The approximately 84,000-square-foot (7,804- m2) six-story Cambria Suites in Madison, Wis., features 121 rooms and amenities for both business and leisure travelers including meeting spaces, a bistro-style restaurant, state-of-the-art fitness area and indoor pool and spa. The project features more than 8,000 linear feet (2,438 m) of cold-formed steel from NUCONSTEEL, Denton, Texas, making up the structure of the building.
The design-build supplier, Denton-based BNN, an affiliate of NUCONSTEEL, focused on being involved with as much of the structural design as possible. From the sizing and placement of the structural steel columns and beams to the design layout of Alpharetta, Ga.-based Vulcraft’s Ecospan composite floor system, Nucon and BNN worked carefully with the architect, Maryville, Ill.-based Environs Architects & Planners to provide a complete structural package for the hotel from the slab to the roof. Naab Structures Inc., Fishers, Ind., was the installer.
Design work began on the project in July 2008 and was completed in July 2009. The scope of the project included all panelized load bearing and non-load bearing CFS wall panels, the structural steel columns and beams, Ecospan composite floor system, bar joists for the roof, metal decking for the porte cochere and main roofs, and the sheathing for the exterior walls.
NUCONSTEEL, www.nuconsteel.com
Vulcraft, www.vulcraft.com
