Engineered Above.
Performed Below.
Long-span weatherproof enclosures for arenas, natatoriums, fieldhouses, and tennis centers — where a single failed fastener means a cancelled season.
Sports roofs fail differently
than everything else you own.
A leaking gymnasium ceiling isn't an inconvenience — it's a cancelled tournament, an insurance claim, and a capital improvement bond request that should have been filed three seasons ago. The chemistry inside a natatorium corrodes structural steel in ways invisible until the roof moves. Fieldhouse spans that seemed adequate in 1987 now carry snow loads, HVAC upgrades, and scoreboard infrastructure nobody engineered for.
We assess the substrate before we specify the membrane. Every project starts with a forensic inspection — core samples, infrared scans, fastener pull tests — because the worst thing a roofing contractor can do is cover up a problem that hasn't been diagnosed.
Natatorium roofs fail 40% faster than standard commercial roofs due to chloramine vapor accumulation above the water line.
Expansion joint sealants in sports venues typically fail within 3–5 years — allowing moisture into suites, locker rooms, and electrical rooms.
Facilities that defer structural roof assessment past the 20-year mark face an average remediation cost 4× higher than proactive re-roofing.
Twelve people died when a natatorium roof collapsed in Uster, Switzerland after chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking went undetected in structural cables.
You're not buying
shingles.
Every Canopy enclosure is a layered engineered assembly — six interdependent systems that must perform together across temperature swings, structural movement, and chemical environments that would destroy a conventional roof in a decade.
Click any layer in the cross-section diagram to understand what it does, why it's specified, and what happens when it fails.
Every facility type
has its own failure mode.
We specify differently for each. The same membrane that performs for 30 years in an arena will fail in 8 inside a natatorium.
Up to 300 ft clear span
Retractable roof coordination, snow load engineering, broadcast lighting integration
Chloramine-rated assembly
Vapor control on all six sides, epoxy-coated deck, PVC membrane — chloramine destroys TPO within 8 years
Multi-sport clear span
Aging substrate remediation, standing seam retrofit over existing deck, daylighting for year-round use
Translucent panel systems
Converting outdoor courts to year-round revenue: translucent ETFE or polycarbonate ridge systems that maintain natural light
"We'd been patching the same three sections of the fieldhouse roof for eleven years. Canopy's infrared scan found 23 additional wet insulation zones we didn't know existed. The remediation cost was 30% of what we'd budgeted for a full replacement.
Know your roof's
actual condition.
Our 5-step facility diagnostic takes 3 minutes and produces a preliminary risk profile — no sales call required. You'll know more about your roof after this assessment than you did before we met.