coated polyester adds a self-cleaning top layer and pushes that to 15–20 years. PTFE-coated fibreglass is a permanent, non-combustible membrane with a life measured in decades, and ETFE film is used where an ultra-light, highly transparent roof is needed.
Yes. Wind, rain and — where relevant — snow and seismic loads are analysed to the applicable IS codes, and the steelwork is designed to IS 800. The membrane is form-found so its stresses stay balanced in double curvature, and the foundations are sized against uplift and overturning rather than gravity alone — the governing case for a lightweight tensile roof.
A one-year written warranty on the structure and workmanship, and a membrane warranty of 5 to 15 years depending on the fabric grade, plus as-built drawings, original mill certificates for the membrane and steel, a structural stability certificate and an operation & maintenance manual on handover. An annual maintenance contract covering inspection and re-tensioning is optional.
Very little — a periodic wash to remove surface dirt, and an annual check of cable tension and bolt torque. PVDF and PTFE membranes are largely self-cleaning, so rain keeps them looking new. We can carry this out under an annual maintenance contract if you prefer.
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