When the Westview-Fairforest Fire Department needed more space for a new snorkel truck in a station west of Spartanburg, S.C., they turned to metal building systems for the new facility. The architect, Design Shop Inc., Simpsonville, S.C., designed the new station as a hybrid of conventional construction for the frontage space with a contiguous 6,500-square-foot (604-m2) single-slope metal building structure for the five apparatus bays. A full-height firewall separates the 7,000-square-foot (650-m2) conventional portion that is divided into the kitchen, laundry area, sleeping quarters, office space, training center and physical conditioning room.
Kansas City, Mo.-based Butler Manufacturing Co. supplied the metal building system that consisted of a Widespan structural system, MR-24 standing-seam metal roof system, Fluted and Flat StylWall with Texture-Cte finish wall panels and split-face masonry. The new station also used salvaged stone from the original station to accent columns at the front entrance. The general contractor on the project was TN Construction, Spartanburg.
