Careful and experienced engineering is essential if air supported structures are to withstand the same environmental conditions that test the quality, safety and durability of conventional buildings. Once the customer and ASATI have agreed on a size, shape and basic design of the proposed structure, ASATI engineers calculate the maximum fabric envelope stresses based on the structures geometry, internal pressure, wind and other external loadings. Although the basic concept of air-supported structures may appear to be simple, ASATI engineers have many initial factors to consider in planning the design for their customers. Once the fabric stresses, harness and anchor loads have been established, ASATI selects the best available fabrics, inflation system, stress relief system, entrance and exiting system, insulation, and lighting to suit the customers needs. When all of these components have been assembled, ASATI delivers stable, trouble free, low maintenance, turnkey installations engineered to last more than twenty years, and capable of withstanding all the environmental conditions that were anticipated during the design and engineering process.

Boris Gryzlov has announced the construction of 300 athletic air-structure domes to be installed throughout Russia. The project is to begin within the next three years. The budget for this project within the next year is two billion rubles. The financing of this construction will be carried out by the federal budget and the regional budget, in equal shares. Approximate cost of one complex is from 20 to 140 million rubles, depending on the complexity of each structure.

“A miracle of construction”, the unique sports complex will open in Novogorsk for the MChS, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Affairs of Civil Defense, Extraordinary Situations and Disaster Relief.

November 1^st, Moscow: On Tuesday in Novogorsk, a conference is to take place for the party, “Uniform Russia”. The conference is devoted to the discussion of the national program on development of sports in Russia. Leader of the party, speaker Boris Gryzlov has informed journalists of the following: