Metal roof provides "country look" for new shopping center
Posted
04/4/2011
The new El Dorado
Market Place in Frisco, Texas, is a 400,000-square-foot
shopping center designed to meet the city's standards for lasting
elements and durability.
More than 31,000 square feet of PAC-CLAD material from Petersen
Aluminum Corp., Elk Grove Village, Ill., was used in roof and
façade applications, including:
• 12,375 square feet of 24-gauge 16-inch Snap-Clad Panels
• 1,260 square feet of 24-gauge 16-inch Tite Loc Panels used
exclusively for curved applications
• 5,373 square feet of 24-gauge 11-inch Flush Panels
• 12,400 square feet of 24-gauge Flat Sheet All PAC-CLAD material
was finished in Weathered Zinc
O'Brien & Associates, Dallas, provided the design for the
project. "Frisco has very rigid design criteria for all new
construction and wants designs that include lasting elements that
are built for durability," says David Culbertson, project
architect.
"We always like to use metal for pitched roofs, awnings and
canopies. And we think metal gives somewhat of a 'country look'
which was important in this rural area."
The El Dorado Market Place buildings are mainly concrete tilt wall
construction with brick and stone applied as veneer over concrete
walls. In some places, the concrete walls were left exposed and
painted with an acrylic textured coating.
"The weather in north Texas can be harsh," Culbertson says. "The
Petersen roof is durable and stands up well to the weather. We like
it."
Lee Lewis Construction, Dallas, was the general contractor, and
BRI Roofing & Sheet Metal, Haslet, Texas, did the
installation.
Petersen Aluminum Corp., www.pac-clad.com