The Escambia County One Stop Permit Center, located in Pensacola, Florida, became the first project in Escambia County to qualify for LEED status when it was completed in the summer of 2010. The 79,000 square foot building features services such as building inspections, environmental enforcement, fire safety, animal control, engineering and transportation services, all under one roof. Previously, these departments were housed in three separate buildings. Working closely with Petersen Aluminum’s Georgia facility, the project was value-engineered to control costs, switching from the Silver PAC-CLAD initially specified to unpainted Galvalume Plus. No loss of aesthetics here, as the complex still has plenty of curb appeal. As the project was an appropriate distance from any saltwater environment, Galvalume Plus was an ideal alternative to a PAC-CLAD Kynar finished product. Galvalume Plus offers a recycle content of 32.7%, 25.5% of which is post-consumer. The project utilized 30,000 square feet of Galvalume Plus, most notably the Snap-Clad panels used on the canopies and also as a wall panel. Petersen Flush panels were also used for the soffit areas. Installation contractor for this project was West Coast Roofing of Milton, FL, and supplied by Roofer’s Mart, Pensacola FL. Architect of Record was Walter Smith, Principal, Bay Design Associates Architects.

 

Combining outstanding aesthetics and superior structural integrity, the Petersen Aluminum Tite-Loc panel was the hands-down solution for use on the Stafford Hospital Center in Stafford Virginia. The building was designed by Ellerbe Beckett Architects, Washington DC, by lead architect Al Winchester. Featuring over 20,000 SF of standing seam metal roof that included three barrel roofs, the nearly 50’-long Tite-Loc panels were curved onsite to achieve a precise radius and were expertly installed by Virginia Roofing of Alexandria, VA. The panels were produced in .032 aluminum in Champagne Metallic Kynar.

 

The Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, currently under construction, will be one of the nations leading providers of care for companion animals. Featuring cutting-edge technologies for imaging, cardiac care, cancer treatments, internal medicine, and surgery; the facility will more than double the size of the current companion animal hospital, and will help accommodate the more than 20,000 cases referred to the CVM each year. The project features a 4-coat custom color – Veterinary Green – for roofing and trim details as well as metal edge, including:

• 22 GA Snap Clad panel, 12” on center
• 22 GA 7.2 Exposed Fastener Panel
• .063 PAC Continuous Cleat Coping

The project will also feature PAC Flush and Reveal panels in 040 custom color Warm Silver. The installation contractor for this project is Jedco Construction, Inc of Raleigh, North Carolina, and project GC is New Atlantic Contracting. Architect of  Record is  Small Kane P.A. of Raleigh, NC.

 

Diana, one of Randall Terry’s three dogs, served as VIP at the groundbreaking ceremony in November of 2007. Randall Terry, a businessman and philanthropist from Highpoint, NC, has donated more than $4 million to the CVM, in grants and scholarships, and served as president of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation. Mr. Terry died in May 2004.

At a recent meeting between the Cool Metal Roofing Coalition and the EPA, Energy Star officials stated that amidst the number of changes being made to all 60 programs, the Energy Star Roof Products Program would not be changing its test procedures.  The current criteria of minimum solar reflectance values, both initial and aged, will remain in place, with no criteria for thermal emittance being added.  In addition, the Energy Star representatives told the Coalition that the products that are currently on the Energy Star directory, including those that are submitted before Dec 31, 2010, will not be re-tested but “grandfathered” into the program. This was due to the lack of laboratory capacity, time and expense to re-test all products under the new procedures that will be implemented.  The most significant change to the Energy Star program will be the introduction of Certification Bodies taking on the role that EPA had played in the past, by administering the certification test protocols, processing all submission forms, verifying that products are being tested by accredited laboratories and that they meet the Energy Star performance criteria.  The final version of the revamped program is expected by the end of this year.