Meridian Manufacturing, Inc.

Andrew Froese

Jason Fehr

Chad Kleisinger

Aaron Dyck

Benjamin Penner

Andreas Riffel

A quonset style building is provided with an arched-roof defining a width, length and height, and tower supporting the roof adjacent its apex. The tower separates storage areas on opposite sides of the building. The tower also permits the building height and width to be increased over conventional quonset buildings, and allows the width to be 3&#xd7; the height, while withstanding typical weather forces, including wind and snow.

Quonset building with internal tower support

A bulk storage bin is provided for grain and particulate material and includes a hopper bottom formed by a plurality of trapezoidal panels, each having upper and lower edges and opposite side edges. Flanges extend outwardly along each edge of each panel to provide a bolted flanged joint for adjacent panels. Plate assemblies extend along the upper edge of each panel to form a continuous 360&#xb0; compression ring when the panels are assembled. Each flange has a portion extending behind the plate assemblies, with interior bolt holes. An access hole is provided at each end of each plate assembly for access to the interior bolt holes.

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Winkler, Canada

Andrew Froese