Metal building used for open space
Posted
04/1/2009
The
40,000-square-foot (3,716-m2) Concord Jet Hangar in Concord,
Calif., is designed for overnight storage of various aircrafts. The
state-of-the-art corporate hangar was completed in March
2008.
The builder, Flory Construction Inc., San Leandro, Calif., worked
with the fire marshal to have the hangar approved without foam fire
protection. After extensive time and negotiation, along with the
expertise of a specialty fire code expert, the hangar was built
with water-only fire protection, providing significant cost savings
over using foam fire protection. By building the hangar this way,
it eliminated a collection pond and treatment of hazardous material
should the system ever deploy.
Flory Construction utilized a pre-engineered metal building, roof
and walls from Metallic Building Co., Houston, for the hangar. A
metal building was chosen because it offered clear, open space in
the hangar. The hangar features two 108-foot- (33- m-) wide hangar
doors and a center jack beam to eliminate the center columns. The
building has a roof slope of 1/2:12 and a 34 5/7-foot (11-m) eave
height. Flory Construction used an inset/outset girt to create the
relief line at the top of the door elevation. Metallic supplied
40,000 square feet of Metallic PBR roof panels, endwall panels and
sidewall panels. The PBR panel system created an even-shadowed
appearance that was important for the sleek, stealth-like image of
the hangar.
The project also featured high-efficiency fluorescent lighting and
complied with the California Clean Water Act.
Sam Moreno, Concord, was the architect; Hoffman Land Development,
Concord, was the general contractor; and Shaw Structures Unlimited,
Fresno, Calif., was the erector and roofing contractor.
Metallic Building Co.
www.metallic.com