R.E. Primm and Co. installed 25,000 square feet of Petersen Aluminum Corp.’s 0.032-aluminum, 16-inch Snap-Clad standing seam panels and 0.032-aluminum, R-36 exposed fastener panels in Patina Green, Terra Cotta and Military Blue on 22 buildings in Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags Over Georgia in Atlanta. Each structure was clad with 800 square feet to 6,000 square feet of the brightly colored metal roof panels to fit the water park’s tropical island theme. The aluminum panels were specified due to the facility’s close proximity to chlorinated water.
Hurricane Harbor was completed in 2014 and features a 38,000-square-foot wave pool with a variety of waterslide rides. The tropical island theme is conveyed with landscaping, beach scenery, dining, shopping and lounging amenities.
Rick Primm, president at R.E. Primm, says the project had one of the tightest deadlines his company has encountered. “We were moving along pretty well when I suddenly got a call from the [general contractor] asking if we could finish up in four days,” he says. “I thought we had at least two weeks before we had to be done. Several of the smaller buildings hadn’t even been built yet. We brought in extra crews and worked day and night to get it done.”
Architect: Hill, Foley, Rossi and Associates, Duluth, Ga.
General contractor: McMichael’s Construction Co., Covington, Ga.
Supplier: CRS Inc., Doraville, Ga.
Installer: R.E. Primm and Co., Tucker, Ga.
Metal roof panels: Petersen Aluminum Corp., Elk Grove Village, Ill., www.pac-clad.com
