Curved roof tops basketball arena

by Jonathan McGaha | February 29, 2016 12:00 am

AECOM designed the University of Mississippi's The Pavilion at Ole Miss basketball arena in Oxford, Miss., with a curved and colonnaded entrance façade that relates with its curved roof.AECOM designed the University of Mississippi’s The Pavilion at Ole Miss basketball arena in Oxford, Miss., with a curved and colonnaded entrance façade that relates with its curved roof. The facility consists of a three-story, structural steel frame supporting steel trusses. AECOM Technology specified ACI Building Systems LLC’s UltraLok Roof System with Valspar Corp.’s Fluropon coating in Terra Cotta for the roof. The 18-inch by 2-inch mechanically seamed UltraLok Standing Seam Panels have factory-installed sealant.

The 225,000-square-foot, $96.5 million facility was completed in January 2016. It has 9,500 seats and 1,700 premium seats. The Pavilion at Ole Miss features a student concourse and three club areas. It is home to the men’s and women’s basketball program and hosts graduation ceremonies, concerts and university-wide events.

Architect: AECOM, Kansas City, Mo.[1]

General contractor: BL Harbert International, Birmingham, Ala.[2]

Applicator: Precoat Metals, Weirton, W.Va.[3]

Coatings: Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, www.valsparcoilextrusion.com[4]

Metal roof panels: ACI Building Systems LLC, Batesville, Miss.,
acibuildingsystems.com[5]

Endnotes:
  1. AECOM, Kansas City, Mo.: http://www.aecom.com/
  2. BL Harbert International, Birmingham, Ala.: http://blharbert.com/
  3. Precoat Metals, Weirton, W.Va.: http://precoatmetals.com/coverage.html
  4. www.valsparcoilextrusion.com: http://www.valsparcoilextrusion.com/en/index.html
  5. acibuildingsystems.com: http://acibuildingsystems.com/

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