Completed Project — Industrial & Manufacturing
P.I. Industries, Udaipur Tensile Structure
A tensile structure for PI Industries’ research campus at Udaipur, Rajasthan — about 1,400 m² of tensioned fabric cover on a galvanised steel frame, built by Ekra Decor in about two months. See also industrial tensile structures.
- LocationUdaipur
- StructureTensile Structure
- Coverage1,400 m²
- Delivered≈2 months
Project Overview
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Ekra Decor built a tensile structure for PI Industries in Udaipur. PI Industries is a major Indian agrochemical and custom-synthesis company, and its Udaipur site at Madri Industrial Area is documented as the company’s R&D centre — with more than 400 scientists, laboratories and pilot- and kilo-scale plants — rather than one of its full manufacturing plants, which are in Gujarat.
A research campus of that size has the same kinds of covered-space needs as any large working site: a weather-protected walkway between labs and blocks, a shaded assembly or waiting area, a covered parking or gathering space. At about 1,400 m² the structure is a substantial single canopy over one of these.
The structure covers about 1,400 m² and was built in roughly two months. Site photographs of this project are not published yet.
Project Highlights
Project highlights
Built for a research campus
A canopy for PI Industries’ R&D centre at Madri Industrial Area, Udaipur.
About 1,400 m²
A substantial single canopy — walkway, assembly area or covered parking scale.
Weather-protected campus space
Shade and rain cover for outdoor space on a large research campus.
Delivered in about two months
A roughly eight-week programme on a working site.
Udaipur climate
Designed for Rajasthan’s strong sun and a shorter, sharper monsoon.
The Brief
Covered space for a working campus
A large research campus moves people and equipment between buildings all day, and in Udaipur that means a strong sun for most of the year and a sharp monsoon. Covering a key route or gathering space with a tensile canopy keeps the campus working comfortably, without the cost and disruption of an enclosed structure next to laboratories.
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 1,400 m² in roughly two months.
Design & Engineering
A clear-span canopy for a campus
Whether the structure covers a walkway, an assembly area or a parking space, it is designed as a clear span with the columns kept to the edges and the circulation lines, so the area underneath stays open and flexible.
The membrane is form-found in 3D and pre-stressed into double curvature so it stays taut under the wind uplift that governs a large light roof and drains cleanly to defined points. 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 uplift. In a strong-sun location a translucent but well-shading membrane keeps the covered space bright while cutting the solar heat.
Fabrication & Installation
Prefabricated, erected on site
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 a working campus the work is fenced and timed around site activity, with the space handed back as a finished, tensioned structure in about two months.
The Result
A campus space that works year round
PI Industries’ campus gained a large covered area that keeps a key route or gathering space usable through the Udaipur summer and the monsoon — added cleanly alongside a working research site. Maintenance is limited to periodic cleaning and a routine check of the frame and tensions.
Ekra Decor builds covered walkways and campus canopies for industrial and research clients. See more finished work on the projects page, or read about tensile structures in Udaipur.
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
- P.I. Industries
- Location
- Udaipur, Rajasthan (R&D campus, Madri Industrial Area)
- Category
- Industrial & Manufacturing
Structure
- Type
- Tensile Structure
- Coverage
- 1,400 m²
- Membrane
- Architectural tensile fabric (PVC / PVDF-coated polyester) — compare membranes
Delivery
- Scope of work
- Site survey · 3D design · engineering · fabrication · installation
- Programme
- ≈2 months
- Engineering
- Wind, rain and seismic loads to applicable IS codes; steelwork to IS 800
About This Project
A real, completed Ekra Decor project
This project is recorded in 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
- Udaipur, Rajasthan (R&D campus, Madri Industrial Area)
- Coverage
- 1,400 m²
- Completion
- ≈2 months
- Scope
- Design · engineering · fabrication · installation
- Manufacturer
- Ekra Decor Pvt. Ltd. — ISO 9001:2015, est. 1998
Common Questions
About this project & building something similar
Udaipur, Rajasthan (R&D campus, Madri Industrial Area).
1,400 m², per Ekra Decor's project records.
≈2 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.
P.I. Industries.
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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