Professional crew for every Dura Shelter configuration — single truss, double truss, and container mount. Flat pricing by size, no brand surcharge.
Dura Shelter is an Ontario-built fabric brand that has been on the Canadian market for 15+ years. Three frame configurations, all built to NBCC, with some of the cleanest assembly documentation in the industry. We install every model at our flat rate — $11,888 for a 40'×80' — and the container-mount option is a real differentiator for yards that already have containers on site.
Dura Shelter Buildings has been manufacturing steel-frame fabric structures in Ontario for over fifteen years. Their lineup is built to the National Building Code of Canada and aimed squarely at agricultural, commercial, and industrial users who want a domestically engineered kit with proper documentation and parts support inside the country.
What separates Dura from a lot of the offshore-sourced brands is the assembly experience. The instructions are detailed, the hardware bags are properly labelled, and the steel components arrive with consistent tolerances. That said, every Dura Shelter ships as a DIY kit. For the smaller single-truss models, two people and a few weekends works. For anything 40 feet wide and up — and especially the double-truss and container-mount configurations — a crew with the right equipment is the difference between a building that lasts twenty years and one with permanent geometry problems from a rushed weekend.
Yes — every Dura Shelter configuration at every size we've encountered. Single-truss hoops, double-truss arches, container-mount tops. We've assembled them across Alberta, Saskatchewan, BC, and out into Ontario when the route makes sense.
We're brand-agnostic by design. A customer who bought a Dura Shelter direct from the factory pays the same install rate as someone who picked one up at auction or through a dealer. Same footprint, same crew day, same number on the invoice.
Three Dura configurations, three different jobs they do best:
Dura kits are well-built, so the issues are smaller than what we see on offshore brands. Two patterns worth flagging:
Flat rate by size, identical to every other brand we install. The most common Dura sizes:
| Size | Install price |
|---|---|
| 30'×40' | $6,888 |
| 30'×60' | $9,888 |
| 40'×60' | $10,888 |
| 40'×80' | $11,888 |
| 50'×100' | $14,888 |
| 60'×120' | $18,888 |
| 70'×200' | $29,888 |
Installation covers full crew, frame assembly, fabric tensioning, doors, and anchoring to your prepared foundation. Equipment (manlifts), travel beyond same-day Alberta drives, and crew lodging on multi-day builds are billed through at cost — no markup. Container-mount installs use the same flat-rate pricing — the absent sidewall framing roughly cancels out the extra container-prep time. Our full install-cost guide walks through every size.
Our blog post on what to expect on install day has the full site-prep checklist.
Dura sits in the upper-mid tier of Canadian fabric brands. The 600–750 gsm cover, NBCC-certified frame, and clear documentation make it a solid choice for primary-equipment storage, agricultural buildings, and commercial yards. The container-mount option is genuinely useful — most competitors don't offer it, and for operations that already have shipping containers staged, it saves you the cost of full sidewall framing.
Compared to Cover-Tech, Dura is similarly priced with arguably cleaner instructions; Cover-Tech has a slight edge on frame steel weight at the largest sizes. Compared to Gold Mountain, Dura has stronger Canadian parts support; Gold Mountain has a wider catalogue. We install all three at the same flat rate; the difference is in the kit, not the crew day.
Written by Peter Huynh, owner-operator at Max Contractors. Our crews install every fabric brand on the Canadian market, Dura Shelter included. Questions about your specific configuration? Message us and we'll get back same day.
Last updated: April 25, 2026
Same pricing applies regardless of brand. Find your size, that's your price.
Yes. We install every Dura Shelter configuration — single truss, double truss, and container-mount — at any size they ship. Dura is one of the better-engineered Ontario kits we work with; the assembly is well-documented and the hardware quality is consistent. Same flat-rate pricing as every other brand.
Flat rate by size, not by brand. A 40'×80' Dura Shelter installs at $11,888 — same price we charge for any other brand in that footprint. The full table from 20'×40' to 70'×200' is on our homepage. Installation covers full crew, frame assembly, fabric tensioning, doors, and anchoring to your prepared foundation. Equipment (manlifts), travel beyond same-day Alberta drives, and crew lodging on multi-day builds are billed through at cost — no markup.
Single truss is the simplest hoop frame, best for sheds, water-runoff and lighter snow loads. Double truss adds a second arch, gaining height clearance for taller equipment and handling heavier snow accumulation. Container mount uses your existing shipping containers as side walls and mounts the fabric arch on top — a fast-build option for yards that already have containers staged. We install all three; the crew day is similar across configurations because the components scale together.
Single-truss 30'×40' through 40'×60' runs 2 days; 40'×80' runs 3 days; 50'×100' runs 4–5 days. Double-truss kits add roughly half a day to those numbers because of the second arch alignment. Container-mount installs typically run 1–2 days because the containers replace the side-wall frame work — we just have to clamp, brace, and tension over the top.
For a single- or double-truss build: a level compacted gravel pad sized to footprint plus a 2-foot perimeter, all kit components unpacked and inventoried, and access for a 1-ton truck and a manlift. For a container-mount build: containers placed on the chosen pad, levelled and squared, doors functional and welded if required by spec. We do a parts check on day one before the frame goes up.
Mid-to-upper tier among Canadian fabric brands. The framing steel is consistent, the cover spec runs 600–750 gsm depending on configuration, and the assembly instructions are some of the clearest in the industry. The container-mount option is one of Dura's real differentiators — most competitors don't engineer for it, and for customers who already have containers on site, it can save the cost of a full sidewall structure. For a primary-equipment shop building, Dura sits comfortably alongside Cover-Tech and Gold Mountain.