Metal building system allows for virtually flat building profile
by Jonathan McGaha | October 31, 2013 12:00 am
Erected by Columbus, Kan.-based Crossland Construction[1] Co.[2], the Baker Hughes[3] Pumping Services Administrative Building in Shreveport, La., is one-story facility. The building features Memphis, Tenn.-based Varco Pruden Buildings[4]‘ Deck Frame framing system that allowed for a virtually flat profile.
The 34,422-square-foot building serves as the administrative office for Oil Field Pumping Services division of Baker Hughes. The structure includes about 65 offices for its staff, as well as a laboratory for testing materials, dispatch area, lockers and shower area, meeting rooms, training facility and a break room and kitchen.
The facility has pre-cast wall panels that allow large glass areas and a dramatic canopied entry structure. The roof is a built-up roof over Varco Pruden-provided decking and bar joists. Additional design items are support for an interior folding partition, multiple rooftop units, special interior clearances and transition to an adjacent shop building. The architect was Energy Architecture[5], Houston.
- Crossland Construction: http://www.crosslandconstruction.com/
- Co.: http://www.crosslandconstruction.com/
- Baker Hughes: http://www.bakerhughes.com/
- Varco Pruden Buildings: http://www.vp.com
- Energy Architecture: http://www.energyarch.com/
Source URL: https://www.metalarchitecture.com/projects/baker-hughes-pumping-services-administrative-building-shreveport-la-1/