Cover-All Versatility Proves to be Valuable for Canadian Airmotive

Since 1971, Canadian Airmotive has provided aviation products and services to the aviation industry around the world. Its product offering includes clean air heaters, invented and manufactured by Canadian Airmotive and sold to militaries in Canada, the United States, and other militaries abroad.

At its manufacturing facility located at the Ottawa Airport, Canadian Airmotive is home to a Cover-All® building, originally purchased for cold air storage. Most recently, the company has decided to have it insulated, add bi-fold doors, and utilize it year-round as an aircraft maintenance facility. "We're quite happy with this facility," says Ron Williams, president, "it's a bright place to work. We are going to end up with an approximate R-12 insulation factor, and then we'll put some heat in it, some fans and so forth, so it can be used on a year-round basis."

The 50' by 50' Cover-All® building provides Canadian Airmotive with 2500 square feet of working space. The building includes a small office with all the necessary operational requirements including fax, internet, and phone. "We have no objections from the staff working in this building, they find it bright and cheerful," says Williams. "It's cool in the summertime, and it doesn't get exceedingly hot. Even in January and February, without insulation, we find that if it's a nice sunny day, the building is not that cold inside from the radiant heat of the sun."

Five years ago, when Canadian Airmotive needed a storage facility, Williams looked into using a Cover-All® building. "Interestingly enough, I saw the Cover-All buildings start to pop up around the neighborhood. I pulled in at the Heather Hills Golf Course, three or four miles from here to ask questions about their building. After calling Cover-All's 1-800 number, we had this facility up and running within two and a half months."

The building size was carefully selected to maximize storage space for the aircraft. "We selected this size building because we operate a 3 bladed rotor system which requires a minimum of a 30 foot door expansion to get in the building and leave the rotor blades on," says Williams. "We've had as many as 9 aircraft in here and still have plenty of room to walk around, maintain and work on the aircraft, open the accessory doors and so forth."

The building has proved to be an efficient storage space and its versatility will now prove to be beneficial as a maintenance facility for Canadian Airmotive. The features of the Cover-All® building are ideal for both applications. "Everybody's quite amazed at how bright and solid it is even in the most windy conditions that we get here in Ottawa," shares Williams. "And we have not had condensation in this building accumulate to the amount where it actually drips. We don't at this time have any extra fans to evacuate the air in the building. We've had the building for 5 years now, had absolutely no problems with it, and we're quite satisfied with its performance."