After 40 years in business, Sol Harris/Day Architecture, North Canton, OH, required new office space. They seized the moment and implemented the firm’s vision of sustainable design into lessons to be followed by all for minimizing environmental impact. The result? A cool looking building that is energy efficient and environmentally sensitive in every aspect, literally from the ground up.
The design process incorporated green strategies including recycling, reusing and salvaging the existing barn and house structures, superior insulating materials, a white roof to reflect sunlight as well as a green vegetative roof, and the use of natural sunlight wherever possible. Sol Harris/Day hopes that their efforts will result in achieving GOLD LEED status.
Petersen Aluminum’s 7/8” Corrugated Panel, an exposed fastener panel, was specified for the office’s exterior walls. Over 4000 SF of the .032 aluminum panels with a Weathered Zinc Metallic PAC-CLAD Kynar finish were installed vertically by Advanced Industrial Roofing. The aluminum for this project, boasting over 43% recycle content, was recovered and rollformed in facilities located within 500 miles of jobsite, achieving points toward the LEED categories of MR 4 (recycle content) and MR5 (regional availability).
Check out all of the lessons learned, and established, in sustainable planning, design and construction at http://www.harrisday.com.
Construction is underway for the Children’s Library, the newest facility in the Central Arkansas Library System. The project will feature Petersen Aluminum’s 1” high Snap-On Standing Seam panels in 24 GA PAC-CLAD Aged Copper Metallic and Weathered Zinc Metallic Kynar finishes for the roof. For wall areas, the PAC 7/8” Corrugated Panel, in 24 GA Galvalume Plus, as well as the PAC Precision Series HWP in 24 GA Weathered Zinc, were specified.
The Precision Series is the newest offering for use in wall and equipment screen applications. The panel is available in 12” and 16” widths, and in 24 and 22 GA steel, and .032 and .040 aluminum. Featuring bold shadow lines, the PAC Precision Series provides an ultra-modern look in a low maintenance, easily installed panel. The panel can be specified with a fastener leg for direct, concealed attachment, or with clip installation.
The project is being installed by Glass Erectors of Little Rock, AR, and Architect-of-Record is Polk, Stanley, Wilcox Architects, also of Little Rock.
Below is a preliminary architectural rendering for this project. Stay tuned for project completion photos.
Mike Petersen, President of Petersen Aluminum, is quoted in a recent New York Times article focusing on the managerial traits and skills required to operate a successful family business. Mr. Petersen emphasizes the importance of seeking business input and guidance from independent sources. As an example, he is currently active with the Chicago Family Business Council, a group of 10 family-business owners who meet monthly to share ideas. The complete article can be read here.
With the relocation of the 7th Special Forces Group and the arrival of the joint strike fighter, Eglin Air Force Base near Fort Walton Beach, FL was expecting over 2200 new members and their families to join their base. To accommodate this huge influx, the new Child Development Center, funded through the Base Realignment and Closure, opened in January and will have the ability to care for 744 children on a daily basis. Throughout the country, 18 bases will house 36 similar CDC’s to be opened in the future.
The center features two separate buildings, each boasting 50,000 SF of Tite-Loc Plus structural standing seam metal roofing panels and 20,000 SF of PAC Flush metal roofing panels used in wall and soffit applications. Both panels were produced from 24 gauge galvalume steel metal roofing with a PAC-CLAD Sandstone Kynar 500 finish.
PAC Tite-Loc Plus, 180-degree mechanically seamed metal roofing panels, are Florida Building Code compliant and offer superior wind uplift resistance. For this specific military project, 22 GA metal roofing panels were utilized for the Corner Edge Zones for added wind uplift resistance required for base facilities.
West Coast Roofing of Milton, FL provided the detailed and critical installation for this project, and PAC distributor was Alabama Roofing Supply of Mobile, AL. The design-build team consisted of architect Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, Inc., and general contractor A.E New Jr and Whitesell-Green, of Pensacola, FL.
Longtime Petersen distributor CRS (Commercial Roofing Specialties, Inc.) has opened up its sixth location in the southeast, with branch Manager Wright Brooks at the helm. Located at Elm Tree Drive, the facility can service the greater Nashville and southern Kentucky areas. The Nashville branch already is stocking over 2500 flat sheets in our most popular PAC-CLAD colors in 24 GA Steel and .032 and .040 aluminum, and can assist customers with all projects requiring standing seam metal roofs, metal wall & soffit panels and specialty roof edge material.
CRS is a full-service supplier of commercial and residential roofing materials and has its headquarters in Doraville, GA, plus locations in College Park, GA, Kennesaw, GA, Savannah, GA, Chattanooga TN, and now Nashville.
Do you have fast-track projects requiring 20” coil for jobsite rollforming? Our Acworth, GA facility is now stocking nine of our 24 GA steel PAC-CLAD finishes available for expedited shipping as well as superior economies by avoiding the typical 8” drop. The colors currently available in this program include:
Stone White, Bone White, Almond, Sierra Tan, Sandstone, Dark Bronze, Medium Bronze, Forest Green, Slate Gray.
The above colors are part of our in-stock program, but please check with your PAC rep in Acworth for minimums and lead times on other finishes. PAC’s superior 24 GA steel in our durable PAC-CLAD Kynar 500 coating offers excellent rollforming and bending characteristics, as well as a 20-Year Finish Warranty for Steel products.
The Georgia facility services the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. Contact our Georgia inside sales staff at 800-272-4482 for further information.
Baker Roofing of Raleigh, NC shines again, this time with an exceptional horizontal installation of the Petersen Aluminum 2.67 x 7/8” Corrugated panels at the J W Isenhour Tennis Center on the campus of North Carolina State University. The project featured a total of 3500 SF of the exposed fastener panel, rollformed in .050 aluminum with a PAC-CLAD Kynar 500 Silver Metallic finish.
The panels can be seen throughout the exterior of the building as well as surrounding the courts on the grand stand areas. Architect-of-Record for this project was Woolpert LLP of Raleigh, NC. Project was completed in the Fall of 2011.
Petersen Aluminum has consistently demonstrated its ability to work with architects and installers to communicate our capabilities as they pertain to job-specific details. This outside-the-box thinking has allowed the incorporation of many innovative design elements into projects, and then implementation into final building construction. Petersen’s ability to provide custom perforated aluminum sheets exceeded both aesthetic and functional expectations for the School of Dentistry at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
BJAC Architects, Raleigh, NC, was looking for a special look for the soffit on this project. Baker Roofing of Raleigh NC, combined with the expertise of the PAC Acworth, GA branch staff, delivered the desired result. The project specified a custom soffit for adequate ventilation, and Petersen worked with vendor Harrington and King to produce a custom perforating pattern to provide a 63% open area. Material used was .063 aluminum finished in PAC-CLAD Weathered Zinc - a non-stocked gauge in this finish, but the heavier gauge was required for extra rigidity and strength. Baker Roofing custom formed the soffits out of the perforated material, and also used .040 Weathered Zinc flat sheets to fabricate and install the surrounding fascia.
The project also includes 34,000 SF of Petersen Aluminum’s 16” OC Tite-Loc Plus, a 180 degree mechanically seamed standing seam panel, utilizing .040 Weathered Zinc PAC-CLAD. Balfour Beatty Construction of Raleigh is the Construction Manager of this on-going project, which is expected to be complete in Spring, 2012.
Completed in August, 2011, the addition to the Aquatic Center for the UNF Women’s Swim & Dive Team features 2700 SF of Petersen Aluminum’s 24 Gauge Flush Panels, installed vertically for a sleek look. The panels are finished in PAC-CLAD Weathered Zinc, a high performance Kynar coating, to withstand the elements encountered in the Jacksonville, FL location.
Thorne Metal Systems of Green Cove Springs, FL was instrumental in the selection of PAC Flush panels and installed the project. Ebert Norman Brady Architects of Jacksonville Beach, FL is the Architect-of-Record.
