Completed Project — Commercial & Institutional
Lucknow Project Tensile Structure (686 m²)
A commercial tensile structure in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh — about 686 m² (7,380 sq ft) of tensioned fabric cover on a galvanised steel frame, built by Ekra Decor in about six weeks.
- LocationLucknow
- StructureTensile Structure
- Coverage686 m²
- Delivered≈1.5 months
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Project Overview
from Ekra Decor’s
project records
Ekra Decor built a tensile structure in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Ekra Decor’s records give about 686 m² (7,380 sq ft) of cover, completed in about six weeks.
At about 686 m² and a six-week build, this is a mid-sized commercial canopy — the scale of a forecourt or entrance cover, a shaded courtyard or seating area, or a covered walkway at a shop, showroom, office or venue.
It is one of several Lucknow projects by Ekra Decor.
Project Highlights
Project highlights
Mid-sized commercial scale
About 686 m² — a forecourt, courtyard or walkway cover.
Delivered in about six weeks
A roughly 1.5-month programme.
One of several Lucknow projects
Separate from Ekra Decor’s other Lucknow projects.
Column-light span
Support kept to the edges so the space underneath stays usable.
Project Photographs
The project, as built
The Brief
A mid-sized covered space for a commercial site
A commercial property often needs one worthwhile piece of covered outdoor space — a sheltered forecourt, a covered courtyard, a shaded walk or seating area. A canopy of about 686 m² answers that, and a tensile structure delivers it as a light, bright roof that goes up in weeks rather than months.
Ekra Decor delivered it as a turnkey job: survey, 3D structural and membrane design, fabrication of the galvanised steel frame and the membrane, and installation and tensioning, in about six weeks.
Design & Engineering
How a commercial canopy is engineered
The membrane is form-found so it sits in double curvature — curved two ways at once — which pre-stresses the fabric so it stays taut, resists wind uplift without flapping, and drains to defined points rather than ponding.
It is carried on a galvanised steel frame with the columns kept to the perimeter of the space. Wind uplift governs a light roof, and the Lucknow monsoon is designed for in the fall and the drainage. Ekra Decor designs the steelwork to IS 800 and checks the canopy for wind, rain and seismic loading to the applicable Indian codes, with the foundations sized for uplift and overturning.
Fabrication & Installation
Prefabricated, installed in weeks
The steel is welded and hot-dip galvanised in the workshop and the membrane is cut to pattern and welded into panels off-site, so the canopy arrives ready to erect. On site the crew casts the foundations, erects the frame and tensions the membrane.
With fabrication done off-site, the installation ran to about six weeks from first survey to a finished, tensioned canopy.
The Result
A usable covered space, added quickly
The site gained a mid-sized canopy that shades and shelters a specific area through the Lucknow sun and monsoon, built without a long construction programme. It needs only periodic cleaning and a routine tension check.
Ekra Decor builds commercial canopies and covered walkways across North India. See the related larger Lucknow courtyard roof, or read about tensile structures in Lucknow.
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
- Location
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Category
- Commercial & Institutional
Structure
- Type
- Tensile Structure (686 m²)
- Coverage
- 686 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
- 5, 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 5 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 (686 m²)
- Location
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Coverage
- 686 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
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
686 m² (≈7,380 sq ft), 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.
Yes — 5 photographs from Ekra Decor's own project archive appear 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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