Retail building incorporates advanced materials
Posted
04/4/2011
The Fay-Penn Economic
Development Council developed a multitenant
building to provide retail services to more than 1,000
employees who work at the nine businesses operating within the
Fayette Business Park in Fayette County, Pa. In a
departure from the more typical emphasis on designing the building
for lowest initial cost, the 10,800-square-foot property
incorporates advanced materials, energy-saving HVAC and an
alternative electrical technology, resulting in an attractive,
environmentally friendly building with life cycle-based features
the development agency uses in marketing the business park.
The agency initially envisioned six 1,800-square-foot spaces,
but the nearly 5,000 square feet committed to by the project's
completion presented a broader range of sizes. The tenant mix thus
far includes a restaurant, physical therapy clinic, child daycare
and a beauty salon.
Fairchance Construction, a Butler Builder in Fairchance, Pa.,
utilized design-build services for the project, which includes
Kansas City, Mo.-based Butler Manufacturing's Widespan structural
system with its MR-24 standing-seam metal roof system and Shadowall
metal wall panels at the rear. The balance is made up of 4-inch
split face block and stucco over a pre-insulated panelized wall
system.
McMillan Engineering, Uniontown, Pa., provided architectural
services, and Pine Hollow Mechanical, Uniontown, Pa., provided the
mechanical and electrical design. Significant energy savings are
derived from a windmill electric generator that powers the exterior
lighting and a geothermal system of water source heat pumps for
heating and cooling.
Butler Manufacturing, www.butlermfg.com