What are the sprung structures the City of Ottawa is look at for asylum seekers [Video]

The City of Ottawa is looking to use a tent-like structure to house asylum seekers arriving in the capital, as part of the strategy to deal with an influx of migrants.

Council directed staff to look at the option of a sprung structure or “other semi-permanent facility” to help provide emergency welcoming and additional transitional housing capacity to accommodate “the unprecedented levels of irregular migration in Ottawa,” according to a city memo.  Staff have identified three potential parcels of land to host two sprung structures.

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CTV News Ottawa looks at what are sprung structures.

What is a sprung structure?

City of Ottawa staff say a sprung structure is a modular tension fabric building.

“Each sprung structure features aluminum arches that are integrally connected to an all-weather outer architectural membrane,” staff said in a memo this week.

Each temporary facility would have 150 beds each

According to the city, sprung …