The more than 70,000-square-foot and twostory BHP/Petrohawk office complex in
Shreveport, La., includes a training facility, teleconferencing space and offices for more than 270 employees. The building includes Bossier City, La.-based McElroy Metal’s 24-gauge Mega Rib panels with exposed Austenitic high-quality stainless steel fasteners and finished in Charcoal Kynar. Prevot Design Services, Shreveport, and APAC, Houston, served as the project architects. McInnis Brothers Inc., Minden, La., was the general contractor, and Terry’s Roofing and Sheet Metal, Bossier City, installed the panels.
Metal panels were chosen to provide a sleek and high-tech image for the new facility. Metal panels cost less than masonry and metal panels are lighter than masonry so they saved on the structural cost of the building. The panels went up quickly and saved on labor costs when compared to masonry.
One very interesting green aspect of the building is the site was hydraulically filled with sandy material from the bed of the Red River via a dredge with a permit approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, saving roughly 50 percent on select fill cost while aiding the maintenance of the navigation channel of the Red River and saving almost a million dollars on trucking infill material. Other green features are the variable refrigerant volume air conditioning equipment and solar panels for electric generation. The building is L-shaped to maximize exterior windows for private offices. The building design maximizes the number of exterior private offices with a view.
McElroy Metal, www.mcelroymetal.com
